Columbus Audubon thanks Laura Dornan and the Canton Audubon Society for their kind permission to republish this article. Chordeiles, from the Greek word Chorde, meaning a stringed musical instrument, and deile, meaning afternoon or evening, describes this member of the Nightjar family, flying overhead in the evening, hunting insects drawn to street lights. Except it…
We crept up to the edge of the old quarry, looking for waterfowl. Not much beyond a few Scaup, but then we noticed the big white birds on the far side. Swans. But now came the real trick – which species were they? Like a lot of places, we now have 3 swans to choose from,…
The little sandpiper nimbly stepped through the puddles at the edge of Hoover Reservoir….. Rob Thorn tells us about this mysterious shorebird.
In the sometimes spectacular visual world of waterfowl, the Gadwall at first seems faded and plain. But first impressions can be deceiving!
Back at the start of the 1980’s, the outlook for Bald Eagles in Ohio looked bleak. But all was not as it seemed: the Ohio Division of Wildlife had started a new project: eagle restoration.
As their range increases to the south, Merlins (Falco columbarius), the fierce little falcons once known as “pigeon hawks” will become more common in Ohio. Have you seen one?
