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COVID-19 Infection Detected in Deer in 9 Ohio Locations

By Emily Caldwell / Announcements, Education News and Articles

Scientists have detected infection by at least three variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 in free-ranging white-tailed deer in six northeast Ohio locations, the research team has reported. Previous research led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture had shown evidence of antibodies in wild deer. This study, published today in Nature, details the first report of active COVID-19 infection […]

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Birds Makes Us Happier

By Columbus Audubon / Announcements, Education News and Articles

It’s not your imagination: seeing and hearing birds really can make you happier. An article by Julia Zarankin on the Audubon website cites several studies showing that seeing and hearing birds improves happiness and mental well-being. So especially in these crazy times, get out there and find some birds! You’ll feel better.

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Muddy Future: Central Ohio Shore-birding

By Rob Thorn / Conservation News and Articles, Education News and Articles

It’s early September, do you know where your shorebirds are? Sometimes it seems like the phrases ‘central Ohio’ and ‘shorebirds’ never really belong together. We’ve had such a dearth of decent shorebird spots for the last 5 years, that it’s hard to remember that this hasn’t always been the case. Shorebirds clearly migrate through here,

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Lights Out Columbus: a community approach to avian conservation

By Columbus Audubon / Education News and Articles, News

Matthew B. Shumar Program Coordinator, Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative March 29, 2018: some three months after our 10th wedding anniversary, my wife and I finally made it to our planned destination for a quick getaway. The infamous Pipeline Road in Gamboa, Panama has lived up to every enthusiastic description that birders have concocted. The

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Central Ohio OYBC: Birding by Kayak

By Adriana Losey / Education News and Articles, Past Happenings

We got on to the water at about 9:00 am. We stayed in one spot to wait for other people. As we were waiting Trevor, Anna, and I heard a Prothonotary Warbler singing. We paddled over to the tree line and sure enough there was one sitting up in the tree singing. Once everyone was ready

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An Ohio Young Birder at Camp Avocet

By Joey Tomei / Education News and Articles

Columbus Audubon helped Joey Tomei, a member of the Central Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club, attend an American Birding Association (ABA) birding camp called Camp Avocet. In this report, Joey tells us about his unforgettable experience there.

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