Field Trip Reports

There was a great human turnout, as a group of over 15 people met at 3:00 pm at the parking for the Wet Prairie access at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park near Columbus. The birds did not pitch up like they usually do, though, as there were hardly any ducks or other wildfowl (the opposite […]

Despite a bad weather forecast (which never materialized; the weather was almost perfect!), we had a nice turnout of 26 people. We started at 8:00 am, walking part of the Teal Trail at Battelle Darby Metro Park. A Least Bittern co-operated very well, and we scoped a perched bird before it flew across the open

What a superb day of birding this was! We started early (6:00 am) and, strictly speaking, this was meant to be a morning outing. But we were all so excited about the birding — getting life birds, year birds and just enjoying the good weather — that we only stopped around 3:00 pm! It’s not

What a truly superb outing this proved to be! The birding was even better than expected, and the group of 13 birders who joined were brilliantly fun to spend the morning with. This week, the weather was a real threat, as Columbus was experiencing amazingly late snowfalls as well as lots of rain, along with

On February 3, 10 individuals braced the cold weather in search of some of Ohio’s winter residents. The feeders at Green Lawn provided great looks at many of Central Ohio’s great feeder birds. We were treated to close-up views of House Finches, Blue Jays, Dark-eyed Juncos, and White-throated Sparrow. Participants were fortunate enough to see

January 6th was cold. The thermometer in my car read two degrees Fahrenheit below zero when I pulled in to meet the brave souls who decided to join us.