This year’s report should be entitled the “Calamus Swamper” (no “s” at the end) because I was the only team member who could make it this year! I solicited a newer birder this year to accompany me at Columbus Audubon’s crown jewel for a unique habitat Birdathon. We were to meet at 5:30 and I […]
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On June 2nd the Ohio Young Birders ventured to twin lakes to bird by kayak. Birding by Kayak is a OYBC Central Chapter annual event. We work with TAASC for this event. This was my 4th year attending BBK and I was very excited. The day started out with us getting checked in and introductions
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Our Central Ohio chapter – Ohio Young Birders team, the Chickpeas, finished our 2018 Birdathon with 81 species seen on June 2! That is 6 more than The Chickpeas team goal of 75. We can guess that nearly 100% of our participants got life birds before the day was over, especially with the added side-trip
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Once again this year, Linda Benner and Lori Patterson represented the Slate (Run) Colored Juncos for their Birdathon run on May 20. After a cool and cloudy morning, the day turned out to be beautiful! Although this date was a little later in migration than the team usually holds its Birdathon day, they were able
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The Wild Birds Unlimited – Columbus team simply blew away all previous records, racking up an astounding total of 194 species! But there’s more to the story. This was easily the least organized Birdathon outing in years for the WBU Columbus team. Regular members of the team were out of state early in the Birdathon
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The Archaeopteryx team had a great outing on May 14, spotting (and hearing) a tremendous total of 164 species. Team members Tom and Donna Sheley started birding at 5:15 am, kept at it all day, and finally knocked off at 10:30 pm. Talk about tired but happy….! Their Birdathon route covered much of Central Ohio, with
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