Birdathon Team Reports: WBU Columbus

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 […]

It was a dark and stormy night. What a great sentence to start a Birdathon report! Too bad that it was instead a clear and pleasant, if rather cool, night. And technically it was morning: we assembled at 2:30 am in the Giant Eagle parking lot north of Columbus. After transferring scopes and supplies to Tom’s

In this odd year, Tom Sheley’s team abandoned him! Bill was in Tanzania and Steve was stuck at work. So Tom did his own Birdathon and — just to show Bill and Steve what they missed — had one of the best Birdathon days in years. We’ll have a full report later.   The Wild

2014 Birdathon Results The Wild Birds Unlimited – Columbus team recorded 167 species in approximately 20.5 hours of birding (about 2:30 am – 11:00 pm), driving about 350 miles on Monday, May 12, 2014. The Birders The WBU Columbus team consists of Tom Sheley, Steve Landes, and Bill Heck. Tom volunteered to drive, demonstrating once again his

2013 Birdathon Results We recorded 158 species in approximately 18.5 hours of birding (start 2:30 am; end 9:00 pm); driving about 450 miles. Background One of our regular team members, Steve Landes, was unable to participate on our Birdathon day. Fortunately, another friend, Ben Warner, was able to join us at the last minute. Veterans