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 […]
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At 1:00 AM, May 17, 2016, our alarms sounded. Our team, the Benannaquits, sleepily, yet excitedly, dressed and headed to the already packed car. Ben, my mother, Julie and I were off on our Big Day birdathon for the Columbus Audubon! By 1:52, we had our first species of the day: the night flight call
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The 2016Â Birdathon has been weighed, measured, over-analyzed and second-guessed. Ticks have been picked and totals have been tallied. Team: Archaeopteryx —Â Tom & Donna Sheley, Darlene Sillick Total species: 148 Weather: Sunny to partly cloudy, 56 low to 65 high, wind 10-15 W-NW Route & notables:Â 5:30-6:15 Coonpath Wetlands: migrant passerines, Sora, Green Heron, ducks (4)
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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
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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
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The Deckbirds up the Birdathon ante by seeing a Big Bird!
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