Ohio Young Birders

Hoover Reservoir looked like it was on fire, with the mist rising off the lake, and we were almost to Hoover Meadows early in the morning. When we got to Hoover Meadows we met Rob Thorn who led us on the first half of our field trip through the Meadows. Rob is a superb birder […]

The plan was for the Central Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club to bird and swim and hike and eat and hang out together, but Mother Nature made it challenging. We dodged rain and thunder and lightning throughout the day, but still managed to have plenty of fun and discoveries! On August 5th,

Morning Kayaking and Birding The Ohio Young Birders Club members met on Saturday, June 9 at The Adaptive Adventure Sports Coalition (TAASC) in Powell, Ohio to go on a kayaking and bird watching tour at Twin Lakes, an inlet to the Scioto River in Powell, Ohio. We started our tour at around 9:00 in the

On a sunny, slightly breezy March morning, members of the Ohio Young Birders Club assembled at Castalia Pond in search of waterfowl. The group, comprised of about twenty members and their companions, quickly identified a pair of Mallards, while the distant group of ducks in the middle of the pond proved more difficult. Using a

The Snowy Owl is one of nature’s most beautiful animals. The sight of one of these magnificent creatures soaring silently overhead is awe-inspiring; such is their grace and grandeur. In Ohio, however, the sight of a Snowy Owl is a rare thing indeed, for their primary food source and the temperatures they prefer exist much