Amazing things are happening with the Ohio Young Birders Club! The 11th Annual Ohio Young Birders Conference had a remarkable line-up of youth speakers sharing their knowledge, citizen science projects, travel experience, and enthusiasm! The presentations were professional, top-notch, and very interesting. These kids are amazing! As a supporter of this conference, Columbus Audubon is […]
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We got on to the water at about 9:00 am. We stayed in one spot to wait for other people. As we were waiting Trevor, Anna, and I heard a Prothonotary Warbler singing. We paddled over to the tree line and sure enough there was one sitting up in the tree singing. Once everyone was ready
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On a chilly spring day in March, the Central Ohio chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club visited Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Our goal was to set up ‘apartments’ for Purple Martins to breed in. We gathered outside around the Grange Insurance Audubon Center to construct the boxes. Our advisors gave a short introduction to
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My experience at the OYBC Gull-Crazy event was truly something to remember. Something very memorable to me was watching the excitement on peoples faces as they discovered an interesting bird or got a good shot on their camera. For me this day seems to be all a blur because there were just so many birds
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By Bella Little On Sept. 20, the Ohio Young Birders Club (OYBC) went on a trip to the Cedar Bog. Jim McCormac was there to give us a tour and slideshow about the underestimated singing insects. The singing insects we found, are not grasshoppers but katydids, cicadas and crickets. These insects truly sing by using
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This summer, I went to an American Birding Association (ABA) birding camp called Camp Colorado thanks to the generous scholarships from the American Birding Association and Columbus Audubon. The camp was located at the YMCA in Estes Park, Colorado, and it ran from July 8th to July 14th. I had a very memorable experience at
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