Owling started out as a very small project — only about nine people on average attended the event. Kelly Williams-Sieg was the beginning of the Northern Saw-Whet Owl Project in Ross County. She had been reading a bird book and came across the migration patterns of the Saw-whet Owl. She realized that the books had […]
On November 11th several volunteers and some of the OYBC members (Trevor, Isabella, Joey and Stephen) came to the Hoover Reservoir Nature Preserve to help Charlie Bombaci. Charlie has managed a trail of bird houses used by the Prothonotary Warblers for many years. Our task for the day was to set up 50 bird houses
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Note from OYBC Advisor Gerry Brevoort: Recently, the Central Ohio chapter of OYBC began work on an ambitious community service project being spearheaded by OBYC Advisor Darlene Sillick. The students had been inspired by the tireless work of local birder Charlie Bombaci. Charlie manages the system of nest boxes at Hoover Nature Preserve and he
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On a cool September afternoon, 10 student members from the Central Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club gathered at Berwick Alternative School on the east side of Columbus for their latest community service project. Berwick, a Columbus City School with an emphasis on science and math, has an inviting Outdoor Education Area– a
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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
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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,
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