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
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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
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It was a windy, cold and dreary November day in central Ohio. Almost everyone in the Central Ohio OYBC chapter had arrived at Glacier Ridge Metro Park to erect the osprey nesting platform that students had built in September. (For more information on that, see the OYBC report on Welcoming the Ospreys.) The day started
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Where do an Eastern Meadowlark, a Bactrian camel, a Northern Harrier and a giraffe live in the same place? The Wilds! OYBC traveled to The Wilds on October 9, 2011 to see both the amazing Ohio birds and the African Savannah animals found there. When we arrived at the Wilds, we met up with two
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Tis the season for tailgating and OYBC’s dessert tailgate on September 9th was centered around a grand spectacle indeed. The focus wasn’t on a football field, though — it was on a chimney! About 54 youth and adults came to see a show and they were not disappointed. Desserts were shared while Dick Tuttle and
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