My name is Hannah Thomas and I am a junior in high school. I started as a bluebird box monitor at Deer Creek State Park this past spring 2019. As a bluebird box monitor, I collect data on the nests in the boxes and watch for invasive species, such as House Sparrows. House Sparrows will […]
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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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In March, the Central Ohio Chapter of the Ohio Young Birders Club did maintenance work on the Bluebird nest box grid at Glacier Ridge Metro Park in Columbus. Chapter members had installed the nestboxes four years ago. Rather than a full report for this project, we have impressions from a few the Ohio Young Birders
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Back on March the 30th Darlene Sillick, Tim Bischoff and Stephen Bischoff from the Ohio Young Birders Club teamed up with Lori Totman, Michelle Lundy, Chris Bunge and Don Nelson from the Licking County FAN Club to lay out a Tree Swallow Grid at Dawes Arboretum. For the site location you need an open field
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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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