Please join us online at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, February 22 as we welcome Dr Walter Carson, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, for an explanation of Our Biodiversity Crisis. Lots of people have opinions about the current state of biodiversity, but Dr Walter Carson has facts. His lab focuses on experimental and empirical…
Basics This year was another year with no post-count gathering, because of caution due to the spread of Covid-19. The field parties (12) were very similar to previous years. A total of 40 field observers participated, joined by 3 feeder counters. The weather was consistent, hovering around 35oF, with calm to light N wind for…
On December 19, 88 observers sponsored by Columbus Audubon spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus in the Christmas Bird Count. Relatively mild weather reduced the numbers of waterfowl, but allowed a good diversity of dabbling ducks to linger. The effects on landbirds were even more striking, with large numbers of fruit-eaters…
Here’s a sad reminder for long-time fans of Columbus Audubon’s EcoWeekend: Due to the uncertainty around the pandemic and the need to keep all of our friends and family safe, we will not hold EcoWeekend this spring. We need to make this call early in the year because of the long lead times needed to…
After I finished my eighth grade academic year at school, I built my first bird houses that I nailed to a hand full of trees in my neighborhood. I enjoyed watching House Sparrows and House Wrens going in and out of my creations, but I had mounted my boxes too high on the trees for…
A new film, Understory: A Journey Through the Tongass, takes us deep into Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The film is available on YouTube and on Vimeo. The film’s release comes at a pivotal moment: Now through January 24 the U.S. Forest Service is accepting public comments on a ruling that would reinstate protections for the Tongass, which stores…
