Spring migration is upon us! It’s the perfect time to plan to attract hummingbirds and orioles to your yard. This brochure written by Audubon researcher Steve Kress is a step-by-step guide on how to attract these remarkable nectar-loving birds through plants and feeders. You can download the brochure here — keep it online or print it for […]
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2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the Migratory Bird Treaty! Yes, all the way back on August 16, 1916, the United States and Great Britain (on behalf of Canada) signed a “Convention” or treaty to protect migratory birds. We should give thanks for the wisdom and foresight of those in both governments who worked to
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was invaded by crows in the winter. Tens of thousands of them. It was awful, right? Not so fast! The city used to try to poison crows to exterminate them. Now they hold a yearly crow festival to celebrate the avian “invaders”! You can read the whole story on the Audubon Web site.
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If you have a Kroger Plus card, you can support Columbus Audubon through the Kroger Community Rewards program. Once you are enrolled in the program, portion of the amount of every purchase you make at Kroger is donated to Columbus Audubon. To use the Kroger Community Rewards program, go to the Krogrer Community Rewards Web
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We recently learned that Columbus Audubon friend and conservationist Mac Albin passed away on February 20. Mac was well-known to many Columbus Audubon members and was a conservation hero for many in the Central Ohio region. He was instrumental in the preservation of the areas that now are included in Clear Creek and Battelle Darby
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Albatross and petrels are beautiful, even majestic birds — but they need our help. They live on the open oceans, and too often they are caught on commercial fishing lines and drowned. The good news is that there are proven measures that help prevent these drownings. And there is an international agreement to protect these birds.
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