Tag: birding
Autumn’s splendor restores my soul
Somehow a notice went out a week ago to all the blue jays in Illinois that the acorns on (what I think is) a...
Attention birders: Fall migration is beginning
The fall bird migration actually begins in July. Along East Coast beaches, shorebirds that nested in the Arctic begin showing up along coastlines in...
Wildlife netting can do far more harm than good
Three years ago my wife found an opossum in one of our sheds with a plastic six-pack ring around its neck. I immobilized the...
Ohio State scientists work to bring back the bobwhite
COLUMBUS -- Researchers at Ohio State University are working to help the birds come back. Wildlife ecologist Bob Gates and graduate students Adam Janke, Mauri Liberati and Mark Wiley are studying the northern bobwhite -- a disappearing native quail -- with an eye on improving its habitat, especially in winter.
Yes, you could say Christmas is ‘for the birds’
Every December I get requests to reprint my version of 'Twas the Night before Christmas I first published in 1988. Merry Christmas everyone!
Successful birding through winter
A few weeks ago the temperature dropped below 30 degrees, and the first winter feeder birds, white-throated sparrows and dark-eyed juncos, showed up.
Trophies of all types keep memories alive
Among hunters and anglers a trophy is the mount that hangs on the wall. It is the memory of a conquest.
Controversy
It can also be...
Scott Shalaway: No one has to tell the birds summer is...
On Aug. 25 at a high school football game on Wheeling Island in the Ohio River, a flock of high flying birds distracted my attention from the game. Shortly before sunset, I counted about 50 common nighthawks swirling and feeding above the stadium lights. I watched until they disappeared in the darkening night sky.
Warblers galore at Magee Marsh in Oak Harbor
Like most birders, I keep a life list. It is simply a list of the first time and place I saw any particular species....
