When I was recently watching The Hobbit, I noticed that birds seem to play a fairly large part in the movie, as they had in the book. I have read the unabridged book, and in the second and third movie that are being produced, birds will continue to play an important part in the films....

   As most of my readers probably know, I built two new bluebird/tree swallow nest boxes this year, and was lucky enough to get one pair of each. The bluebirds laid five eggs and haven't been around to see much very often. The female incubates all day, and the male does somthing else...

   Jean-Jacques Fougère Audubon was born on April 16th, 1785 in Haiti. The English translation of his name is John James Audubon. Audubon spent his childhood in France, and this is when he became interested in drawing birds. His childhood was rather uneventful, but at the age of eighteen,...

   It is estimated that there are forty-six million birdwatchers in the United States alone, and that fifty-four million people put up birdfeeders every year. Choosing the right seed types has a huge impact on the types as well as the number of bird species that will visit your feeders....

   Every year, literally millions of people put up bird feeders and bird houses across the nation in hopes of attracting birds to their yard. Birds have always been appreciated, weather for their beautiful plumage, lovely songs, or by our natural curiosity of flight. In this essay, we...

I haven't been posting for a while because I have been quite busy. However, I am now back and editing. Look for some new stuff to start popping up around the website because I have found out that Webnode has added some new freebie features that I can add. Not much more to post, but check back!!!

Most warblers arrive in Ohio around April, but the yellow-rumped warblers arrive in Ohio much earlier. In fact, though it is fairly uncommon, it isn't entirely unheard of to see a yellow-rumped warbler or pine warbler over wintering in Ohio. However, the majority do head south for the winter....

Spring is on the way, and the birds are really showing it! But just what are the main ways you can look at birds for signs of spring? Listed below are quite a few signs to look for.   Red-Winged Blackbirds returning. Red-winged blackbirds return just in time to find a mate and start...

   Today I received an email from Cornell Lab. Near the bottom of the email, it had the heading that read: "New BirdSleuth Website Brings a Little Paradise Into Classrooms". Below the heading was a photo of a bird of paradise, which said "Evolution in Paradise". I decided to...

 You may have seen the fairly common eastern-meadowlarks in fields in summer, but have you ever seen a horned lark? Horned larks are actually the only true lark species native to North America. Though horned larks are year-round residents of the state, though uncommon residents,...