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BSBO News and Events
Introducing our fresh, new brand
unveiled May 2025! 
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We love our new color palette, and we hope you do too!
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The 30th Annual Bartlett BIG SIT a tremendous success!
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Thanks to Tom Bartlett, the incredibly generous $40,000 matching gift challenge, and more than 363 generous donors, the 30th annual BIG SIT raised a record $82,500! These critical funds support BSBO's dynamic, curriculum-based education programs, allowing us to offer them at no charge to schools.
We honored Tom's 30 year commitment to BSBO's education programs at this year's Birders' Banquet with a touching tribute and presented him with a beautiful award. Make YOUR gift to BSBO's education programs at the button below. 
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FREQUENT FLYER BIRDING WITH BSBO!
MONTHLY MEMBERS-ONLY GUIDED FIELD TRIPS
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Your membership supports our mission to help people fall in love with birds and build support for bird conservation. In addition to many other benefits, we want to express our gratitude by offering members-only guided monthly field trip for 2025. Join us the first Saturday of every month for a guided trip with BSBO staff at some of the best birding spots Ohio has to offer. Let’s go birding together!
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EXCITING FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS AT BSBO!
Shop the BSBO Swamp Shop
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When you shop in our online Swamp Shop, give a gift membership, or make a donation in honor of friends and loved ones—or all of the above!—100% of the proceeds help BSBO help the birds! 
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Stay Connected
Sign up for the BSBO eNews to stay up to date
on the latest BSBO news, activities, and online deals.
on the latest BSBO news, activities, and online deals.
Support BSBO While YOU Shop
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If you shop at Kroger in the Columbus area and/or northern Ohio (excluding Springfield), we ask that you (and your family and friends) link your Kroger Plus cards to BSBO’s Kroger Community Rewards account, number BG821. All of the dollars you spend with Kroger throughout the year will help us be eligible for a quarterly contribution through this program. Click HERE to register your Kroger Card for BSBO!
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If you're looking for a new way to help BSBO, please consider looking through our Amazon Wishlist. This will help us with supplies needed to carry on the work that BSBO does for birds every day!
We just added some equipment we need to power our songbird banding research! Click HERE to check out our list! If purchasing items, please have them shipped to: Black Swamp Bird Observatory 142 W. Water Street Oak Harbor, OH 43449 |
Latest From Our Blogs
FROM THE FIELD: BABY PIED-BILLED GREBES by Tracy MarrThe pied-billed grebe. A small diver with big feet. Cute, not beautiful. Subtle coloration, not gaudy. The ability to do a submarine sink beneath the water and a distinctive call you can hear across the marsh. For some reason, I love them. Several years ago, I realized it’s very peaceful to watch them float on the water, dive and re-appear, dive and re-appear.
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Conservation News
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Conservation is at the heart of BSBO's mission. All of our projects and programs are designed to raise awareness and appreciation for birds and the importance of habitat conservation. We believe that connecting people to the joys of birding is the first step in building support for conservation; people care more about the things they love.
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Special Announcements
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BSBO Nature Store Closed Until Further NoticeWe are undergoing an exciting renovation! Our Nature Store is closed for in-person visits until further notice. Please follow our Facebook page and subscribe to our monthly eNews for announcements about reopening our center and the Nature Store.
You can still support us by shopping at our online Swamp Shop. |