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Join us Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the
Grange Insurance Audubon Center in Columbus, OH. |
Not just for young birders, we encourage adults to attend as well!
The mission of the Ohio Young Birders Club is to encourage, educate, and empower our youth conservation leaders. All elements of this mission come together at the annual Ohio Young Birders Conference. The annual conference provides a venue for our student members to present their experiences in a professional conference setting. For all members of the audience, students and adults, watching our youth conservation leaders deliver interesting and informative presentations is tremendously inspiring! This is especially true for the younger kids in the audience, as the conference provides an important and valuable opportunity to be educated and empowered by seeing their peers deliver these dynamic presentations. 
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On Sunday, September 24, a bright and beautiful day during fall migration, Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) hosted a celebration to honor the volunteer team that makes all of our work possible.
Congratulations to the 2023 BSBO Volunteer Award Recipients! Volunteer of the Year Award - Jack Laverty Volunteer of the Year Award - Michelle Klement Conservation Award - Not yet announced (They still don't know they've won!) 
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Thanks to the generosity of our friends at Land Sea & Sky, we are excited to announce our 2024 membership drive! If you join BSBO as a member, renew your membership, or donate $25 or more, you're entered to win a Leica APO-Televid 82 Kit with 25-50x eyepiece and a Manfrotto 190 Aluminum Tripod. These two items together are valued at $4,400!
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Birds at Home
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Birds At Home
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Young Birders NetworkThe BSBO team is working alongside a group of young birders to build the Young Birders Network, a new social network and resource for young birders across the globe. Learn More > |
Bird Migration ProfilesThe culmination of over 30 years of banding data, BSBO's Bird Migration Profiles feature 100+ species and include id tips, photos, and easy to interpret timing graphs. Learn More > |
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Rainy Days at the Banding StationDo you ever notice that we miss some days during the bird banding season and there's no daily update on social media? Well, even on bad weather days, there's still work being done in the marsh!
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BSBO Blogs |
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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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Roaming cats kill more than a BILLION birds each year. To address this threat, the Black Swamp Bird Observatory staff and board presented the Oak Harbor Mayor Quinton Babcock and the Oak Harbor Veterinary Hospital with a check for $5,000 to support the Oak Harbor Responsible Pet Ownership Program, a program developed through a working group initiated by BSBO. The check was presented during The Biggest Week In American Birding opening ceremony. This program provides trapping, veterinary care, spay/neuter, and safe, INDOOR homes for roaming and feral cats in Oak Harbor, OH. More than 80 cats have been taken off the streets, treated, and placed in indoor homes. The program makes life better for cats, safer for birds, and healthier for people. The program will serve as a model for other cities. Learn more HERE. |
Studies show that window collisions kill between 365 million and 1 billion birds annually in the United States, with a median estimate of 599 million. To address this threat, in 2018 BSBO brought together partners to implement a Lights Out program in the city of Toledo. More recently, we've worked with leadership at Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Maumee Bay State Park Lodge to make the lodge safer for birds, as well. The lodge is the perfect location to headquarter BSBO's Biggest Week In American Birding; however, the expanse of reflective windows do kill birds. After BSBO raised concerns about the danger these windows pose to both migrant and resident birds, we are thrilled to announce that the lodge responded to our call for action by putting more than $60,000 in their budget for a Phase I plan to retrofit the lodge windows with bird-safe products! Additional funds will be in the next fiscal year budget to continue to address this threat to birds. |
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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.
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