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Birds at Home
Virtual Learning Series

Join BSBO and our lineup of speakers for fun, informative, interesting, and uplifting virtual presentations and workshops - delivered to you in the comfort of your own home!

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Birds At Home
Virtual Learning Series

Join BSBO and our lineup of speakers for fun, informative, interesting, and uplifting virtual presentations and workshops - delivered to you in the comfort of your own home!

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Young Birders Network

The 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.

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Bird Migration Profiles

The 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.

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Support BSBO While YOU Shop

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!

Latest From Our Blogs

Fall 2022 Banding Summary

This was the 32nd fall season for the BSBO research team banding migrating songbirds at the Navarre Marsh Banding Station. Every season is unique and presents its own surprises. And 2022 sure had its unique encounters!

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BSBO Blogs

Outreach and Education Blog

Bird Bander's Blog

Kenn Kaufman's Crane Creek - Magee Birding Blog

Conservation News

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.

BSBO & ABC Statement on Recent Icebreaker Decision

At issue was a condition of the project’s approval that required “feathering,” or turning off, turbines at night eight months of the year. The feathering requirement, which has now been removed, was required to protect birds from collisions with turbines, unless and until post-construction studies could show that impacts to wildlife are within acceptable limits. In the months since the project was approved, supporters have mounted a campaign to pressure OPSB to remove this condition.

Read the full statement HERE.

BSBO Statement on Painting Wind Turbines Black

The highly skilled scientists on the BSBO Conservation Committee did a detailed analysis of the recent study, published by Ecology and Evolution, on painting one turbine blade black to see if it would prevent bird collisions.

Read BSBO's full statement HERE.

Bald Eagle Killed By Wind Turbine
Bowling Green, OH

Ohio’s first known death of a bald eagle by collision with the blades of a large wind turbine, which occurred near Bowling Green in January, raises serious questions about potentially legalized killings of eagles, according to the Black Swamp Bird Observatory, of Oak Harbor.

Details HERE.

Special Announcements

BSBO Nature Store Closed Until Further Notice

We 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.