Trip West: from Ohio through Kansas

Hello! I know some of you have been waiting for a post about my western roadtrip, so here we go! We set off on Saturday, June 4th from Columbus. We got out bright and early, at 6AM and jumped onto I-70. By lunchtime, we were in St. Louis! We stopped at the Gateway arch for a picture, and then found a spot to make lunch.

The Gateway to the West!

Good news and bad news

Good news first. Migration is heating up, which means lots of birds around! I'm sitting at 189 Ohio birds for the year and more are showing up every day.

Florida double-twitch

As teased in previous posts, here's the trip report from my Florida excursion! I call it a "twitch" in the title, which is birding lingo for chasing after a rarity. This particular excursion was organized by Jeremy, who has his own blog here. The plan was easy enough in theory

January 100

As promised, another post for January. I mentioned in my last post the goal of recording 100 Ohio birds in January. The fabled January 100 was looking fairly easy early on, but late into the month I learned that I wouldn’t have the final weekend to wrap up! More on that in another post; here’s how January went...

Welcome to 2016!

I'd like to dedicate this post to my Grandma, since January 1st is her birthday!

Alright... My resolution for the new year is to update this blog more regularly! January consisted of a lot of little trips as I, along with many other Ohio birders, attempted to rack up 100 species in Ohio in the first month of the year. The "January 100" is how birders celebrate the new year