December 31, 2015

Headed South: Birding in Florida

I am, unfortunately, a bit of a procrastinator, and it's high time that I write about my trip to Florida. I made the drive down with Taylor to visit my sister Kati, my nephew Dylan, and to meet my niece Lily! I also had the chance to reunite with my grandma, my aunts, and one of my cousins. It was a great trip

September 12, 2015

Birding New Hampshire: The Desolation Loop

Last Thursday, September 3rd and my 27th birthday, I embarked on a trip to the White Mountain National Forest for a long weekend of backpacking (and birding, of course!). I've been planning this trip with my friend Pat for some time, so I was immensely excited for the journey to finally be underway! I drove up to Cleveland

September 11, 2015

Two new shorebirds at Wilderness Road!

I've been falling behind on my blogging, so this will be the first of two pending posts. This is to give an update of Sunday August 30th, and two life birds for me! I have to start this post with August 29th, when went up to visit my family who had a birthday celebration for me. It was a few days early since I'd be on the road to New Hampshire on my real birthday (another coming post!). On the way up, I stopped at the

August 27, 2015

Birding in the Monongahela

The weekend of August 14 I met up with some friends in the Monongahela National Forest of West Virginia. They were all able to take Friday off and spend an extra day backpacking and camping. That meant that I would spend Friday

August 3, 2015

Birding at the Beach

I had some time on Saturday to go birding, so I decided to look for a bird that was reported just north of Columbus. The bird in question

July 13, 2015

Edge of Appalachia Preserve

Yesterday I went with two other Columbus birders to the Edge of Appalachia Preserve in southern Ohio. This 18,000 acre preserve is maintained by the Nature Conservancy and is an excellent place to see

July 2, 2015

Baby Turkeys at Blendon Woods

We've been receiving more than our fair share of rain here in Central Ohio, so when the clouds broke yesterday I made sure to get outside. I decided to visit Blendon Woods Metro Park after work