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| Two House Sparrow couples wait for their turn at the feeders. (Photo by Don Comis) |
Website Table of Contents
Also see my website where you can see a quick guide I created to identify 12 birds you're most likely to see at your feeders in winter, in the Midwest or East, central Ohio for sure (Five birds on my website accessible by clicking on "overview" at the bottom of the "Birds" page and seven birds on the "Birds Photo Gallery' page).My latest addition (on February 6, 2014) is the "Wildlife Photos" where I have an album of a recently photographed snowy owl and recent photographs of mute swans at Apple Valley Lake in Howard, Ohio. Thanks to the choreography of the swans and the simplesite program, you can view the album full size as a slide show where the swan photos blend into each other and seem to show the graceful swimming of members of a 13-strong flock that hung around for a while, until the lake froze over completely.
Here's a list of other pages on the website:
My Front Page: News flash on rare snow "snow roller" phenomenon in Apple Valley, Mount Vernon, and other parts of central Ohio; reprint of magazine article I wrote about wildlife at the USDA research center where I worked; snowy owl sightings; meeting announcements; local bird sighting alerts; photos, including Debbie Hurlbert's snowy owl photo and a photo of a lovely pine cone feeder made at the Apple Valley Garden Club's "Christmas is for the BIRDS!!!" workshop.
Local Events: Shows schedule of events at the Brown Family Environmental Center at Kenyon College.
Insects: Has popular newspaper columns written by a U.S. Department of Agriculture entomologist in Brookings, South Dakota, a former colleague.
Ohio History: Information on Native Americans in Knox County.
Archaeological Finds: Photos of monthly "field finds" award winners at the Kokosing Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Ohio meetings in Mt. Vernon. Also article on presentation by author and editor Bob Converse and other articles, including date of next local meeting.
Birds: Reprint of Mansfield News Journal article telling the role of Debbie Hurlbert and Jon Minard in helping to count 27 bald eagles for the Mohican Christmas Bird Count. Also list of my 12 most common feeder birds this winter. Also click on "Overview" at bottom of page to see ID tips and photos of the "bottom 5" in the list of my common feeder birds.
Winter Tracks: Includes material from Aldo Leopold's "Sand County Almanac".
ASO: Information on the Archaeological Society of Ohio.
Birdscaping: Article on how landscaping (habitat) is more important than bird feeders, related to the book "Birdscaping in the Midwest: A Guide to Gardening with Native Plants to Attract Birds."
Suet Recipes: Includes Debbie Hurlbert's handout for the Apple Valley Garden Club's "Christmas is for the BIRDS!!!" workshop in December--and a recipe and tips from Audrey Spearman.
Photo Gallery: A sampling of slides of Native American artifacts presented by Bob Converse at the January meeting of the local ASO chapter.
