Tuesday, November 27, 2012, Birds of Ohio.com released the new logo that has been being created during the past week. It is in two designs, and the two new logo designs are shown, below:        Webmaster and founder of Birds of Ohio.com, Junior Barnes, chose...

  November 27, 2012- We are sorry to announce that Bob Anderson of Raptor Resource Project found D14 dead near Rockford, Iowa. D14 was one of three Bald Eagles raised at the Decorah nest. D14 was electrocuted after attempting to land on a power pole. Mr. Anderson immediately notified the...

November 20, 2012- A quick update on the Decorah eagle pair. We still don't know why (and probably never will) the eagles are building a second nest, called an 'alternate nest' , or if they are going to use that nest this year, but what we do know is that it isn't uncommon for eagles to build...

The past few days I haven't updated this site much because I have been working on a different project. It is now 90% complete, so now this site will once again take top priority. The new project was... my new photography website is much better than the old one! It works even with old computers,...

  Just recently (yesterday, actually) I saw my first ever red-breasted nuthatch at my bird feeders. The same day I thought I had heard one, but since they are fairly uncommon around my area, I decided that probably wasn't what I heard. It turns out that later that day I was watching my...

   Though they all used to be different species, the Dark-Eyed Junco, Orgeon Junco, Slate-Colored Junco and others are now all one species, Dark-Eyed Junco. The original dark-eyed junco was the species chosen for all of the rest of the juncos to become. The or nithologists somehow...

   In winter, it seems like some birds just won't hang around your feeders without suet. Some examples can be the Tufted Titmouse, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, or the White-Breasted Nuthatch. Sometimes they stay around without suet, but occassionally they don't.   Suet can be an...

   Simple instructions on how to make a simple tube feeder funnel for simple people!    Stuff you'll need: Kroger plastic water bottle Kroger peanut butter jar Scissors      Step 1: Remove label from peanut butter jar and plastic water...

   The first poll of the year on the Bald Eagle Moderated Discussion has been opened! The poll asks about what bird the Bald Eagle was running against for the position of national bird. Incredibly, the Blad Eagle was elected by only a single vote. Check out the...