From now until January 2nd., you can choose from 6 special desktop wallpapers for FREE download! Go to the JB Photography 'Members' page here. You will then need to enter the password "ohbirds6" (without quotation marks) to be able to view the page. Below the download...

(IGNORE MISSPELLED WORDS; THERE ARE PROBABLY ALOT OF THEM...thats what happens when I get in a hurry...)    I was skeptical at first... I began hearing reports that if you take a loop of stiff wire with smmaller, thinner wire with weights attached to the bottom...

   Just for fun, Birds of Ohio was upgraded for a 3 month period. So, from exactly 3 months from today, this special service will end. This special was given by our web hosts, Webnode, to every customer for three months as a Christmas gift (and hoping we will give them a gift...

   Today, December 13, the opening date of the bald eagle moderated discussion was pushed back from December 20th. to January 6th. The reason for the change is that the eagles don't really frequent the nest until it is near the time for an egg to be laid. Usually the Decorah eagle pair...

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...