JR: Northwest Ohio migrating birds in early October - Wed, Oct 5, 2016: I observed Golden-crowned Kinglet and White-throated Sparrow around our home this morning. These short-distant or temperate climate songbirds have started their fall migration through northwest Ohio. But in early October, we stil... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 05, 2016 - #ohio #bird #nature #blog_jr

JR: Clay-colored and Field Sparrow Hybrid - (my July 2008 ToledoTalk.com post) Subject: Spizellapalooza From: Aaron B Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:38:11 -0400 Just got back from a successful outing in Lorain County at the Charlemont Reservation. Since Ethan K found an unusual "Spizella" sparrow... more>> 3 min read
- Jul 20, 2016 - #bird #nature #ohio

JR: Bird notes - Mon, Jul 18, 2016 - A lot of bird activity has existed around our home this month with the young birds visiting. Fledgling and now young birds foraging on their own visiting our yard in mid-July include: HOFI COGR AMRO NOCA BAOR NOFL Bird visiting our feeders and ... more>> 3 min read
- Jul 18, 2016 - #home #bird #nature

JR: Red Knot Conservation Effort - (my March 2008 post at toledotalk.com) From Ohio birding e-mail listserv : Subject: Good news on Red Knots From: Kenn Kaufman Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:41:21 -0400 Here's a piece of outstanding good news from our friends in New Jersey, one that h... more>> 5 min read
- Jan 19, 2016 - #bird #environment #nature

JR: Late Sep and Oct 2015 Notes - #bird - #home - #nature - #insect Mon, Sep 28 at 7:20 p.m., at least two Scissor-grinder Cicadas are singing around our home. temps still in the mid 70s. calm wind. partly to mostly cloudy sky. good weather to sing if a cicada. love their song. un... more>> 15 min read
- Oct 31, 2015 - #bird #home #nature #insect #rainfall

JR: Aug 2015 bird obs - Aug 21 3 AMRO - (1 on our front yard) Aug 22 CAWR sang in our backyard Aug 23 1 AMRO our front yard Aug 24 and aug 25 early morning EAWP sang partial song near woodmont and grantwood. it sang the "pee-eww" part only. Heard BAOR still on fri, aug ... more>>
- Aug 26, 2015 - #bird #home #nature

JR: Nesting Bluebird Info - #nature - #bird - #home Wren Guard - apply after first egg has been laid. - made from cardboard. - three sided. - extends outward 3 to 3.5 inches from the nest box. - extends down to the bottom edge of the hole. Change Nest - 6 to 7 days after youn... more>> 1 min read
- May 22, 2015 - #nature #bird #home

JR: May 2015 birdwatching obs - #home - #toledo - #nature - #bird - #event Post started on Mon, May 18, 2015. I have not recorded bird obs for each day in our neighborhood while exercise walking and walking Barney. I wish that I had. I don't know if this is a better than aver... more>> 12 min read
- May 20, 2015 - #home #toledo #nature #bird #event

JR: Fri, May 15, 2015 bird observations - Around our home and in our neighborhood. It has been a fine day for migrating bird song both for variety and numbers. Around 3:25 p.m., a WCSP and a MAWA were perched in the middle oval crunchberry shrub in my same field of view of my binoculars. A... more>> 1 min read
- May 18, 2015 - #home #bird

JR: May 12-14, 2015 Nature Observations - Around our home and neighborhood. On Tue, May 12, I noticed that our spirea bushes had started to bloom in a few places. On Wed, May 13 and again this morning, Thu, May 14, I saw a WTSP in our backyard. During my walk with Barney on Wed, May 13, ... more>>
- May 14, 2015 - #home #bird #nature

JR: Mid-day walk, Mon, Mar 16, 2015 - Barney and I went for about 40-minute walk around lunch time. Cloudy sky. Temps around 60 degrees. Little to no wind. Mostly dry. A few snow piles. Birds obs: COGR, I think my first of 2015 AMRO, several heard, and two males foraging on a lawn. ... more>>
- Mar 16, 2015 - #home #bird #pets

JR: Sat, Feb 21, 2014 Weather - At 12: 08 p.m., Feb 21, 2015, light snow continues to fall. Total accumulation for the day is at least 1.5 inches. I walked the neighborhood from 10:50 to 11:40 a.m., and then I shoveled our walkways and driveway apron. Temps were around 20 degrees. ... more>>
- Feb 21, 2015 - #home #toledo #weather #bird

JR: Fri, Feb 20, 2015 morning walk - I walked this morning without Barney from 9:40 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. At the start of the walk, mostly clear with temp around +1. At the end of the walk, partly to mostly cloudy with cirrus and cirrostratus clouds, so the sun could still shine okay. Temp... more>>
- Feb 20, 2015 - #home #bird #toledo #weather

JR: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 Weather - Fri, Jan 9, 2015 - The sky dawned mostly clear. It was still breezy. It appeared to have snowed a little more, since I measured last night at 10:44 p.m. I'm guessing that around 2.0 to 2.25 inches of snow fell over West Toledo during the 12-hour peri... more>> 1 min read
- Jan 09, 2015 - #home #snowfall #bird

JR: Eastern Screech Owl fly-by in our backyard - On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at about 1:00 p.m., I stood at our kitchen window watching the dozens of HOSP and the numerous MODO forage on our backyard, along with a few fox squirrels. Some SCJU were mixed in as well. Then all the birds suddenly left. Even t... more>>
- Dec 25, 2014 - #home #bird