Columbus Audubon

Go birding before Pride with our friends at GIAC!

🌈 Join Audubon staff Ivy (she/they) and Americorps member Cierra (she/her) for a Let's Go Birding Together (LGBT) walk before the Stonewall Columbus Pride Parade!🌈

📍Grange Insrurance Audubon Center
🕰️: 8:30am-10:00am
🌈: Registration required so we can know how many people to expect.
🔗: https://tickets.audubon.org/events/a40c1fc0-1936-0f3f-7a4e-213dd760a8bb

We will start the walk with a brief discussion about the importance of inclusion in outdoor spaces before making our way on our walk. Bring your 🌈 PRIDE 🌈(think bright colors, eco-friendly glitter, bold wings, or come as your wonderful self.) Participants will get a nifty "Let's Go Birding Together" sticker and have the oppourtunity to go home with their very own "Let's Go Birding Together" shirt!

Let's Go Birding Together walks are for everyone who loves birds and the outdoors. We welcome those who identify as LGBTQIA2S+, allies, families, and anyone who wants to enjoy an outdoor experience that is inclusive.

Why do we do this? Because the outdoors has not always been a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ people and Audubon wants help change that.

Join Columbus Audubon for our Birdathon Potluck Celebration! This fun social gathering is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow birders during our summer break from Monthly Programs. Everyone is welcome—the more, the merrier!
The celebration will take place on Thursday, June 25, from 5:30–7:30 p.m. at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center 505 W Whittier St.
Bring your family, friends, and a dish to share as we celebrate another great Birdathon season together.

Please register in advance so we can plan for seating and setup. Registration link:

https://tickets.audubon.org/events/0e86d370-c2bc-c765-45b6-0bbc5c239643

Today is the final day! Take a look at our fundraising website at: https://charity.pledgeit.org/ColumbusAudubonBirdathon

Just a few days left of Birdathon, support local conservation and make a difference at: https://charity.pledgeit.org/ColumbusAudubonBirdathon

Support conservation and help us reach our $50,000 goal and make a donation today!

Learn more at:https://charity.pledgeit.org/ColumbusAudubonBirdathon

You can still make a difference, check out our Birdathon fundraising website at:
https://charity.pledgeit.org/ColumbusAudubonBirdathon

🌞Thank you so much to everyone who attended the Monthly Programs this season. We appreciate all of our speakers and attendees. We would love your feedback about these programs so we can continue improving your experience. Please take this brief survey to give us feedback on how to make these events even better!

📩Survey Link Here:
https://forms.gle/jMqabPJspckMMMkW6

📅In the meantime, we are excited to be working on a new lineup for our 2026 - 2027 season. More info coming soon!

Today is our Open Team Field Trip for Birdathon!

All are welcome. Details below:

📣When: TODAY 9am-11am
🌿Where: Battelle Darby Metro Park
🅿️Meeting at far end of Cedar Ridge Picnic Area https://maps.app.goo.gl/Hhzybt91B18xbRFt9

Birders of any experience level are invited to join Columbus Audubon President, Kori Sedmak, to try to tally as many species as we can for the Birdathon Open Team! We will look for spring migrants and other songbirds on a 1.5 mile walk on paved and gravel trails.

👀Register here: https://charity.pledgeit.org/c/5q4xm4qw88/pages/open-team

👀Want to participate in Birdathon but not sure how? Join our open team field trip!

⏰When: May 17 9am-11am
📍Where: Battelle Darby Metro Park
⛅️Meeting at far end of Cedar Ridge Picnic Areahttps://maps.app.goo.gl/Hhzybt91B18xbRFt9

Birders of any experience level are invited to join Columbus Audubon President, Kori Sedmak, to try to tally as many species as we can for the Birdathon Open Team! We will look for spring migrants and other songbirds on a 1.5 mile walk on paved and gravel trails.

⛅️Meeting at far end of Cedar Ridge Picnic Areahttps://maps.app.goo.gl/Hhzybt91B18xbRFt9

📋 Register here: https://charity.pledgeit.org/c/5q4xm4qw88/pages/open-team

Calamus Swamp Spring Work Day is TODAY Saturday, May 16th, at Calamus Swamp from 10 AM - 2 PM. We're hoping for a big group this time around and have plenty to do - so we hope you can join us. We could use more volunteers with these efforts, so please also feel free to share this invitation with anyone you think might be interested.

We'll be focusing on pulling and removing Garlic mustard, Amur honeysuckle, and Wintercreeper, and have some litter pickup to do as well. For those who are interested, we can also take a walk around the trails to check out the progress from the current restoration project.

If you think you'll be able to make it, please enter your information at on our Calamus Swamp page:

https://columbusaudubon.org/conservation-pages/calamus-swamp/calamus-swamp-contact-page/
We hope to see you there!