May 8, 2008 - The summer pops series is officially cancelled and the CSO ceases operations on June 1.
 

I have received numerous email questions about the current situation with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Here are some links to get you caught up on our situation :

For more information please consult the news page of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Musician's website :

Columbus Symphony Orchestra News
 

This short radio commentary from Purdy and Zuck was taped right before the guillotine fell, but raises some good points :

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wosu/.artsmain/article/13/210/1251080/Arts.Unscripted/Arts.Unscripted.4-24-08/
 

April 25, 2008 - CSO musicians unanimously vote to reject the board's final offer of a 40% pay cut. Read press release here :

http://www.symphonymusicians.com/index.htm
 

Orchestra business expert and blogger, Drew McManus, has many thoughtful articles on the CSO here :

http://www.adaptistration.com/adaptistration/columbus/index.html
 
 

New bird photos from Ohio in 2008 have been added onto the following pages :

new photos coming May 9 (or soon thereafter) :
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Song Sparrow
Orchard Oriole

updated May 8 :
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat

updated April 30 :
Gray Catbird
Common Yellowthroat

updated April 28 :
Yellow-throated Vireo
House Wren
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Chipping Sparrow

updated April 19 :
Blue-headed Vireo
Tufted Titmouse
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern Parula
Yellow-throated Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee

updated March 31 :
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Eastern Phoebe

updated March 23 :
Pine Warbler

updated March 21 :
Mute Swan
Brown Creeper

updated Feb. 25 :
American Tree Sparrow

updated Feb. 9 :
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Iceland Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Yellow-rumped Warbler
 

updated Jan. 6 :
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous Gull

Photos from a week in California during late November, 2007 have been added onto the following pages.  Many of these pages already contain photos from previous November trips to California. HERE is a sample page of photos from the trip.
 

Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark's Grebe
Brown Pelican
Brandt's Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Snowy Plover
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
Black Oystercatcher
Willet
Wandering Tattler
Long-billed Curlew
Black Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Heermann's Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Western Gull
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Black Phoebe
Hutton's Vireo
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Bushtit
Wrentit
American Pipit
Yellow-rumped Warbler ("Audubon's")
Fox Sparrow ("Sooty")
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow