Rio Grande Valley birds, butterflies, dragonflies through the eyes of an ex-Buckeye

Rio Grande Valley birds, butterflies, dragonflies through the eyes of an ex-Buckeye

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This page used to be a diary of my encounters with birds in Ohio. My move to Harlingen Texas has changed that! There are many birds here that remind me of Ohio, but the ones that really impress me, of course, are the Texas birds that are found nowhere else in the United States. website since August 20, 1997

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To see my history of birding before I moved to Texas just click one of these links: at Oxbow Lake, in Defiance County.

at Independence Dam State Park, in Defiance County.

in Sherwood Ohio, my old hometown, in Defiance County

the rest of Defiance County.

in Paulding County, one county south of Defiance County, in Northwest Ohio

at 16 and C in Williams County, in Northwest Ohio.

the rest of Williams County

in Fulton County, also in Northwest Ohio

around Lake Erie

as well as other various spots in Ohio

and occassionally other states.

I've also researched my genealogy a bit (my other hobby). Click here to learn about the Yochums.

and the Hinsch's

and the Stahls.

and the Jones'

and the Rathbuns.

and the Mattsons

and the Browns

and the Weisers

and the Batdorffs.

Genealogy Tree, Generations 1 through 6

Genealogy Tree, Generations 7 through 12

Genealogy Tree, Generations 13 and up