25 April 2024 Visiting Sheldon Marsh

We try to visit Sheldon Marsh annually in the spring. Besides the variety of birds, the is always a variety of wildlife and plants. This visit started with a pair of purple martins.

A male and female pair of bluebirds continued the blue spottings.

Ducks were dabbling.

Mergansers on the water

An egret and little green heron sharing a big branch.

This frog was a bit of a chonk.

Great Blue Heron

Beautiful Wood Duck

21 April 2024 Spring at Walter C Best Wildlife Preserve

The Best Sand Preserve is part of an older sand quarry. When Walter Best passed the family donated about 100 acres to Geauga Parks to create a wildlife preserve. It was a quiet place this evening, but I was able to spot a very nice goldfinch.

As I ended my walk and was leaving, there was a beautiful full moon rising.

20 April 2024 Spring Wildflowers at The Rookery

The old interurban bridge which prvided crossings to visitors of this then very rural park still stands tall.

The stream was at flood stage.

Trout lilies rounded out our journey.

16 April 2024 My room in Monterrey

This is my typical room in Monterrey. The hotel has an acceptable restaurant and there are a few close by restaurants when I am daring. Outside of time at the local facility, it is a quiet, isolated existence. The television broacasts spanish dubbed programs. Long work days make the trips more bearable.

14 April 2024 South of the Border (Again)

Business trips to Mexico are brutal. They start between 3 and 4am when I leave home for the airport. With a two-hour time difference, I am still at the facility 16 hours later when I finally head to my hotel. Sunrise makes it's way above the horizon as the jet heads to a southern first stop.

Breakfast of champions... I always fly coach per company policy. It means three across and a Coke for breakfast.

Sunrise...

Dropping in for the landing....

Time for the office. Three days to a return flight.

13 April 2024 Another Visit to Blue Heron Rookery

It was a good day for ducks.

A lightly colored bluebird checking out the nesting opportunities.

The first trout lily blossom was a gem.

8 April 2024 Viewing an Eclipse

Almost There...

Full Eclipse...

Coming Out...

After the event, the birds didn't seem to have noticed.

Nor did the butterflies.