26 July 2024 Visiting a Prairie

We were out for a longer weekend to visit the prairie cemeteries in central Ohio and hopefully enjoy some great bird sightings. With no bridge deck, this is quite a crossing.

The turtle seemed unconcerned about our presence near the bridge.

When hummingbirds aren't aggressively chasing each other, they are flying at very fast speeds or drinking nector from wildflowers.

Royal catchfly abounds at one of the prairie cemeteries. Most of the flowers are a bright red, but this pale salmon is eye-catching.

Tanking a sip from the royal catchfly

31 July 2023 Hummingbirds

We were returning to one of the pioneer cemeteries that is usually home to hummingbirds. We missed seeing any on our prior day visit. The wildflowers in the cemetery had brought bees collecting nectar.

We were happy to spot hummingbirds out for an early morning territory battle.