28 July 2024 Returning Home

It was a short day geocaching with a drive home awaiting and a work day tomorrow. We stopped on the way home to see the Leatherlips statue marking Wyandot nation's Chief Chief Leatherlips.

With our visit completed, a few geocaches found, and a nice pair of barn swallows it was time to head home.

This curly-tailed squirrel seemed to enjoy seeing us. It was the last spotting before we were headed home.

27 July 2024 Geocaching Around Columbus

Finding Royal Catchfly in the Fields is a Treat.

Purple Coneflower

Turtle Beach

An Unidentified Small Butterfly

Killdeer at the water's edge

Turtle Swim!

Killdeer at water's edge

Dragonfly

Beautiful Egret

A geocache hidden at a small abandoned junk yard was a huge contrast to the day's sightings.

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

11 June 2024 Lunch Walk at Sunny Lake

Lunch time was show time for herons at Sunny Lake. The peaceful park is a magnet for these beautiful birds.

31 May 2024 Heron Rookery

Troy Wetlands in Geauga Parks is a special place to visit in the spring. The wetlands area annually hosts multiple heron nests in a sizable rookery. Each spring nine to twelve heron nests will provide a homes for nesting birds. The wetlands provide fertile fishing grounds for the parents to feed the hatchlings.

5 May 2024 Walking the Chagrin River

It wasn't sunny, but the sights along the walk made the day.

A large, beautiful field of wild hyacynths

The Chagrin River was looking wild on this cloudy day.

Male mallards spending time at duck beach.

Spotting an oriole wasn't expected, but was a happy event.

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