9 August 2024 Mentor Headlands Visit

Beautiful Butterflies

High-stepping great blue heron

A little green heron sighting is always a special treet.

6 August 2024 After the Storm

Five torandos passed through the area. The destruction was a bit numbing. I was nursing two dying dogs and Ali was back east for a funeral. Still, we were much luckier than so many people. I needed a break from our aging dogs, the damage at the house and the ongoing pressures of my work. The Rookery was close by and mostly spared the damage from the storm.

3 August 2024 Sunny Lake Visit

My journey started with a fritillary gathering nectar on flowers.

Turtle Town

Mallards beside the shore with another turtle nearby.

Coneflower in Bloom

Goldfinch up high

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

22 July 2023 West Woods and Orchard Hills (Geauga Parks)

Some days are magical.