30 April 2024 Canada Geese and Hatchlings

Geese are not a bird I seek to capture in images, but the chicks are cute and they are dedicated with the hatchlings.

29 April 2024 Birds and Wildflowers at Mentor Lagoons

Mentor Lagoons is a haven for great blue herons when they are summering in the north. The beautiful creatures can frequently be seen fishing in the channel.

Red-winged blackbirds were making their familiar call while they perched on trees along the edge of the shore.

A focused predator looking for the next meal.

A red trillium in bloom in the nature preserve area

Jack-in-Pulpit with a spring bloom

Wood Poppy

28 April 2024 Killdeer

Killdeer have their own style of personality. They will squak and fuss if you are too near, Other times they will walk in front of you. This evening was the walking-in-front, quiet killdeer.

27 April 2024 Squirrel Corn and Forget-Me-Nots

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.