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.

8 June 2024 Car Show Time

It seemed like Pontiac night at an annual local car show. An early spotting of a 65 GTO was a great way to get the visit started.

They called them "wide-track." They were just wide highway cruisers.

A well-loved Ford...

This Honda K car was by far the smallest of the event. It made our miata look huge.

Meep... Meep

Tourquise and fat white walls from a different time.

Another wide-track Pontiac

A beautiful Mustang from the best years of the Mustang

A rocket ship car made from a futuristic ride at an old amusement park.

7 June 2024 Sunny Lake Visit

It was an overcast, late-spring evening by the time I left my office and stopped for a Sunny Lake visit.

The ducks seemed happy on the shore.

Preparing for the male mallard of the park competition.

This heron moved with confidence while looking for dinner.

6 June 2024 Backyard Birding

Following a nuthatch around a tree in the yard can be quite calming.

2 June 2024 Vocal Heron

Sometimes a heron just needs to squawk.

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.

26 May 2024 An afternoon at Hinkley

It was a perfect afternoon to visit Cleveland Metroparks Hinkley Reservation. This ebony jewelwing was one of our first sightings.

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sir Toad

Common Whitetail dragonfly