30 July 2024 Concert I Didn't Want To Attend

Def Leppard Journey Cheap Trick... For some this would have been the concert of the year. I was driving back from a business trip. The bands with the exception of Journey didn't excite me. It was "entertainment" for a management meeting. I really needed sleep more than this. All I wanted to do was leave.

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

25 July 2024 Lizzie

Lizzie was a gentle soul. She's resting on the lawn while I was doing yard work.

24 July 2024 Birding at Sunny Lake

Sunny Lake is a great place to look for great blue herons. In reality, the lake and park are a haven for all sorts of birds. PeeWee

Catbird

Song Sparrow

20 July 2024 Wildlife at West Woods

It was a perfect warm summer evening to visit West Woods. There were at least eight ducks in this surprise sighting.

Frogs were plentiful on the water.

We topped the walk a great sighting of this cedar waxwing.