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Here are a couple of images from our property this spring. |
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Raindrops on blackberry |
Raindrops on grape tendrils |
Crocus |
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Jack in the Pulpit |
Jack in the Pulpit |
Leaf cluster |
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Spiderwort |
Daylillies |
Bee balm |
Here are some spring wildflowers from parks in our area. |
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Squirrel Corn |
Yellow trout lilly |
White trout lilly (rare) |
The rest of the images are all from our May vacation. The first day, we took a boat across Lake Erie to Point Pelee in Canada. These images were all taken there. I got a few birds, but the wildflowers were a lot easier - they don't move nearly as fast! |
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Bellwort |
A male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak |
A Common Grackle |
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A May Apple with a flower bud |
Baltimore Oriole |
Leaf cluster |
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Solomon's Seal |
More Solomon's Seal - I just love the curled leaves! |
Red Admiral |
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Trillium |
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This Yellow Warbler was almost running over our feet as we ate our picnic lunch! |
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Our next few days were spent at Magee Marsh and Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge in North West Ohio. These are a few images of some of the wonderful birds we saw. |
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Canada Warbler |
Magnolia Warbler |
Another Maggie |
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Female Baltimore Oriole |
Ovenbird |
Red Winged Blackbird |
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Baby Robins |
Sora |
Trumpeter Swans |
As usual, I took pictures of the rescue birds from Back to the Wild. Mona Rutger, the dedicated woman who runs the rehabilitation operation won Animal Planet's Hero of the Year contest in 2007. Click here to go to their website. |
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Barred Owl |
Barn Owl |
Short Eared Owl |
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Saw-whet Owl |
Bald Eagle - third year, starting to molt into adult plumage |
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Snowy Egret |
Snapping Turtle |
Greater Yellowlegs |
On our way to southern Ohio, we stopped at a couple of other parks. |
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Chipmunk at Sheldon Marsh |
Great Egret at Sheldon Marsh |
Hyacinths and Bluebells at Bacon Woods |
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Wild Hyacinth |
Cow Parsnip |
Ferns - all at Bacon Woods |
Our last few days of vacation were spent in southern Ohio in an area called the Hocking Hills. We didn't get as much time as we had hoped to hike and photograph because of some rain, but we had a great time. |
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These first six images are from Ash Cave. We had the place to ourselves for about an hour which was really magical. It has been a very dry spring in Ohio so there was very little water coming over the falls, but the the cave is still beautiful. We timed our visit well - as we were walking out, two school buses of 5th graders arrived... |
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These images are from Cedar Falls |
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The canyon |
Swallowtails puddling |
Cedar Falls |
This set is from Conkle's Hollow. This has been one of our favorite places in the Hocking Hills. Last year, the park service paved most of the trail to make it accessible. I understand why it was done, but I think the mystical feel of the canyon got lost in the process. |
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The canyon walls are several hundred feet high |
A slump block along the path |
A little but of the original rough path remains |
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There was just a trickle of water coming over the falls at the end |
Just before it started to rain... |
Lush ferns |
These last images are from Old Man's Cave. This is the upper falls. We never got to the lower falls because of the rain. Maybe next trip! |
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A small falls near the entrance path |
A detail of one small falls |
The walk towards the upper falls |
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Three images of the upper falls |
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A country barn |
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Edited July 19, 2007
