Category Archives: Birds

No Words, Just Birds (#3)

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

Note: The winds have remained mostly northerly, but some new birds did manage to get here last night.  We’re still waiting (a bit impatiently) for the big wave of warblers to arrive.

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No Words, Just Birds (#2)

Posted on May 4, 2017 by

All photos in this post were taken at Oak Openings Preserve, one of the fine Toledo Metroparks.

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No Words, Just Birds

Posted on May 2, 2017 by

(Well, maybe a few words…. For the next month or so, I’ll be too busy birding and editing photos to write much, so I’ll just post a selection of pictures a couple times a week to show you what I’ve … Continue reading →

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Armchair Birding

Posted on April 29, 2017 by

Lately there have been quite a few slow birding days around here. Spring migration is happening, but the birds are still just trickling through in dribs and drabs rather than pouring in. But what is pouring, today at least, is … Continue reading →

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Here They Come…

Posted on April 16, 2017 by

April and May are so exciting here in Ohio! Every walk brings the possibility of finding new flowers and trees blooming, and new birds arriving.  And now that I have so many new places to explore after my move, it’s … Continue reading →

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Clarity

Posted on December 15, 2016 by

Do you find that you go through phases in life where your interests change suddenly? I  do, and I’m moving into another one of those now. I think my recent trip to Costa Rica helped clarify things for me — … Continue reading →

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Lunatic in the Woods

Posted on October 22, 2016 by

Yeah, that would be me. Standing alone on a trail with a HUGE smile on my face. If you happened to come upon me just then it would be understandable if you gave me a wide berth and glanced over … Continue reading →

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Things that Fly, Flutter, and Leap

Posted on August 23, 2016 by

You know how great it feels when your day off coincides with a fantastic weather forecast? Well that’s what happened for me on Monday this week, and I took full advantage of it to get outdoors and poke around to … Continue reading →

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Rain! Green! Ahhhh….

Posted on August 14, 2016 by

Here in northwest Ohio we’ve been suffering through a drought for many weeks, so it was such a relief when we got a good soaking rain yesterday. And since my weekend plans changed at the last minute, I spent most … Continue reading →

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There’s This Place I Like to Go…

Posted on August 4, 2016 by

This week marked the one-year anniversary of my move to northwest Ohio. And although I don’t have as much time as I used to for exploring and being in nature, I have managed to find one spot that has become … Continue reading →

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