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High Water
Although here in Columbus, we haven't had any major flooding events like those occurring in Iowa, the recent rains have brought very high water levels to the Olentangy River. I'm surmising that the n...
Olentangy Sycamore
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New Bird for the Yard- The White Crowned Sparrow
Good evening and I'll be soon off to bed, but I wanted to share images of a white crowned sparrow that visited our yard today. I looked out our window this morning, and there it was, eating the seed ...
Collective Naturalizing II- Birds
Tonight we have a collection of bird photographs that I took on May 4th in our back yard and Kenney Park, in a silver maple/boxelder/cottonwood/hackberry/black walnut forest. This was a clear and coo...
The Fantasy Land of Seabrook Island
The island that Megan, my Mom, my brother, and myself traveled to this weekend for my cousin's wedding really was a fantasy land. A gated, private island, catering to those with more resources than o...
Impression of a Great Blue Heron
March 22nd, Columbus, Ohio, along the Olentangy River.Tom ...
Sanibel, Florida- Island of the Fish Hawk
My first bird of the Florida trip? A boat tailed grackle at the Punta Gorda airport. The second? One that would capture my interest for quite some time, the Fish Hawk or Osprey, Pandion haliaetus. ...
Florida Sunshine Megapost to Brighten Your Snowy Easter
I'm sitting here on my parent's couch in Munroe Falls, Ohio, watching my dad and the neighbor across the street get out their red Toro snowblowers and go to work on the 4 inches of snow we received la...
Video of the Wading Birds of Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge
Megan was really impressed with all the crazy sounds made by the egrets and other waders at Ding Darling. This clip that she captured really gives you a good idea just how many birds were concentrate...
Close Encounters With the Birds of Florida
Here is the post that I've been working on over the past few days. These fifteen images are a sampling of my photography from Florida. They also served as my final project for my digital photography...
Super Tame Snowy Egret
I suppose I would be super tame too if I knew that I was going to get a full belly of fresh fish guts after this guy was done getting his fillets!Monday morning I foolishly went out on a cross island ...
Capturing Motion
The theme of this post is capturing motion. Two things that have really gotten me into this type of photography- #1 My digital SLR and #2 My photography class that I'm taking right now at Columbus St...
A Saturday Morning Walk Along the Olentangy
Every once in a while I have one of those magical moments where light, circumstance, and technology come together to result in a great image. Although there are dozens of deer along the Olentangy Riv...
Cardinal Mugshot from the Backyard Bird Cam
Umm. Doesn't that sunflower seed look good? I have actually tried one. They aren't bad, believe it or not. With the recent cold snap, activity at the backyard bird cam has really ramped up. This ...
Mystery Sparrow Video
Click to play Thanks to Mon@rch, who presents stunning video at his blog, I'm trying out blip.tv for video. This afternoon, I captured this sparr...
Birds in Our Backyard-A closeup look at the backyard bird cam
Hi nature lovers. Did you have a good weekend? Megan and I rounded out our Sunday with a trip to the OSU campus to watch the basketball buckeyes take on the Indiana Hoosiers. Well, we came away wit...
Birding Black Hand Gorge State Nature Preserve and Dillon Lake State Park
Greetings!Megan and I are staying at the Cherry Valley Lodge in Newark, Ohio, this weekend. We just had to get away from the city. Well, this is not completely true, since Megan is here attending th...
Waterfowl Friday
A pair of mallards flapping across Hoover Reservoir, near Columbus, Ohio.Tom ...
More from Hoover Dam
The one in Ohio, not Arizona and Nevada!Tom ...
What holds back 6.3 billion gallons of water?
The O'Shaughnessy dam northwest of the City of Columbus. Megan and I checked out the this dam and 840 acre reservoir for the first time this past weekend after our frigid late afternoon visit to t...
Live Backyard Bird Cam
I have the web cam running this afternoon (I set it up during lunch) and quite a few cardinals have been stopping by the feeding station in our backyard. In addition, I have put out sunflower seeds r...
Blendon Woods Metropark- A Bird Photo Essay
Whenever I need a quick bird photography fix, Megan and I head to Blendon Woods Metropark on the northeast side of Columbus. We drove there today and spent the last 45 minutes of the day's sunlight w...
Wordless Wednesday- a northern mockingbird
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Maine, Day #3
The great thing about Maine, and I'm sure most parts of the country are like this too, is that when it snows there, it really snows hard and heavy. But usually the next day the clouds leave and the s...
Winter in Maine- Day 1
Megan's parents live in rural western Maine. The towns near them are quite tiny and fairly provincial, and they live five miles or so outside of the town center. When the original owner built the ho...
While I was Gone, The Birds and Squirrels Feasted
While Megan and I were in Northeast Ohio then Maine over the Holiday Season, the birdcam kept watch on the feeding area in our backyard. The camera recorded an image every two minutes, and I mer...
Life Bird Today- The Pine Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak, Little Pond, Otisfield, Maine I thought I was going crazy today when a Scarlet Tanager flew across my path about twenty feet down the old abandoned road I was snow shoeing on. That was...
Welcome back to Maine
Howdy all! Megan and I are in Maine, at her parent's house. There is a ton of snow here. It was up to my knees in places yesterday, and four inches of snow fell overnight! Yesterday was fantastic ...
Bird Cam Day #3
Today, I added a suet feeder to the mix, but it doesn't look like any birds gave it a try. A few more cardinals have been frequenting the feeder. Megan and I will be traveling tomorrow to northeast O...
Highlights from the Backyard Bird Cam
This morning, I thought I set up the webcam to capture an image every thirty seconds and store those images on my computer. Well, I did this, but it only saved 10 images before it erased the 10th and...