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Common yet still Beautiful
The Ohio Nature Blog | July 6th 2008 by Tom
Megan and I can count on seeing a pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharo) in just about every hike we go on, including the weedy field in Kenney Park. I've always noticed the greenish metallicness on this species' thorax, and I was trying to focus on that read more
Capturing Light
The Ohio Nature Blog | June 25th 2008 by Tom
I recently realized that I hadn't taken many photographs recently for art's sake, so I had to remedy that situation. These are shots taken last evening along the Olentangy River. Which one(s) do you like?Tom read more
Rock Hard Mussels
The Ohio Nature Blog | June 24th 2008 by Tom
After our high waters receded, weathered dead mussel shells (sometimes called sub-fossils) that have been scoured up by the surging water are strewn about the river and banks. Here are some of the more interesting shells from my walk on Sunday morni read more
The Olentangy Runs High
The Ohio Nature Blog | June 23rd 2008 by Tom
Here's a shot of the water willow beds along the Olentangy River near Kenney Park. Believe it or not, one of the busiest commuter highways in Ohio is just to the right of this river. And between the river and the highway is one of the busiest bike read more
Blue-Fronted Dancer Female
The Ohio Nature Blog | June 22nd 2008 by Tom
Isn't this creature a looker? I spent some time this morning setting up this shot to get it "just right". The camera is actually mounted on a tripod. Damsels like this love to bask along the shorelines of rivers and streams, and I know that I use read more
The Olentangy Teems with Life
The Ohio Nature Blog | June 21st 2008 by Tom
The Olentangy is teeming with life right now. The images are from my photo outing last Friday.Black-shouldered spinylegStream bluets and powdered dancerBaby map turtle (hatched last fall)Stream bluetPowdered dancer orgy!The first American rubyspot o read more
The Prince Bastkettail....and a House...Finally
The Ohio Nature Blog | June 19th 2008 by Tom
About a week ago, I walked down to the Olentangy one evening about 7:00 to see what I could see dragonfly wise. Sure enough, the river did not disappoint, and I spotted a species that I missed last year. This dragon is called the prince baskettail. read more
Olentangy Sycamore
The Ohio Nature Blog | May 17th 2008 by Tom
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Collective Naturalizing II- Birds
The Ohio Nature Blog | May 14th 2008 by Tom
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 cool morning, and it seemed to be the day of the grea read more
Sky Watch Friday- Spring Comes to the Olentangy
The Ohio Nature Blog | April 24th 2008 by Tom
Monday morning, April 21, 2008. I waited a while on the gravel bar of the Olentangy River for the clouds to position themselves just right for this photograph. There was a gentle breeze beginning to pick up after a still and calm morning. Winds fr read more
Wildflowers Continued- Toadshade Trillium
The Ohio Nature Blog | April 24th 2008 by Tom
These are probably one of the common trilliums of forests in central and western Ohio. As I was posting this, an idea popped into my head. I really should pose an American toad below the leaves of this little plant! Trillium sessile is really quit read more
A Furry Woodland Creature
The Ohio Nature Blog | April 23rd 2008 by Tom
April 21, 2008.The best image of a fox squirrel (Sciurus niger) that I have managed to get to date. I was scoping out some map turtles on the bank of the Olentangy when this creature came running my way. It was quite surprised when it saw me, but i read more
Wildflowers at Peak
The Ohio Nature Blog | April 20th 2008 by Tom
Dutchman's Breeches, Dicentra culcullariaMegan and I made a purchase that we've been wanting to make for a long time. We bought new bikes over the weekend. This evening we took them for a spin along the Olentangy bikeway, a trail that I've seen hun read more
Fire on the Olentangy- Skywatch Friday
The Ohio Nature Blog | April 10th 2008 by Tom
February 9th, 2008, Columbus, Ohio read more
Spring Proceeds Despite the Cold Weather
The Ohio Nature Blog | March 24th 2008 by Tom
My outdoor thermometer read 52 at 5:00 p.m. this evening when I arrived home from work. Not exactly bone chilling, but we've only had two spring days break 60 degrees this spring. Last year at this time, I was photographing the open blooms of wildl read more
A Saturday Morning Walk Along the Olentangy
The Ohio Nature Blog | March 2nd 2008 by Tom
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 River corridor here in Columbus, they are extremely w read more
Floods Come to Ohio
The Ohio Nature Blog | February 7th 2008 by Tom
What an intense weather week! Snowstorms in Wisconsin, flooding here in Ohio, and horrendous tornadoes in the southeast. The Olentangy River, about a quarter mile from my front door, rose several feet, but did not overflow its banks. The same thing read more
Natural Ice Sculptures from Kenney Park
The Ohio Nature Blog | January 19th 2008 by Tom
This morning I had a few minutes to hike back to Kenney Park and check on the Olentangy River. The river is moving too fast and temperatures have not dropped enough for the river to ice over. However, left high after the floods, were several pools read more
Olentangy Pool
The Ohio Nature Blog | December 11th 2007 by Tom
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Olentangy Pool, originally uploaded by Tom Arbour. Warm today! Wow. I cou read more
First Snow on the Olentangy
The Ohio Nature Blog | December 5th 2007 by Tom
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } First Snow on the Olentangy, originally uploaded by Tom Arbour. We had the read more
Fall Color- It is not too late
The Ohio Nature Blog | November 12th 2007 by Tom
Veteran's Day. Both of my grandfather's were a part of World War II, but to me, the whole idea of myself fighting in a war is a bit distant and something that I consider to be of the most minute possibility. I suppose it was quite different back in read more
Dedication
The Ohio Nature Blog | November 10th 2007 by Tom
I'm glad to see that someone recognized what a very unique place Kenney Park is: read more
Kenney Park
The Ohio Nature Blog | October 27th 2007 by Tom
When Megan and I chose to live where we live, I was excited. We were going to be renting a house. I hadn't lived in a house year-round since I left my parent's place in 1997. Megan was an apartment dweller during that period as well. Well, mowing read more
Autumn
The Ohio Nature Blog | October 22nd 2007 by Tom
The weather this past weekend was awesome. I had hoped to get a few pictures up sooner, but I had a little camera card mishap (thanks to Google Picassa) and spent most of last night recovering about 200 raw photo files. Fortunately, I was able to g read more
Images from the Olentangy
The Ohio Nature Blog | September 16th 2007 by Tom
Although my favorite photographic target, dragonflies and damselflies, seems to be diminishing down on the river as the temperatures drop, there are still plenty of interesting subjects to photograph.Right now Jerusalem artichoke is in full bloom. T read more
Great Blue Skimmer
The Ohio Nature Blog | August 21st 2007 by Tom
I was looking at pictures from earlier this summer, and came across a photo I had taken of a dragonfly in Kenney Park. I had not identified this species previously. Last night, I saw this picture again, and thought, could this be a great blue skimm read more
Wait, I want to be in the picture too.
The Ohio Nature Blog | August 20th 2007 by Tom
You know how you'll come back from vacation and you'll have a few shots where some strange little kids jump into the background of the picture and make faces? Well, the same thing happens at Kenney Park along the Olentangy River, except that unwante read more
Here Come the Composites
The Ohio Nature Blog | July 31st 2007 by Tom
So, I haven't been too busy botanizing around Kenney Park, near my house, for some time. I usually skip right any plant and head to the river. However, things are starting to become interesting again, vascular plant wise. There are several things read more
Kayaking on the Olentangy
The Ohio Nature Blog | July 29th 2007 by Tom
Megan and I registered for a Coleman inflatable two person kayak last year before our wedding. The kayak looked pretty cool on Target's website, and we had just moved to a new house that was in close proximity to the Olentangy River. Sure enough, w read more
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