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- December 25th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Santa Flies Delta
A VERY TIRED Santa waits to board a flight to Detroit Michigan (presumably he was destined for a connection further north) from Akron-Canton, 5:30 Christmas morning, 2009.Tom
- December 23rd, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
What Brought You to the Ohio Nature Blog?
Ultimately, I don't know what brought you here, but thank you for visiting during 2009. Many people arrive at this blog by entering a search term in an internet search browser. With tools like Googl…
- December 22nd, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Show Some Love for the Terrier...(aka the answer to the Christmas Plant Quiz)
And the winner is.........my fellow Hiram College alum and botany buddy Jenn Clevinger (go Terriers!). She guessed the identity of this native Ohio plant species exactly 35 minutes after these goo-co…
- December 21st, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Christmas Plant Quiz
A native Ohio species. That's all. I know somebody will be able to get this. Genus and species, please. Merry Christmas.
- December 20th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Dark-eyed Junco
If you're my friend at Facebook or follow me at Twitter, you may have caught my announcement that I purchased some serious Canon "glass". That's photographers' speak for a new lens. I came into photo…
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hiramgrad01 has updated their Flickr.
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Burning Bush, Winged Eunoymus
Sometime in mid November Megan, Weston,and I traveled to my parents' home, located about 120 miles Northeast of where we live in Columbus. The acidic clay soils of eastern Summit County are heaven fo…
- December 19th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has updated their Flickr.
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
What is it and How Did it Get There?
A little puzzle for your Saturday morning. Funny answers welcome, as well as legitimate guesses.
- December 15th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Agrilus planipennis- Coming to an Ash Tree near You!
So flash back to 2003. I'm a young buck at our state resource agency, fresh out of graduate school. I'm sitting at a weekly meeting, listening to what the current issues in natural resources are whe…
- December 13th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Pintail!
Yesterday afternoon, a beautifully sunny and cold central Ohio day, I stopped at Blendon Woods Metroparks to see what had flown in to Thoreau Lake. There are two great unheated observation buildings…
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Thoreau Lake
Thoreau Lake, originally uploaded by Tom Arbour.Hi All- I'm messing with the layout of The Ohio Nature Blog today. My goal is to expand the images that I can easily show from 400 pixels to 500 pixel…
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hiramgrad01 has uploaded the photo Thoreau Lake to flickr.
- December 11th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Support Ohio\'s State Nature Preserves with a new License Plate
Many of you know that I have spent the last 10 years of my life, with a two year interruption for graduate school, as an employee of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Natural Areas…
- December 4th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: Tom Arbour Photography
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hiramgrad01 has uploaded the photo Fall at the Bog to flickr.
- December 2nd, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has updated their Flickr.
- November 30th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
In the Honeysuckle
Images taken November 29th, 2009.Columbusites: Have you been spying all of these yellow leaved shrubs with bright red berries that are everywhere in our urban woodlands? Jim McCormac tells the story…
- November 29th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
A Hawk\'s Thanksgiving Meal
Hi All-I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. For three weeks I've been battling a nasty case of Sinusitis. I think I've cleared up the infection, but my head still feels like someone took the end of…
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Anonymous Comments
Hi All-Apparently I offended someone with the successive pictures of a live turkey then a dead turkey being carved by my father-in-law for my Thanksgiving Day post. The post was in the spirit of our…
- November 26th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Happy Thanksgiving
A montage from thanksgivings past:Happy Thanksgiving from Tom, Megan, and Weston!
- November 22nd, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
The Mosses
If you've just joined us, I've been showing images of a weekend in Adams County, Ohio from the first weekend in November. Our first stop was Adams Lake Prairie, then we were on to Chaparral Prairie,…
- November 21st, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Davis Memorial State Nature Preserve
Dolomite gorge at Davis Memorial.Sometimes you see so many interesting things in one day, it seems like I could write dozens of posts. That's how I feel about my early November trip to Adams County.…
- November 17th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Chapparal Prairie State Nature Preserve
The crinkled leaves of prairie dockLiatris stemsThe fruits of a native tree. Do you recognize these?After Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve, we headed on over to Chaparral Prairie State Nature…
- November 15th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve
Last Friday before the moss workshop, I had the fortune to visit several State Nature Preserves in Adams County. The first stop of the day was Adams Lake Prairie State Nature Preserve, where I found…
- November 11th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: Tom Arbour Photography
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: Tom Arbour Photography
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hiramgrad01 has updated their Flickr.
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Oak Quiz
So I'm guessing that if you live north of Columbus, you'll be like, "what the heck is that" while the southerners will be like, oh yeah, that's ______ oak"Have you seen this species? For me, only a f…
- November 9th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
The Mossman
Just call me the Mossman! I spent the weekend at the Edge of Appalachia Preserve in Adams County attending a moss identification workshop taught by Dr. Barbara Andreas, who I have had the fortune of b…
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hiramgrad01 has updated their Flickr.
- November 3rd, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: Tom Arbour Photography
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hiramgrad01 has uploaded the photo Juvenile Flamingo to flickr.
- November 2nd, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
A Bird from the North
Streaked Mountain, Maine, October 2009Hi everyone- how are you adjusting to daylight savings time? I'm loving the early morning sun, but the evening blackness will take some time to get used to. I…
- November 1st, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has uploaded the photo Heat to flickr.
- October 28th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: Tom Arbour Photography
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
HDR Photography How To- "On Golden Pond"
Click for larger image.First of all, I'd like to thank Tom aka Fishing Guy, from Kent Ohio, and Heather of the Hills, for inspiring me borrow the original "On Golden Pond" film from the library. I wa…
- October 27th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has uploaded the photo Fall at the Dock to flickr.
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hiramgrad01 has posted a new entry on: The Ohio Nature Blog
Horizontal Panorama- Dusk at Little Pond
First vertical panorama photography, and now a horizontal panorama of Little Pond, Maine, from our Mid October 2009 visit. This shot was taken well past sunset. At this stage, the clouds are entirely…
- October 26th, 2009
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hiramgrad01 has updated their Flickr.
