The temperature hovered at a degree or two below freezing, and the sky was spitting snow, but the trails were calling, and I wanted to see what kind of images I could capture on a gloomy, grey afternoon. Here's what I came up with: Nothing really great. No hawk. No owl. No sunshine! But my …
HAWK: UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Today dawned with sunshine and a blue sky, but by the time I reached the park in mid-afternoon, the sunbeams had done a vanishing act and left behind nothing but grey and gloomy. Nevertheless, I set out on a trail walk, mainly because I wanted to try out some new settings on my camera. Despite the …
HAWK GOES HUNTING
NOTE: This is the second blog post about the adventures of the redtail hawk in Chagrin River Park. You can read the first installment HERE. On my trail walk in Chagrin River Park this afternoon the first thing I decided to do was check out the screech owl nest to see if he was at home. …
Photo Almanac-Jan. 24 to Feb. 1, 2016
Another week flew by already! Here we are in the first week of February, and once again I am frantically trying to get caught up with my blog posts...not to mention checking out the other awesome blogs I enjoy. Gallery one: Birds The last week in January was a cold one with snow still on the …
Is it spring yet?
I heard a rumor that the high temperature for today set a record for this date. I'm not sure what it reached, but when I left home for my trail walk around noon, the temperature was 63 degrees. Really warm for February 3rd. Several hours later, when I went out again, the thermometer read 43 …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 