When summer rolls around, a familiar bird in our backyard is the Baltimore oriole pictured above. One glance at her beak as she zooms through the backyard is enough to tell you the oriole has recently enjoyed a taste of the grape jelly in the backyard buffet. Hummingbirds, another common bird in Northeast Ohio during …
Covid-19 Morning Entertainment
At home, during the covid-19 lockdown here in northeast Ohio, I can't gather with my (human) friends for a cup of coffee (or a mug of cocoa, my preferred beverage). So this morning I turned to my backyard friends for entertainment, and the pileated woodpeckers didn't let me down. They flew in, and hung around …
A magical moment
One recent Sunday morning I glanced out my kitchen window and saw this very small fawn resting in the grass by our neighbor's shed. Reaching for my camera, I captured a few pictures as the baby stood up and looked around. Its mama was nowhere to be seen, but I hoped she was nearby. After …
New year’s resolution???
My intention for 2019 is to create a blog post at least twice each week. As you can see from my record so far this year, I haven't been very successful despite my good intentions. As I post this, on March 14th, we are much closer to April Fool's Day than to New Year's Eve. …
A gift!
What a gift it was to take a trail walk in the Holden Arboretum with my friend Lisa for the second week in a row. It is, without parallel, my favorite place to walk, and I have missed it this summer. As always, I took time to pause at Lotus Pond and capture a few …
Summer in the Arboretum
Regular walks in the Arboretum, easily my favorite place for trail walking, have been missing from my schedule this summer. Bob has made a great recovery from his heart attack and quadruple bypass. He has continued regular walks in our neighborhood park, as well as the shorter evening walks we take with Gulliver around our …
A mini-meander in Holden Arboretum
This was a beautiful day to wander the trails in the Arboretum. The sounds, smells, and colors of spring were intoxicating! Although I don't have much time for blogging today, if you enjoy this mini-meander, please come back tomorrow when I'll take you on a longer walk. Hope to see you again tomorrow. Trail Walker
I never would have seen…
I really wouldn't have noticed the little red-bellied woodpecker peering out from its nesting hole, but another, sharper-eyed photographer had located the nesting hole high up in a tree in the middle of the bog. He pointed it out as we walked past the tree a few days ago. So I have Randy to thank for …
Three owls-awake today!
Yesterday I posted a picture of the Great Horned Owl and her two owlets. Typical of babies, the little owls napped right through their photo opp, but when I returned to check on them this afternoon, they were awake. Their nest is at the top of a broken off tree, and it doesn't look very …
Big birds in the backyard
To my delight the sky cleared this afternoon, and I was even more delighted when I heard a familiar sound in the neighborhood. I hurried to the window and, sure enough, the pileated woodpecker was in our backyard. It didn't hang around for long, but before it swooped through the air to land on a …
SEEN ALONG THE TRAIL 