A small, fuzzy caterpillar hanging from his silver thread..
climbing...
climbing...
climbing...
"Have you seen...." is an effort to discover the unusual beauty in things not usually appreciated for their beauty.
Come along in Red Canoe as she explores the quiet backwater of Ohio's State Parks and the scenic streams and rivers of the Midwest. Discover the beauty hidden beyond the water's edge, quietly waiting, past access points, often only inches deep!
Come browse my photography site, Nature Remains: nothing but a photograph, for full-page slide shows of my favorite images and opportunities to purchase them.
In Spring of 2008, I began the study of 2 vernal pools on my property as part of the Ohio Vernal Pool Partnership monitoring program.
My 2008 journal includes the first photos and findings, as I studied this fascinating wetland area just a few steps beyond my backdoor...
2009 photos and findings,
2010,... again!
Now, 4 years later, another season is just days away!
Travel beyond the Midwest has taken me to some beautiful places. Usually off the beaten track, these places are WILD!
Acadia National Park
New River Nature Festival
Olympic National Park
Pictured Rocks and the UP
Voyageurs National Park
(click on the text above each photo for a quick get-away)
A regularly appearing feature, "Have you seen..." takes a closer, more patient look at things usually not seen in a flattering light.
Take a look!
Each spring, as winter lessens its grip and days warm with the first fragrant breezes of a new season, we collect sap from our Sugar Maples and produce just enough syrup for ourselves for the coming year.
The progress of this year's backyard endeavor is illustrated here.
Summer 2008, the tiny jewel of the avian world, a Ruby-throated Hummingbird, nested just feet from my front door. Pictures of her nest and the changing lives within are collected in this journal.
From life the size of a pea....
Cats that come to stay
(click on the text above each photo for stories in these collections)
7 comments:
I was hoping you weren't going to show a bird snatching him out of the air!
lovely photos!
Very cool! And, no, I have not seen such a thing... except an inchworm.
I think we have the same eye in capturing something special that most would not notice.
Fantastic series! Love these, Nina.
You got the shot I was trying to get several days ago in our park! That danged camera wouldn't focus. You did it!
Nina, if you identify the caterpillar I'd love to know. I've got a picture of what I'm pretty sure is the same bug with parasites attached. Gruesome , but interesting.
Cathy, (Technical Note) : Rather than parasites on the bugs, I think they are "parasitoids" because they will slowly consume the bug and kill it -- parasites generally do not kill the hand that feeds them because then they would have no place to live. For that reason, parasitoids, very often wasps, are used for biological control -- the adults are free-living but the larval stages ,in the process of growing up, kill the pests.
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