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Tales from the river bank
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Thursday, March 6, 2008
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It's true! The account of my time spent with Little Pond is now published for public consumption...
Winning image for the Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp competition!
The 2012 OWLStamp will be available for sale March 1, 2012 through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources website and nature organizations across the state. Proceeds of the OWLStamp benefit wildlife conservation, research & education projects within the state of Ohio! I'm thrilled to have provided the winning image for such a wonderful program!
The Adventures of Red Canoe
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!
I'm out there!
- nina at Nature Remains.
- Grabbing every minute I can find to be outside--walking in it, sleeping in it ... breathing it in. The natural world has so much beauty to uncover. It is my hope that by capturing my experiences with nature and by sharing the richness it adds to an ordinary life, others may discover the greatest gift waiting just outside their door.
Awards
Brukner Nature Center Through the lens 2010
Best of Show
Brukner Nature Center Through the lens 2010
First Place, Landscape
Brukner Nature Center Through the lens 2010
First Place, Wildlife
Ohio Environmental Council Photo Contest 2010
Runner-up
Ohio Environmental Council 2010
Fan Favorite
Brukner Nature Center Through the Lens 2009
First Place, Wildlife
Ohio Environmental Council Photo Contest 2009
Runner-up
taking nothing but a photograph
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.
With my boots on...
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!
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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)
Have you seen...
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!
The Sweetness of Spring
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.
A Bird's Life
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....
The animals in my life
The herd of pygmy goats
Cats that come to stay
(click on the text above each photo for stories in these collections)
Cats that come to stay
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Nature's first green is gold. ~Robert Frost
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12 comments:
Oh My Gosh. The poor little things. They look so cold. Brrrrr
Wow! Those are very interesting. Have they been there all winter or are they starting to move around with the sunny days?
Nina-
What's amazing about Wood frogs is that they can freeze solid for months with no heartbeat, and when it warms up, they pop back to life. Great research about this is being done at Miami U. in Oxford. When I studying there, we got to go inside big freezers and check out things like frozen wood frogs and frozen turtles that were waiting for spring. The adaptations that some of these animals have is really amazing.
The first picture - knocked my socks off. What a window. What a view.
Absolutely beautiful photos.
I often wondered how these little creatures survived under the ice.
It's just amazing!
Yes, they sure do look cold and seemed unable/unwilling to move--a fairly cooperative photo subject, though the glare from the crystal surface above created a little difficulty for me!
I'd guess they're some of the individuals I heard calling several nights ago, in the 70 degree weather we had--and saw floating, sprawled across the surface of this vernal pool, looking for mates. I counted 10 males and 2 females at that time. Apparently they may stay in amplexis for several days. I think they may have overwintered on land nearby, beneath leaf litter? And go to the pool only for breeding? (not sure)
I'm pleasantly surprised to find them so "active" in the cold. I guess in my mind I lump amphibains and reptiles together and assume heat is necessary to get them moving!
It's just neat to see this window into their lives so close at hand!
Great photos Nina thanks for sharing
WOW! Poor guys :S
Cooooooold... brrrr
Doing it in the ice CAN'T be fun.
Talk about a frog being in the wrong place at the wrong time! Ugg . . . . !
I love the photo, and no, I didn't see anything until the last close up. I agree with everyone else here - it makes me cold to the core just thinking about sitting in that ice, adaptation or no adaptation.
What cool photos!
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