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Someone Asked for More LBJs?
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These photos update a post starting here.






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)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.~Robert Frost
16 comments:
VERY cool. Reminds me a little of one of my favorite essays:
http://osagegroup.blogspot.com/2007/10/65290.html
Good luck!
oh they are so cute, we're all pulling for them. So glad you were able to give them a refuge.
oh, just look at them! So cute and so wonderful that they are doing well!
I love the little blue feet.
Maybe they are cold. Should we knit them some socks? ;)
~Kathi, who is doing a nest check today
Do you see the missing feathers on top of the third one's head?? It looks like he got attacked and barely squeaked away!
I think socks would be nice. Ruthie? Or Trixie?
This morning I can't find them.
But I don't see any indication of struggle, being eaten,....
Could it be the parents have taken them somewhere else? Or they've maybe now flown?
It is amazing how fast chicks gain strength and mobility once out of the nest. We will all hope that the parents got them to a safer place.
Wonderful!
I would like to include this, and the previous post in the next edition of I and the Bird, which I am hosting, if it's alright with you.
God, I love chikadees, they are so rambunctious and always moving.
A feast for the eyes and for the soul. Thanks for the follow-up.
It seems the parent birds are feeding this beauty.
Too cute and kind of cranky!
Way too cool.
Great photos.
I try to visit regularily, but don't always leave comments. Too many good blogs and so little time.
Alaska Sunday is Posted.
Come visit,
Troy and Martha
Should be 1 . 2. 3. awww! What a cutie this chickadee is!
I hope these 3 made it! How very cute to start life so badly.
Nina,
Now do you understand why I didn't put nesting boxes on my property? Yeah, I got lazy to do it but the main reason is because of the Hosp around here. I appreciate the conversations on your previous posts because I learn a lot in this blogging world. Dealing with HOSP is unpleasant, for sure. I'm sorry you had to witness the massacre but I'm so glad you were able to photograph the survivors!
Yay!
Mary
YAY!
I want to sing "I Will Survive"!
Congratulations on your rescue. The trio has probably matured enough to move on.
In general, deciding when and how to intervene in natural events deserves ample consideration, but the case against HOSP is obvious to me.
Marvin at Nature in the Ozarks
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