Sandhill Cranes at Sunset
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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)
24 comments:
Gorgeous shots of the Sandhill Cranes in the sunset Nina! I love those eerie, prehistoric calls as they fly overhead.
Nice shots of the group in the field too. It looks like a super observation area. How close can you get to those beauties there?
Nice shots of sunset. There they go...
Aww some lovely photographs there, and lovely sky too. Thanks for sharing:)
Great shots and beautiful Cranes.
Eaglesbrother
Happy Thanksgiving, Nina... I am so grateful for your beautiful pictures and prose.... I do credit you and finding your place here with awakening that nature girl I left behind so long ago...in southwestern O-H-I-O....
Hi Nina, Nice sunset shots. Happy Thanksgiving.
Fantastic captures, Nina! Love the dramatic sunset and the beautiful cranes!
Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy!
Sylvia
Your whole series of posts on the cranes has been very special. these are lovely.
Gorgeous capture of the cranes and the sunset. Great photos.
Top sunset shots.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
Beautiful pictures!! Happy SkyWatch :)
These are so beautiful pictures.
Have a good weekend
Lovely photos full of colour and nature, thanks for sharing with Sky Watch Friday fans.
Wow, that is simply amazing. I was happy to find a flock of about a hundred cranes here earlier this fall. I love their sounds.
Couldn't ask for much better than a glowing orange sky filled with cranes. Excellent captures.
Impressive shots of birds and skies in your place.
beautiful formation made by the crane, great shots!
Please check some Heavenly Sky over at Chinhae, Korea!
Wow! What a moment! Super captures...thanks for sharing.
Kinda tired of seeing turkeys I welcome the crane
These are really lovely.
Beautiful!
They're special. I'm glad to see the sign - it would be a valuable resource for someone like me ;-) Nina, the sunset photos are remarkable.
I can't get over all the wonderful pictures you were able to make! I loved the shot from underneath them! And these sunset pictures are gorgeous! What an awesome sight it all must have been!
The story of the sandhill cranes is so inspiring. It reminds us of the resiliency of nature and the kind-heartedness of man.
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