Species Spotlight: Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
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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)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.~Robert Frost
13 comments:
What a great capture... I'm sure our frogs do not do this.. or at least I have never seen them do so.
wow, that's a great picture.
I am amazed that you get these pictures Nina. I guess I am like an elephant coming through the area because all I see are little bodies plopping into the water. I so enjoy your photo captures.
AWESOME! BRAVO!
Keep sneaking around, Nina. I love you for this! You made me smile from ear to ear.
Awesome capture- Nina- I'm finally heading out tonight to a vernal pool with breeding salamander populations- wish me luck.
And Tom- In Europe there are some of the same exact genera that we have...I bet you that your frogs do this...that's how they are able to peep out such a huge sound.
How wonderful capturing these guys vocalizing like this! Bravo!
wow... you are getting some amazing pictures at your vernal pool! ours is just about thawed. i think this is the week! Maybe even tonight!
Wom--most immediately deflate their sacs as soon as they see me. But from a distance I can see them across the surface of the water, their throats shiny and filled to sing--like bagpipes, I think, they inflate and use the escaping air for their powerful, shrill call.
I have my best luck at night--and, surprisingly, these are all flash shots in a pitch black field!
I situate myself in the middle of the greatest accumulation of callers, then point my camera at whatever's close--
Oh...Good luck, Tom!
I'm waiting for news!!
WOW!
What a cool picture, Nina. I've only ever heard these little frogs but at least now when I hear them, I can visual what they look like while they're "singing."
What a fantastic shot! I've only been hearing peepers since this past weekend here. Spring is finally making its way.
holy smokes what a great capture! I've tried staying perfectly still for ages and they may begin peeping again but they never seem to be close enough to me to get a shot ... the moment I move, I'm sure they do too and the waiting begins again. Bravo on your success.
Diane
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