September 15, 2018

We visited Sandy Ridge Reservation close to dusk on Saturday. We had some excellent sightings. 

The first bird we noticed was this bald eagle

A goldfinch

A great egret looking for dinner

A great blue heron on the hunt

A belted kingfisher

A closer shot of the bald eagle

A trumpeter swan

The other bald eagle of the local pair came to join the first

A great egret in a tree

A male wood duck

A close-up shot of a grasshopper

A rabbit crossed our path

A tree full of cormorants

A double-crested cormorant

We spotted the pair of sandhill cranes

The pair of bald eagle

A closer view of the sandhill cranes looking for food

An excellent sighting of a green heron

The green heron before it took flight

Until next time!

August 26, 2018

Today we ventured out to Sandy Ridge Reservation in North Ridgeville, Ohio.

Our first major sighting this morning was an American White Pelican, which are very rare in Northeast Ohio!

A great blue heron with a few female mallards

A belted kingfisher

A great egret

Another kingfisher

A great blue heron on the hunt

A great egret enjoying its lunch

Another shot of the pelican with a trumpeter swan nearby

A pair of trumpeter swans

Grooming

Another shot of the pelican

A pair of mallards

A monarch butterfly

A painted turtle

A trumpeter swan taking a midday rest

The pelican surrounded by Canada geese

Another shot of the pelican

A Caspian tern

A great egret

Until next time!

July 29, 2018

We visited Sandy Ridge Reservation today

We saw the pair of trumpeter swans

A great egret

A pair of Canada geese and a double-crested cormorant

The double-crested cormorant

A great blue heron

A pair of immature wood ducks

A pack of wood ducks resting on a rock

A great blue heron fishing for lunch

Got one!

Another great blue heron

A tree sparrow

A female wood ducks

A tree full of swallows

A spotted sandpiper

Another shot of the spotted sandpiper

Until next time!