Sunday, August 26, 2018

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!

Sunday, July 29, 2018

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!

July 6, 2018

For July 4th weekend, we visited Sandy Ridge Reservation.

A great blue heron

A group of cedar waxwings in flight

A cedar waxwing

Another shot of the cedar waxwing

A great blue heron in flight

Our first shot of a trumpeter swan

An indigo bunting

Our first sighting of a Caspian tern

The trumpeter swan letting everyone know who's boss

Another shot of the trumpeter swan

A view of the reservation looking north

Another shot of the Caspian tern

A female mallard

The Caspian tern

An eastern bluebird

A pair of great egrets

A tree sparrow

Until next time!

May 28, 2018

For Memorial Day weekend, we visited Sandy Ridge Reservation.

Wood ducks

A great egret

A tree swallow

An eastern king bird

A great blue heron

A group of young Canada geese

A great blue heron

A great blue heron


A tree swallow

A red-winged blackbird

A kingfisher

Another shot of the kingfisher

A goldfinch

Until next time!