May 18, 2016

We had some exciting new sightings this time at the Rocky River Reservation.

We saw our beaver friend again having his dinner.

A song sparrow.

A male red-winged blackbird.

Our first photo of an Eastern Bluebird

It's spring!

Wood ducks.

A great shot of both female (top) and male (bottom) brown-headed cowbirds.

A closer shot of the male.

A closer shot of the female.

Some mallard ducklings.

A hairy woodpecker.

Until next time!

May 8, 2016

We got out for a beautiful springtime hike on this Mother's Day. We saw some pretty extraordinary creatures!

We caught this beaver having his dinner in the pond near the nature center. 

Two downy woodpeckers

A little chickadee

Not a great shot, but we believe we saw a Veery

Absolutely our most exciting sighting of the day was this Barred Owl! We saw two flying around in a dense part of forest, and we happened to catch this one on camera!

Appropriate for Mother's Day, we saw this female mallard with her 8 babies swimming closely behind

Three wood ducks

Another new sighting was this Hermit Thrush, who had a beautiful song.

Yes, another new sighting! This is a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Here's a sweet Song Sparrow.

It's certainly spring! The bunnies are out!

Here's a Robin with a White-throated Sparrow.

White-throated Sparrows look very similar to the song sparrow seen above, but notice the yellow crest on his head.

And finally, a Red-winged Blackbird. These have been all over the reservation this spring.

Until next time!

April 15, 2016

Our first very warm weekend of the year called for a bird walk in Rocky River Reservation, and we had some excellent sightings!

Not a great shot, but here's a female Brown-headed Cowbird

A European Starling

One of the first signs of spring!

Lots of frogs around!

Lots of Red-winged Blackbirds all over the reservation

While on our way back to the car, we came across this guy! A North American beaver!

He was just looking for a snack!

A red-bellied woodpecker

Hard to see, but two song sparrows

A red-winged blackbird, calling to the others in the area

Believe it or not, all of these birds are turkey vultures!

Just look at all those turkey vultures

A red-bellied woodpecker

A hairy woodpecker!

Late March 2016

We've been busy lately, but we have plenty of pictures from late March. Enjoy!

A Canada Goose in the foreground, and a Pied-billed Grebe in the background.

A better shot of the Grebe.

A male mallard

A song sparrow

A squirrel soaking up some sun in the chilly spring cold.

A hairy woodpecker

Our first view of a Red-winged Blackbird for the year!

A beautiful view of the Rocky River

A pair of Herring Gulls on a rock in the middle of the Rocky River

A turkey vulture

We took a trip to the Brecksville Reservation, which sits right on the border of Cuyahoga and Summit Counties

The first signs of spring!