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Nature: Conkles Hollow features scenic gorge and gorgeous scenes
Conkles Hollow, on a misty fall day/Jim McCormacNature: Conkles Hollow features scenic gorge and gorgeous scenesColumbus DispatchNovember 21, 2021NATUREJim McCormacWater is a relentless force of...
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As always, click the photo to enlargeA squadron of Sandhill Cranes drops the landing gear and parasails to the ground. There, they will join several thousand of their comrades. Perhaps 30,000 birds...
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Dancing cranes
I recently spent a few days in northwestern Indiana, at and in the vicinity of Jasper-Pulaski Fish & Wildlife Area. This area is legendary for the numbers of Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis)...
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Nature: Leaf and lawn litter provides shelter for various animals
Spotted apatelodes, left, and two angel moths rest on leaf litter/Jim McCormacNature: Leaf and lawn litter provides shelter for various animalsColumbus DispatchDecember 5, 2021NATUREJim McCormacI write...
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Woolly-bears on the move
A Woolly-bear (Pyrrharctia isabella) crosses a road. I saw many of these well-known caterpillars last Sunday. The temps were in the low to mid 40's F, but it was sunny, and the bears were on the...
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Lake Erie, November gale
As always, click the photo to enlargeWhile going through images for a project yesterday, I came across this image from November 18, 2014. I had to give a talk in Cleveland that night, so I went up...
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Nature: Spectacular sandhill cranes still rule the roost in protected Indiana...
A trio of sandhill cranes in flight at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in Indiana/Jim McCormacNature: Spectacular sandhill cranes still rule the roost in protected Indiana marshesColumbus...
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Red-breasted Nuthatch, in fresh plumage
A male Red-breasted Nuthatch in superb condition. This species molts anywhere from late summer through late autumn, and I'd say this one recently completed his judging by the finery of its feathers. He...
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Poison Ivy is a major bird attractant
Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), in autumn color. Just saying its name usually triggers negative reactions. This beautiful native species is among the most despised members of our flora. It does...
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A wayward Brant
As my route last Sunday went right past the area that has hosted a Brant (Branta bernicla) for a few weeks now, I stopped in to see the locally famous bird. Kelly Miller found it on December 6. The...
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Cooper's Hawk visits backyard
As always, click the image to enlargeA juvenile male Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) glares my way. He's actually looking in front of my position, into a thicket of Coralberry (Symphoricarpos...
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Shawnee Nature Safari: May 20-22, 2022. Registration is open!
Conference artwork by Cincinnati-based artist Ann GeiseRegistration is now open for the "Spring Nature Safari", put on by the Midwest Native Plant Society. It'll be based at Shawnee State Park Lodge in...
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Nature: Wandering woolly-bears well known, but can they predict the winter...
A woolly-bear crosses a road in Muskingum County/Jim McCormacNATURE: Wandering woolly-bears well known, but can they predict winter weather?Columbus DispatchJanuary 2, 2021NATUREJim McCormacOn Dec. 12...
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet eats Poison Ivy berries
I visited this birdy swath of edge habitat back on December 26, 2021. The first time I stumbled into this place, which is a bit off the beaten track in Slate Run Metro Park, Pickaway County, Ohio, was...
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Florida Scrub Jay, and Florida
A Florida Scrub Jay (Amphelocoma coerulescens), one of a clan of five birds that I encountered this morning near Hobe Sound, Florida. This rare jay, which is endemic to Florida, is but one of numerous...
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Loggerhead Shrike
As always, click the photo to enlargeA Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) watches for victims from a wispy perch. These predatory songbirds are brutish hunters and are sometimes known as "butcher...
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Red Wolf
A Red Wolf (Canis rufus) ambles my way. I think this is just about the moment she realized someone/something was watching her.The highlight of my recent trip through the Carolinas, Georgia, and the...
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Brown-headed Nuthatch, one cute elfin
A seldom traveled lane through the sprawling Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina. I spent a few days a couple of weeks ago based in Manteo, NC, and made several trips...
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Nature: Once common red wolf now among rarest of the rare
A female red wolf approaches Jim McCormac in the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in North Carolina/Jim McCormac Nature: Once common red wolf now among rarest of the rareColumbus...
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Winter warblers
An Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata) clings to a suet feeder at Sharon Woods Metro Park in Columbus, Ohio. I made this photo on January 27, 2022 and the bird appeared there in January 15 - 12...
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