At a bird banding station this morning this little guy watches as his measurements are recorded. He was a repeat visitor, having been banded in a different year. He managed to escape from the weight measurement tube before a reading could be made for that information. #birdbanding #repeatvisitor #chickadee #records…
(My 25Frames picture along with a few other shots from a hike on Saturday. I really wasn’t expecting to be taking pictures of mushrooms that day. LOL) This log has been stuck in this waterfall for at least 5 years. Many have tried to dislodge it, Torrential rains have coursed…
Practicing social distancing while getting out. I recommend people avoid Hocking Hills State Park as there were cars and people everywhere. Luckily I have a place to get out that is only open to employees so I was all alone on my hike and had time to enjoy the quiet…
Camp Otyokwa at the end of Spring season.
Mike and I attended the Birds in the Hills weekend which is hosted by Rural Action and Camp Otyokwa. Weather wasn’t great, but it was still a fun weekend.
Water was raging through camp so I took a hike to Counselor’s cave to see the falls. A week later there was a major tree fall which drastically changed the look of the area. See a future post for pictures.
Camp Oty’Okwa during spring training. It was a beautiful night. I still need to work on my settings a bit, to get sharp stars, but I thought the tree was pretty dramatic.
Last weekend a small group of us went to Split Rocks. We weren’t expecting to see much ice as it was fairly warm. Down in between the split rocks there was still some snow that had not melted. It also didn’t have any footprints in it, so it added a…
This Saturday I took some friends from the Mount Pleasant Photography Club to visit a couple of the caves at camp. We had nice cool weather and it actually didn’t rain for once. While we found a little bit of ice, most of it had melted. I’m guessing it will…
This weekend I had training at Camp Oty’Okwa. It was a fun weekend with a great bunch of people wanting to learn how to share nature with children. The camp is beautiful. While most of the camp is private property, parts of it are available for public use if you want…
