Shadows of a split rail fence darken a trail in Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.

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Photo of the week: 02.01.26 — Bunting, fall look

When people think of Indigo Buntings they typically picture a deep blue bird singing from a tall plant or tree. That’s how the male Indigo Bunting looks when sporting its breeding plumage during spring and summer. One of my favorite bird information websites (All About Birds) says the male Indigo Bunting in breeding plumage “looks like a scrap of sky with wings.”  It’s hard to come up …  Continue reading

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Featured gallery: February — Marblehead 

Each spring for a number of years I visited parks in northwest Ohio, along Lake Erie, to photograph wildlife. It’s a busy time in those parks, with throngs of birdwatchers on hand to watch a variety of migrating warblers gathered to feed for a few days before flying across Lake Erie to their summer homes in Canada. The warbler photos I’ve captured during those trips are  …  Continue reading

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Shadows of a split rail fence darken a trail in Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.

A road travels through the forest in Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.

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