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Photo of the week: 03.15.26 — Bluebird at home

Eastern Bluebirds have become a somewhat common sight in the Eastern U.S. and in Central Ohio, where I spend part of the year. But that wasn’t the case 25 years ago, when harsh winters, the destruction of natural habitat, the harmful effect of pesticides, and competition with other birds who nest in the same tree cavities as bluebirds combined to make the Eastern …  Continue reading

Featured gallery: March — A collection of doors 

I’ve taken more than 120,000 digital photographs in the last couple of decades, all indexed by descriptive keywords and catalogued in the software I use to manage the massive amount of files. In a few keystrokes, I can locate photos that fit any description. Birds? More than 50,000. One common species of bird, sparrows? About 8,500. Butterflies? More than 1,500. Tennis? …  Continue reading