Here's a praying mantis with one of the ladybugs that swarm to the south side of the bulding on sunny fall days.
German Village fence cat:
Here's another picture of the 2nd Brown Snake I saw a couple weeks ago. This was before it puffed itself up in an attempt to look bigger:
Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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The last couple of times I've walked to the Scioto Audubon Metro Park, I'd been hoping to see some wading birds up close. No such luck. But I did notice some cranes on the way back, so I took pictures of them instead.
Here are the train tracks that run between the park and downtown:
Brewmasters Gate logo:
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I ran across a couple of Brown Snakes (Storeria dekayi) during my last visit to the Scioto Audubon Metro Park. Here is Brown Snake 1:
Picture shown for SCALE (these are adult Brown Snakes):
Brown Snake 2 puffed up as a defensive measure, although I did not pick him/her/it/Storeria dekayi up:
I looked around for the bullfrogs again. I found one (and vicey versey).
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My contribution to TexWisGirl's Good Fences #32:
The Burning Bush around here is reaching peak color:
How about a little more Burning Bush, Scarecrow?
Here's another butterfly from Scioto Audubon Metro Park. (Don't worry, I still have more critters for eileeninmd's Saturday critters.)
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Here are some more pics from last week's visit to the Scioto Audubon Metro Park for eileeninmd's Saturday's Critter's #46.
These are Familiar Bluets:
I guess this is a Clouded Sulphur:
I've always walked to the Scioto Audubon from the east along Whittier Street, it's about 1.6 miles. Google maps told me I could get there by taking the Scioto Greenway trail from the north (1.7 miles). I figured I'd try that way to go back home.
So this is why there was a "Road Closed" sign blocking the trail a little ways back.
Nice view of the city over the rubble, though.
So now what do I do? I don't really want to walk all the way back via Whittier Street at this point. But I did see a path through the woods just before the fence with the "Road Closed" sign.
And it goes to the railroad tracks and back to civilization. Thanks, path-makers! And I'll make this another contribution to Carmi's Patterns post.
Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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I've been meaning to walk over to the Scioto Audubon Metro Park for a critters post for a couple of weeks. (Eileeninmd's Saturday's Critter's #45 here.) Today I finally did it.
My camera isn't great at long shots, but the macro works nicely. (Not nice enough to restore a grasshopper's missing leg, though.)
Beeflies don't bother me:
There is more to this story, and more pics, too. But I'm too tired right now and have to go to sleep.
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These are a few of the large group of egrets and herons that were having great success fishing in the Scioto River.
Blackpoll Warbler, perhaps? They were slightly smaller than the nearby sparrows, and more determined to stay in the marsh grass.
These fungi were the size of salad bowls (the largest was about a foot in diameter). Polypores, I presume.
Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.
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