http://www.ohio-nature.com/Ohio-Nature-blog.html The Ohio Nature Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Ohio-Nature.com Web site. Subscribe here. en-us Ohio Nature Fri, 11 May 2012 17:22:01 GMT Fri, 11 May 2012 17:22:01 GMT ohio-nature.com http://www.ohio-nature.com/can-anyone-id-this-bird-for-me-please.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/can-anyone-id-this-bird-for-me-please.html I can't seem to find this bird in any of my bird books. I assume it is the female of one of my regulars, but I'm just not sure. Only saw it for about Fri, 04 May 2012 12:14:54 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/wood-thrush.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/wood-thrush.html I think this is a Wood Thrush, found in Oak Openings Park. Beautiful bird, lovely song Wed, 02 May 2012 14:59:40 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/everyday-peeps.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/everyday-peeps.html I have several feeders in my backyard and enjoy sitting out and watching the birds. It is so neat in the spring to sit and watch them feed the babies. Tue, 01 May 2012 18:50:47 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/pretty-little-finch.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/pretty-little-finch.html This house finch has such pretty markings. They can vary from a bright red to orange to yellow, but this one starts out orange on the top, fading to yellow Tue, 01 May 2012 18:50:18 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/partial-albino-house-sparrow.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/partial-albino-house-sparrow.html Although I live in Florence, Ky. it is considered part of the Greater Cincinnati area. I spend my days watching the birds in my yard or taking nature Tue, 01 May 2012 18:49:39 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/birds.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/birds.html Red-Bellied Woodpecker and Northern Cardina Tue, 01 May 2012 18:49:05 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/red-admirals-at-oak-openings.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/red-admirals-at-oak-openings.html My friend Jeannie and I were out monitoring our Bluebird boxes this past weekend and found Red Admirals swarming a honeysuckle bush just opening its flowers. Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:56:47 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/red-admirals-and-question-marks-invade-toledo-ohio.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/red-admirals-and-question-marks-invade-toledo-ohio.html The whole town was full of butterflies. This crabapple tree must have had 40 or 50 butterflies on it, as well as, bumble bees and honey bees.4/15/201 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:49:16 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-relief.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-relief.html Me and my 2 kids aquired poison ivy and the ONLY THING that helped us was magnesium liquid and tea tree oil. I got it from the health food store. I diluted Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:12:51 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/special-plant.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/special-plant.html Please help me identify this plant. I have a special plant that means a lot to me. My sister came to Ohio to visit us from Tennessee at least 5 years ago. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:11:20 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/apple-cider-vinager.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/apple-cider-vinager.html I just take a cotton ball and soak it with apple cider vinager and wipe it on the affected area. It removes the oil and the rash or affected area is healed Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:08:25 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/antihistamines.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/antihistamines.html I get poison ivy and it is a nightmare. Although I wash and change clothes and bedding, it ends up on my neck or leg or side through inadvertant contamination Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:03:08 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/night-owl.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/night-owl.html 02.19.12 - I grabbed my camera to take a picture of an amazing sunset, and I discovered this owl in a neighbor's tree Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:46:45 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/two-protected-species-in-one-random-shot.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/two-protected-species-in-one-random-shot.html January 2, 2012 I was photographing a flock of Trumpeter Swans that had been feeding in a flooded field for several days. As I was taking pictures, I Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:26:03 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/time-to-play.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/time-to-play.html On the first day of shotgun season 2011, it was just about dusk. I was debating whether or not to call it a day. Then a branch came crashing to the ground. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:13:59 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/redbellied-woodpecker.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/redbellied-woodpecker.html Hello! While out enjoying the BEAUTIFUL 70 degree fall day today, I heard what I thought might be a woodpecker near the woods behind my home. I followed Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:33:33 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/mystery-bird1.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/mystery-bird1.html We have seen this family of birds off and on this summer but we are not sure what kind of bird it is. Can anyone tell us what kind of bird this is please? Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:21:54 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/bald-eagle.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/bald-eagle.html I looked out the sliding glass doors and there was an Eagle eating a Catfish along the side of the pond. When the catfish jumped, the Eagle would stand Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:21:12 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/green-darner-migration.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/green-darner-migration.html On September 5, 2011 I was trimming hedges when I came across a large dragonfly on the hedge. The creature was very still, so still in fact that I thought Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:04:22 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/technu.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/technu.html I work outdoors and recently got a bad case of poison ivy, my job gave me a small bottle of a product called technu extreme. It's sort of a scrub which Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:22:37 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/not-sure-viceroy-or-monarch-or-something-else.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/not-sure-viceroy-or-monarch-or-something-else.html This butterfly is on a Mexican sunflower. I am wondering about the blue bands on the wings. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:22:10 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/killdeer.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/killdeer.html My first capture of a Killdeer bird Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:01:28 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/walking-the-street-of-dayton.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/walking-the-street-of-dayton.html I've seen others post photos of the Killdeer birds, but this is my first find. Pretty happy Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:01:16 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/three-on-one.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/three-on-one.html Not quite as many butterflies this season as there were last season, but I still see a few on my bushes and flowers Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:00:48 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/ring-neck-pheasant.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/ring-neck-pheasant.html No big story, just saw it walking through our yard, in southeastern Ohio, outside Gallipolis, in early May 2010 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:06:33 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/tecnu-outdoor-cleanser.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/tecnu-outdoor-cleanser.html I get poison ivy easily and usually get a bad rash. If I even think I have touched it, I have been using a sample of Tecnu wash that came with an itch Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:06:05 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-remedy1.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-remedy1.html After being infected, I tried drinking goat milk and it worked great in a few days. Goat milk has a natural counter effect. Good luc Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:53:20 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/tiger-swallowtail.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/tiger-swallowtail.html This lovely butterfly visited my flower boxes and graciously allowed me to photograph it Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:52:53 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/charleston-falls.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/charleston-falls.html Was out walking around with my DSLR and captured this butterfly. But upon returning home I had no luck finding it in any of my field guides Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:07:59 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/and-the-little-green-bug.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/and-the-little-green-bug.html Pearl Crescent butterflies were pestered by the litle fella. But this Crescent would just flap his wings at the small bug. Feeding on the Butterfly Weed Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:41:19 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/snout-nose.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/snout-nose.html I planted a Milkweed Garden last fall and have enjoyed many new visitors to my yard. This being one of them Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:40:42 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/atwood-lake-has-eastern-tiger-swallowtails.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/atwood-lake-has-eastern-tiger-swallowtails.html Saturday morning, July 23, I called my dad, John Biechele, in Sandusky, Ohio. We all call him about all animals great and small because he is a bonified Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:47:55 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/many-monarch-eggs-on-same-leaf.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/many-monarch-eggs-on-same-leaf.html Today July 23rd, I checked the milkweed and found many caterpillers on one leaf. Is this common for monarachs? I usually on find one egg on one leaf. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:15:48 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/fishing-the-river.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/fishing-the-river.html A Blue Heron fishing the Blanchard River at the Liberty Street dam location. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:15:11 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/bird-found-at-silver-creek.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/bird-found-at-silver-creek.html While I was photographing the pond life at the Summit County Metro Park in Silver Creek, this bird flew down and landed about 50 ft. from me. I tried Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:23:54 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/small-blue-butterfly.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/small-blue-butterfly.html I was sitting by my fountain and spotted this little butterfly fluttering around, so I grabbed my camera and took a few pictures. It has pretty blue on Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:15:20 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/eastern-black-swallowtail.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/eastern-black-swallowtail.html Black Swallowtail nectaring on a Verbena plant in my butterfly garden Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:44:38 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/great-spangled-fritillary1.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/great-spangled-fritillary1.html This butterfly was nectaring on coneflowers in my butterfly garden Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:44:20 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/red-admiral-butterfly.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/red-admiral-butterfly.html Red Admiral butterfly nectaring on butterfly bush Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:44:01 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/irwin-prairie-at-sunset.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/irwin-prairie-at-sunset.html This small preserve is a great place to catch a sunset. It only has one trail going through it and thats a well maintained boardwalk that ends in a elevated Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:20:04 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/metallic-green-bee.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/metallic-green-bee.html I had never seen a metallic green bee but it was very cool: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:20:55 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy1.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy1.html Poison ivy attacks all of us! Use cold shower after contact, hot water allows the urushiol oil to penetrate into your pores. Use antibaterial shower Mon, 23 May 2011 12:05:36 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/dawn-dish-soap.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/dawn-dish-soap.html If you've been working outside and know you've been exposed go in and wash your hands with Dawn. Lather your hands up good and let it set for a couple Sun, 22 May 2011 15:33:41 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-remedy.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-remedy.html You quickly and thoroughly wash the area with a dish detergent to get all the oil off your skin. Rinse area thoroughly then make as mild solution of bleach Sun, 22 May 2011 15:33:18 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/bird-by-mouth-of-rocky-river-by-lake-erie.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/bird-by-mouth-of-rocky-river-by-lake-erie.html Found this bird while visiting Rocky River near Lake Erie. He was tormenting squirrels. I have no idea what kind of bird this is. It is not a Blue Jay. Sun, 08 May 2011 22:15:41 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/towhee.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/towhee.html Seen at Oaks Openings in NW Ohio. And we believe we may have found its nest as well. : Sun, 08 May 2011 22:14:13 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-cure.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/poison-ivy-cure.html I pull Poison Ivy out continuously in the spring... where ever it touches me... I take a bit of the dirt where I am working and rub it onto the spot where Sun, 08 May 2011 22:13:41 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/can-you-help-identify.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/can-you-help-identify.html I was coming out of my doctor's office in Fairview Park. Ohio. on April 28,2011 when I saw this bird that looked the size of a white-throated sparrow, Sun, 08 May 2011 22:13:11 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/wild-flowerneed-a-name.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/wild-flowerneed-a-name.html My husband was planting cabbage plants a few days ago and ran across this beautiful wild flower. I do not know the name of it,hoping someone can tell me Mon, 02 May 2011 22:56:34 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/is-this-poison-ivy.html http://www.ohio-nature.com/is-this-poison-ivy.html My wife and I purchased a home in Suburbia last Summer after living in the city all our lives. Well this Spring I have time to focus on taking back my Mon, 02 May 2011 22:50:53 GMT