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 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:14:01 GMT Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:14:01 GMT ohio-nature.com 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 http://www.ohio-nature.com/turkey-vulture.html This bird was part of a flock sited at Fairport Harbor on the beach near the lighthouse this weekend. I took this with a Cannon Rebel xsi with a 300 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:47:17 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/sharpshinned-hawk-hunting-in-boardman-oh.html I was walking into work from the parking lot and 3 sparrows fly into a bush just 4 feet from me. A hawk fly into the bush behind them, and just a few Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:46:43 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/bronze-copper.html I enjoy Butterflies almost as much as Dragonflies Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:43:27 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/leaving-the-ice.html Two Canadian Geese leaving the ice on the Blanchard River near Findlay, Ohio Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:46:38 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/canadian-goose-in-flight.html In late January I stopped by a well known waterfowl hangout on the Blanchard River near our City Sewer Treatment Plant. The River there never freezes Tue, 08 Feb 2011 02:15:49 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/beautiful-rose-breasted-grosbeak.html This beautiful bird appeared at our feeder this past Spring and stayed long enough to get some wonderful photos. We live on a 6 acre lake with a large Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:26:14 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/eastern-sawwhet-owl.html We found this owl in front of our barn on the road in Licking County. It had been apparently hit and killed by a car. Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:48:27 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/unknown-butterfly1.html I photographed a cream-colored butterfly in the grass at Three Creeks Park, Groveport Ohio. Does anyone know what species this one is? Also caught a pic Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:28:23 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/monarch-or-viceroy.html I often pick up butterflies in the road near our home in southern Ohio. We have 20 acres of woods and brush and often see many types of butterflies. My Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:27:34 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/black-swallowtail1.html We recently visited the Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio and enjoyed all the different butterflies they had inside. Then we went outside to their flower Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:40:51 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/can-you-tell-me-what-this-is.html Not much to say, this one just dropped in Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:58:06 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/hocking-hills-ohio.html This is a slideshow I made with windows movie maker of some of the many photos I have taken at Hocking Hills in Southeast Ohio. 1800Hocking.com saw my Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:54:22 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/giant-swallowtail.html Today (9/6/10) was first time I have every seen a Giant Swallowtail in the flower garden. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:51:29 GMT http://www.ohio-nature.com/young-turkey-vultures.html I found these two vultures sitting in a dead tree along a hiking trail in the Van Buren State Park upstream along the Rocky Ford Creek. I thought maybe Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:49:04 GMT