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Photo of the week: 02.22.26 — Blackbird with food

A sure sign of spring in Central Ohio is the return of the Red-winged Blackbird. And it's a very noisy return, with the male blackbirds perched atop plants or trees attempting to attract females by flashing their red-and-yellow shoulder patches while belting out a call described by bird web sites as a loud, scratchy conk-a-reeeee or o-ka-leeeee. I have a number of photos of male  …  Continue reading

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