Shadows of a split rail fence darken a trail in Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.

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Photo of the week: 02.15.26 — Brown Creeper

There’s a good chance you’ve never seen this bird, even if you spend time hiking through forests like I do. It’s a Brown Creeper, a tiny songbird that’s always in motion and is well camouflaged to blend with its environment. The Brown Creeper is about the size of a wren, approximately five inches long from tip of its curved bill to the tip of its tail. It weighs about a third of an ounce. …  Continue reading

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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

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Shadows of a split rail fence darken a trail in Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.

A road travels through the forest in Blendon Woods Metro Park, Westerville, Ohio.

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