http://trekohio.com Exploring Ohio's Nature Preserves & Parks Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:50:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://trekohio.com http://trekohio.com/2013/06/18/metzger-marsh-state-wildlife-area/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/18/metzger-marsh-state-wildlife-area/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:26:16 +0000 Bob Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=8091 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/18/metzger-marsh-state-wildlife-area/feed/ 0 bobplatt IMG_2960 IMG_2951 100_5295 IMG_2983 IMG_2974 IMG_2973 100_5306 IMG_2993b 100_5335 IMG_3012 IMG_3009 IMG_3002 IMG_3004 100_5336 IMG_3011 IMG_3034 http://trekohio.com/2013/06/13/ten-great-hikes-in-ohio/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/13/ten-great-hikes-in-ohio/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:59:14 +0000 Bob Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=8080 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/13/ten-great-hikes-in-ohio/feed/ 7 bobplatt Taking a break at Big Lyons Falls DSC01494 DSC01759 Photographing Deb photographing view DSC01466.JPG Cedar Falls Rose Lake Trail on slope Falls River bank P1060143 View from dam at Mohican State Park IMG_1158 IMG_3226 IMG_2571 http://trekohio.com/2013/06/10/the-boardwalk-at-maumee-bay/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/10/the-boardwalk-at-maumee-bay/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:59:05 +0000 Deb Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=8048 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/10/the-boardwalk-at-maumee-bay/feed/ 1 trekohio 100_5176 IMG_2590 IMG_2827 IMG_2595 Yellow Iris (Iris pseudacorus) IMG_3423 Untitled IMG_2774 IMG_2803 IMG_2798 IMG_3435 IMG_2690b Eastern phoebe IMG_2641 IMG_2607 100_5235 You can't see me, because I'm hiding IMG_3465 IMG_2805 IMG_2694 100_5182 IMG_2701 IMG_2702 100_5179 http://trekohio.com/2013/06/09/mountain-laurel-in-bloom-at-shallenberger/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/09/mountain-laurel-in-bloom-at-shallenberger/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:56:34 +0000 Deb Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=8025 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/09/mountain-laurel-in-bloom-at-shallenberger/feed/ 13 trekohio IMG_4414b P1080377b IMG_4431b IMG_4424 P1080374b IMG_4407b P1140610 P1140617 P1080388 P1080370 P1080395b http://trekohio.com/2013/06/05/nelson-kennedy-ledges-state-park/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/05/nelson-kennedy-ledges-state-park/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:18:21 +0000 Bob Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=7967 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/05/nelson-kennedy-ledges-state-park/feed/ 11 bobplatt 100_4197 100_4067 IMG_1121 IMG_1138 IMG_1141-dad-squeezing IMG_1142-knealing IMG_1143-squeeze 100_4142 IMG_1148 100_4154 IMG_1147 100_4158 IMG_1158 P1070169 100_4164 P1070172 IMG_1159-pointing IMG_1162 100_4169 IMG_1181 IMG_1185 100_4188 100_4192 IMG_1214 IMG_1243 http://trekohio.com/2013/06/04/ohio-covered-bridges/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/04/ohio-covered-bridges/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 13:00:11 +0000 Bob Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=7956 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/04/ohio-covered-bridges/feed/ 4 bobplatt Covered Bridge at Mohican State Park Hannaway Covered Bridge in Fairfield County Inside a covered bridge Mink Hollow Covered Bridge Burgstresser / Dietz Covered Bridge - Franklin County. In Canal Winchester Park. Covered bridge near Rock Mill Cemetery Road Covered Bridge - Greene County. Covered bridge Untitled Mill - Christmas lights Bell Bridge in Washington County, Ohio Harra Covered Bridge, Washington County Hueston Woods Covered Bridge, Preble County, At Hueston Woods State Park http://trekohio.com/2013/06/03/oneflowered-broomrape-our-fourth-plant-without-chlorophyll/ http://trekohio.com/2013/06/03/oneflowered-broomrape-our-fourth-plant-without-chlorophyll/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:30:37 +0000 Deb Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=7977 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/06/03/oneflowered-broomrape-our-fourth-plant-without-chlorophyll/feed/ 3 trekohio Oneflowered Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) Oneflowered Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) Oneflowered Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) Oneflowered Broomrape (Orobanche uniflora) Squawroot pushing up through oak leaves Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora) Beechdrops (Epifagus americana) http://trekohio.com/2013/05/31/tinkers-creek-state-nature-preserve/ http://trekohio.com/2013/05/31/tinkers-creek-state-nature-preserve/#comments Sat, 01 Jun 2013 00:53:41 +0000 Bob Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=7872 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/05/31/tinkers-creek-state-nature-preserve/feed/ 8 bobplatt Spatterdock at Tinker's Creek SNP Spatterdock (Nuphar lutea) 100_4233 IMG_1258 Tinker's Creek SNP from observation deck Bald Eagle and Nest IMG_1248 IMG_1282 IMG_1357 IMG_1284 100_4268 100_4254 P1070200 Northern Leopard Frog Water snake Canada Goose and goslings Great Blue Heron http://trekohio.com/2013/05/30/magee-marsh-wildlife-area/ http://trekohio.com/2013/05/30/magee-marsh-wildlife-area/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 07:47:35 +0000 Deb Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=7909 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/05/30/magee-marsh-wildlife-area/feed/ 10 trekohio 100_4480 Decoys line the walls of the Sportsmen's Migratory Bird Center Trail closed due to nesting eagles Bald eagle Juvenile bald eagle, molting Path to the beach at Magee Marsh Shell-lined shore Future limestone Lake Erie shoreline Black Swamp Bird Observatory by Powered By Birds, on Flickr Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License Crowd at display by "Back to the Wild" Educational Exhibit by "Back to the Wild" Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) http://trekohio.com/2013/05/28/beginning-birder-at-the-biggest-week-in-american-birding/ http://trekohio.com/2013/05/28/beginning-birder-at-the-biggest-week-in-american-birding/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 02:55:28 +0000 Deb Platt http://trekohio.com/?p=7897 Continue reading →]]> http://trekohio.com/2013/05/28/beginning-birder-at-the-biggest-week-in-american-birding/feed/ 8 trekohio Magnolia Warbler, male (Setophaga magnolia) Lake Erie shoreline The boardwalk at Magee Marsh Crowd at Magee Marsh Crowd at Magee Marsh Crowd at Magee Marsh 100_4501 100_4502 Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) Yellow-rumped Warbler, male (Setophaga coronata) American redstart, male (Setophaga ruticilla) Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) Palm Warbler, breeding (Setophaga palmarum) Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) Warbling vireo (Vireo gilvus)