h1. ONWR visit - Oct 25, 2014

I visited Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge late on Saturday afternoon, October 25, 2014. The weather was sunny, windy, and warmish with temps near 70 degrees. The fall foliage looked nice.

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I walked around ONWR from approximately 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. I prowled the area at the north side of the visitor's center.

I observed some birds, but I mainly wanted to take a walk to enjoy the scenery and the weather. 

I observed Golden-crowned Kinglet, Myrtle Warbler, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow, and Greater Yellowlegs. 

I heard the Greater Anglewing clicking. I watched several Autumn Meadowhawks soak in the sunshine on a log. I stepped around numerous, sluggish Northern Green Frogs that rested on the gravel pathways, probably soaking in some sunshine too.

At least six Greater Yellowlegs foraged in a small water area along road path by the big woodlot, near the old parking lot. It was nice to watch yellowlegs on October 25. 

I saw a flock of a few dozen juncos along one semi-open pathway.

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A seemingly taller-than-normal muskrat hut. 
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ONWR visitor's center
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ONWR ranger station, built around 2012.
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Numerous Autumn Meadowhawk dragonflies were soaking up the warm sunshine. Toledo area temps this afternoon reached the upper 60s.
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I got my iPhone in June 2014. The 32 GB 5C was a free upgrade for me, so it seemed like a good deal. It was my first smartphone. I started using Instragram soon after. Excluding the web browsers, Instagram is probably my favorite app and my most used app.  But I had not played around with the Instragram filters much yet, so I'm going to have more fun with this app.

I used the Rise filter on this photo.
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I used the Kelvin filter on this photo.
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A trail of moss and not grass. This would be an ideal running path. Soft but firm enough to support running.
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Numerous Northern Green Frogs rested on the gravel paths.
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While driving home across the I-280 Veterans Memorial Skyway Bridge, I snagged this lucky shot of the sun behind downtown Toledo buildings. Looks like a nuclear explosion in a movie.
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