JR: Blade links thu, jan 5, 2016 - #art #food #toledo #politics #nature
- Jan 05, 2017

JR: Northwest Ohio migrating birds in early October - Wed, Oct 5, 2016: I observed Golden-crowned Kinglet and White-throated Sparrow around our home this morning. These short-distant or temperate climate songbirds have started their fall migration through northwest Ohio. But in early October, we stil... more>> 2 min read
- Oct 05, 2016 - #ohio #bird #nature #blog_jr

JR: Tt post proposed - aug 5, 2016 - I grew up in southeast Ohio too. Much of the forested land that my Dad and I hunted is gone, lost to strip mining. But years later after reclamation, some of those strip-mined lands now provide top-notch grassland habitat that hosts a wide variety of... more>> 2 min read
- Aug 05, 2016 - #nature

JR: Clay-colored and Field Sparrow Hybrid - (my July 2008 ToledoTalk.com post) Subject: Spizellapalooza From: Aaron B Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:38:11 -0400 Just got back from a successful outing in Lorain County at the Charlemont Reservation. Since Ethan K found an unusual "Spizella" sparrow... more>> 3 min read
- Jul 20, 2016 - #bird #nature #ohio

JR: Bird notes - Mon, Jul 18, 2016 - A lot of bird activity has existed around our home this month with the young birds visiting. Fledgling and now young birds foraging on their own visiting our yard in mid-July include: HOFI COGR AMRO NOCA BAOR NOFL Bird visiting our feeders and ... more>> 3 min read
- Jul 18, 2016 - #home #bird #nature

JR: Fight Club movie quote - In the world I see -- you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You will wear leather clothes that last you the rest of ... more>>
- Jun 28, 2016 - #movie #quote #nature

JR: Local honey - We buy most of our honey from the Phoenix Earth Food Co-op, which sells at least two options, produced by local farmers who have their beehives in and around Toledo. The product sold in the glass jar is relatively new at the co-op. I mainly buy... more>> 1 min read
- May 19, 2016 - #food #business #health #local #nature #insect #toledo #blog_jr

JR: W.W. Knight Nature Preserve visit - October 2014 - On Sun, Oct 19, 2014, DD and I visited the W.W. Knight Nature Preserve, located in or near Perrysburg, along the river road that connects Perrysburg to Rossford. We visited the park from approximately 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It was a sunny, br... more>> 1 min read
- May 17, 2016 - #park #nature #woodcounty #perrysburg #blog_jr

JR: 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. I walked around ONWR from approximately 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. I... more>> 2 min read
- May 17, 2016 - #park #onwr #nature #blog_jr

JR: Red Knot Conservation Effort - (my March 2008 post at toledotalk.com) From Ohio birding e-mail listserv : Subject: Good news on Red Knots From: Kenn Kaufman Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:41:21 -0400 Here's a piece of outstanding good news from our friends in New Jersey, one that h... more>> 5 min read
- Jan 19, 2016 - #bird #environment #nature

JR: Late Sep and Oct 2015 Notes - #bird - #home - #nature - #insect Mon, Sep 28 at 7:20 p.m., at least two Scissor-grinder Cicadas are singing around our home. temps still in the mid 70s. calm wind. partly to mostly cloudy sky. good weather to sing if a cicada. love their song. un... more>> 15 min read
- Oct 31, 2015 - #bird #home #nature #insect #rainfall

JR: Sep 27-28, 2015 supermoon and total lunar eclipse - JustaSooner mentioned the southeast coastal low pressure that might give our area a little rain this weekend. Our weather Sunday night may depend upon how far west the clouds from that low reach. We could be on the edge of the thickest cloud cover, ... more>> 1 min read
- Sep 25, 2015 - #nature #astronomy #weather

JR: Aug 2015 bird obs - Aug 21 3 AMRO - (1 on our front yard) Aug 22 CAWR sang in our backyard Aug 23 1 AMRO our front yard Aug 24 and aug 25 early morning EAWP sang partial song near woodmont and grantwood. it sang the "pee-eww" part only. Heard BAOR still on fri, aug ... more>>
- Aug 26, 2015 - #bird #home #nature

JR: Western Lake Erie Mayfly Activity on Radar - June is mayfly month. The density of the insects rising up from Lake Erie looks like moderate rainfall on hi-def radar. Activity on the evening, after dark, on Sat, Jun 20, 2015 We don't see many mayflies in West Toledo. I photographed this one... more>>
- Jun 20, 2015 - #lakeerie #nature #insect #photo

JR: Eastern box turtle comment at tt on may 30, 2015 - Nice. That's an Eastern Box Turtle. Found in woodlands throughout Ohio, the box turtle is our most terrestrial turtle. During the heat of summer, this extremely gentle animal spends the day hidden beneath rotting logs, decaying leaves, and ot... more>> 8 min read
- May 30, 2015 - #nature #turtle #insect