Monday, August 29, 2011

Ottawa National Refuge

Yesterday Javier, Paco and I drove to the Ottawa National Refuge, a migratory bird haven about an hour away on Lake Erie. It was beautiful with multiple pools, patches of woods, wild grapes, queen's lace, carnibal, Northern Blazing star (plus many more) wildflowers attracting plenty of butterflies, egrets, blue herons, frogs AND a jet black snake (maybe a garter, racer, or water snake). Luckily, Paco can be amazingly unobservant so while both the snake and I were startled, Paco had no encounter with it.

What follows are photos and video Javier took on our sweet little day trip.








Look closely for the frog

Crane Creek and Lake Erie beyond



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RsjZB9v_k0

Enter the link for the lovely lily pad video




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