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Stop Snowing!

It’s pretty much snowed constantly for the past 3 days I’ve been in Cleveland. Another big storm moved in last night and we’re forecasted to receive over a 1′ of snow by Sunday morning. I managed to get out to E 72nd St. in Cleveland yesterday afternoon before this big storm came in. I’m glad I did since I easily located a Glaucous Gull and Iceland Gull within a few minutes. Unfortunately I had to shoot at a high ISO due to the fleeting afternoon sun and terrible weather conditions.

View out the window this morning

Current Radar Map

Some shots of the Gulls:

Glaucous Gull

Iceland Gull

And here’s what I have to look forward to the next 5 days I’m here…. Sunday will be the only day I can actually get out and photograph. Too bad it will be overcast but it’s better than it snowing all day.

Cleveland Weather Forecast

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Posted by ctaylor on January 10, 2009 in Photography Adventures

Back Home!

May 12

I am now back home from my 9-day trip to Northern Ohio. Had a great time photographing all of the migrating passerines at Magee Marsh, Crane Creek and the rest of the hot-spots along Lake Erie. I recorded a total of 25 new photo birds and much better shots of many of the birds I already had.

Now to get ready for our trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos! We leave this Friday.

Some new photos toward the end of the trip I have not posted yet:

Painted Turtle

Black-capped Chickadee

American Robin

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Gray Catbird

American Woodcock

Wood Thrush

Great Black-backed Gull

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Posted by ctaylor on May 12, 2008 in Photography Adventures

Photos from Crane Creek I missed….

May 07

Was just spending a bit more time going through other photos I took last weekend and realized I had skipped over quite a few good ones! I shall share some with you here:

Magnolia Warbler

Baltimore Oriole

Blue Gray Gnatcatcher

Chestnut-sided Warbler

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Posted by ctaylor on May 7, 2008 in Photography Adventures

Mentor/Painesville, Ohio

May 06

Since I’m staying in Painesville for the week, I decided to check out some nearby spots – Headlands Dunes and Mentor Marsh.

At Headlands Dunes I had mostly Ring-billed and Herring Gulls and few other common local stuff. Mentor Marsh was pretty much dead this morning. I did pick up a new photo-bird:

Red-bellied Woodpecker

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Posted by ctaylor on May 6, 2008 in Photography Adventures

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Tags: headlands dunes, mentor, mentor marsh, ohio, painesville, red-bellied woodpecker

Crane Creek, Ohio

May 05

It’s been a heck of a weekend and I haven’t had time to post any updates until now. Due to air traffic delays into Chicago O’Hare airport, I didn’t get to my hotel near Crane Creek until 3AM EST on Friday. I woke up around 6AM (only getting about 3 hours of sleep) and headed out to Crane Creek. It was pretty stormy all day, with a couple of downpours lasting in excess of 45 minutes. I just threw a tarp over myself and my camera equipment and hoped it wouldn’t last too long!

Despite Sunday being beautiful and sunny, Saturday was MUCH more productive. But, over the course of the weekend I still got 18 new photo birds:

American Woodcock
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Common Grackle
Gray Catbird
Hooded Warbler
Least Flycatcher
Louisiana Waterthrush
Ovenbird
Palm Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Swainson’s Thrush
Veery
Wood Thrush
Yellow-throated Vireo

I’m going to be in Cleveland for the week but I hope to get some other photography in during the morning hours this week until I get back out to Crane Creek on Saturday. In the meantime, here are some of my highlight shots from the weekend: