Friday, May 9, 2008

visit to Maryland & Ohio

Last weekend I was in Columbia, MD, & walked in a riverside park where Jack-in-the Pulpit & Indian strawberries were blooming. Saw an immense Copperhead snake sunning itself on a rock in the middle of the water. I was safely on a bridge overlooking the river, I'm glad to say.

On the way home, stopped at Magee Marsh about halfway between Sandusky & Toledo, where I saw many Great Egrets, a Black & White warbler, a Palm warbler, dozens of Martins, Tree & Barn swallows, & Killdeer. The northern edge of Ohio along the southern coast of Lake Erie is beautiful--well worth the longer driving time off the toll road.

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