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April 2019: Wood Ducks in a small woodland pond
A trail camera set up in a woodland pond revealed a stunning pair of wood ducks swimming around. Continue reading
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Tagged Ornithology, Trail Cam, video, Wood Duck
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Singing Gray Treefrogs: May 2019
Photos and videos of calling Gray Treefrogs seen in Cuyahoga County, Ohio in May 2019. Continue reading
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Tagged Frog, gray treefrog, Mating, Ohio, singing, video
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A long video of relaxing frog calls at night
Looking for some relaxing nature sounds? The audio in this video was recorded next to a pond in northeast Ohio on a warm summer night. Bullfrog and Green Frog calls dominate the sound, but you can also hear the distant … Continue reading
Posted in Natural History, Photography, Uncategorized, Video
Tagged Bullfrog, Frog, gray treefrog, green frog, Mating, Ohio, video
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A buck jogs past me in my neighborhood.
A male whitetail deer jogged right by me while I was standing in my driveway in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Apparently, two does ran by just a minute or two earlier, but I didn’t see them. This buck was in hot … Continue reading
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Green frog shedding skin and eating it
This video shows a young Green Frog (scientific name Rana clamitans or Lithobates clamitans) shedding its skin and eating it. The frog repeats the same cycle of behavior. First, it rotates its hind limb, then it rotates its front limb, … Continue reading
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