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Bales of rolled hay being brought into the ( supposed ) test area where grazing is supposed to be used in plant control in Lew of burning
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Common Crab Apple.
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Prairie Crab Apple.
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Burgundy Crab Apple Blossoms.
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Norway Maple flowers.
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Golden Ragwort, way early, usually don't see this until middle of May into June.
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Marsh Marigold. Oak openings region.
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Cut down or burn, that's all they seem to be able to do lately. Do not re-new their operating levy.
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Sand Cherry Blossoms.
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Ground Ivy.
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Change in the weather coming again. More rain most likely.
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Golf coarse turned into a lake by all the rain we have had in the past 2 days.
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Japanese Quince, another one of my favorites.
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I was being watched carefully from a safe distance.
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Lillies, Spring is starting to really show. Tulips and other domestic flower are starting to bloom and the trees are starting to bloom
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Ohio country. On my way to Wauseon to stop at tractor supply. This is a few miles from Ottokee where a I make the turn.
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Red Wing Blackbird, male.
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Lesser Scaup ( diving duck ) not common to this area. Summers over in the Canadian Tundra. These were making a rest stop.
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A few minutes before totality.
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Yesterday was the full eclipse. Here is a sliver shot just before totality. I was using the R-10 with a 100-500 SCM zoom lens on it.. if you have seen the R-10 you will have noticed it's body is smaller than the mirrored 90-D ( which I should have used )
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Red Headed Woodpecker.
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Along the river the air temp is warmer because of the water and trees and other plants are starting to bloom and it looks like spring.
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Wild Turkey, I saw a lot of these today. it was a warm day and they were out in numbers.
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Grape Hyacinth,Otsego.
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dangerous roller dam. will suck anything under ever large heavy logs. if caught in this there is no way out until it lets you go.
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seed pods of the Japanese Maple. They are starting to drop to the ground to make way for new growth.
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Eastern prickly pear cactus or what is left of them after one of the proscribed burns. I doubt these will bounce back. The people in charge are killing everything with their over-burn.
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Tried out the solar filter today that I bought for the eclipse. This is the result. thing is very dense, can't see through it but this is what I got with the camera.
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Round lobed Hepatica,
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Skunk Cabbage, edible ( if you can get it past your nose. )
