Ohio Vacation Day 4 (6/28/2021)
We walked down to the edge of the wetlands this morning. There was an adult bald eagle sitting in the snag on which we have seen one or two eagles often throughout the day, since our arrival on Friday afternoon. The lighting wasn’t good in that direction, so I didn’t take any pictures of the eagle. I did take pictures of a dragonfly and turtles.
It is hot and humid, even at 9:00 am. When I returned to the house, I was drenched in sweat from my neck up.
About an hour later, while sitting in the living room, I saw an osprey flying over the wetlands. Good thing I got my camera and went out on the deck. The osprey provided a bit of excitement, at least photographically.
I lost the osprey shortly after I took this picture,
as it dove into the pond behind one of the buildings near the pond.
I stayed on the deck, camera in hand. Within seconds the osprey returned into view.
Late morning/early afternoon we drove to Cuyahoga Valley National Park, to the Ira Trailhead, and walked ¼ mile to Beaver Marsh. What a HOT and HUMID walk that was! We didn’t see much in the way of wildlife. We saw a great blue heron, snapping turtle (no picture), red wing blackbird and tree swallows.
Beaver Marsh
Great Blue Heron
Beaver Marsh
Red-Winged Blackbird
I captured a few pictures of tree swallows, as we spent the most time watching their acrobatic flight.
Beaver Marsh
Tree Swallow
We returned to our rental Airbnb and ate lunch. I ate a picnic lunch indoors, and Bob ate Ramen Noodles that he found in the kitchen.
A storm rolled through around 5:00 pm.
if this storm had taken the heat and humidity with it when it left.
That didn’t happen, though.
The temperature did drop 20 degrees, from 90 (with a heat index of 103) to 70. It didn’t take long, though, for the heat and humidity to return.
A tree fell from the property across from our house.
I took this picture from our front porch.
Our next-door neighbor’s tree fell and destroyed their dog fencing. Shed damage not known.
I took this picture of our neighbor’s fallen tree from our side yard.
I took this picture of another fallen tree, while standing behind our next-door neighbor’s fence.
At least two other trees fell into the street on which I live.
You can see the tree that fell across the road in front of our house behind these trees.
Conewango Creek property
Trees took down electric lines near this Conewango Creek property on South State Street. The tree almost hit the house. A friend, whose parents live in this house, told me that “there’s a circle of downed trees the whole way around their house!”
Storm damage near where the electric line was pulled down by a fallen tree.
I took this picture at approximately 6:50 pm last night.
At 7:15 pm the fallen tree was pushed away from the roadway.
More storm damage on property along Conewango Creek
More storm damage on property along Conewango Creek.
More storm damage on property along Conewango Creek
In this photograph I am looking across the Conewango Creek from a North Warren property.
A tree fell down on one of our South State Street neighbor’s car.
Wetmore Cemetery sustained storm damage as well.
Wetmore Cemetery is located only a short distance from our house.
This tree broke off and landed in my friend Sherry’s neighbor’s front yard.
I took this photograph while standing inside our house, with the back door propped open.
This is our back door, propped open.
I took this photograph through our living room window.
Looking in a westerly direction from our house
Looking in an easterly direction from our house