Welcome to #MarshMadness, friends! This is the month in which we post photos of marshes, swamps, estuaries, rivers, and other wetlands, along with pics of the critters and plants living in/on/around them. Let’s gooooooo!!
A weird one for my first #MarshMadness, a beaver pod tinted pink/red by Azolla mexicana, a water fern native to the western US and Mexico. It's usually green, except when it gets lots of direct sunlight. Taken in early March, 2015, after an extended sunny spell. #Botany#GetOutside
It's #MarshMadness so here are a few pictures of my favourite raised peatland in different seasons.
This is probably my favourite type of bog. I often see the first bees and butterflies here in the spring. Also who doesn't like cloudberries? It's outskirts are great for mushoom picking.
It is a calming and peaceful environment and in the winter it almost has a sacred vibe to it somehow.
This is also where peat comes from. These bogs should be protected instead of harvested.💚🌎
After quietly traversing the heavily wooded, brushy area around a small, secluded pond last October, my husband and I saw this rare pair of Sandhill Cranes who utterly charmed us with their calls and antics.
In 1979, Ohio (US) had 4 nesting pairs of bald eagles. Today there are 800 pairs. Banning DDT and federal protection through the Endangered Species Act worked.
One of the three nests we saw today. This pair, known to locals as Jack and Diane, are feeding a pair of eaglets in Magee Marsh, near Lake Erie.
During a camping trip to Coleman Lake in the Talladega National Forest, we visited the marshy end of the lake and met a friend. I wish I could have photographed all the fish we saw, but they were too shy. #MarshMadness
Got no cat so no Caturday, but gotta lotta #MarshMadness options, so here are a couple shots showing the local #Beaver works. They do not show the scale of the complex but it’s impressive. #GetOutside#Hiking