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I have more peony photographs from yesterday ... tree peonies are so elegant. #SpringGroveCemetery
White tree peony next to a pink peony that is just opening
May 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Bullfrog of the day!
Thursday, 1 Jan 2026

#Bullfrogs
#Herps
#SpringGroveCemetery
Bullfrog with head out of the water, looking straight at the observer - dappled light on a spatter of duckweed
January 1, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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I was so thrilled to see this delightful turtle somewhere I could stop my car and use my Olympus M.Zuiko 100-400mm lens out a window to take a photograph! #Herps

Eastern spiny softshell in #SpringGroveCemetery
Spiny softshell turtle on a pond bank - a rare encounter!
October 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Two fox kits next to a den opening that is next to a road!

#SpringGroveCemetery
Cincinnati, Ohio
Two young red foxes together by a den opening next to a road Two young red foxes together by a den opening next to a road
September 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Autumn at a pond's edge #SpringGroveCemetery
Colorful trees on a pond edge, reflecting Delicately colored autumn trees reflecting clearly in pond edge
November 1, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk on a warm October afternoon #SpringGroveCemetery 🌿🪶
Red-tailed Hawk on a stone monument, looking down with neck bent Red-tailed Hawk in dappled lighh on a cemetery monument Red-tailed Hawk on a cemetery monument
October 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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In Dec 2018, I watched a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers forage for hackberries and do some acrobatics - I had to stand in a road to take any photographs! #SpringGroveCemetery 🌿 🪶
Collage with six photographs of large black, white and red Pileated Woodpeckers
September 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Turtle has a Spot & Sir Swan swims around in one of several little ponds. They must see each other often, but if Swan is in Spring Mean Mood ... well ...

This was not lengthy interaction, but Turtle was apparently having none of Sir Swan & left his Spot in a bit of a huff. 🐢 🪶 #SpringGroveCemetery
White swan swims up to a turtle that is in a place it always basks - water is ripple White swan lifts wings in a territorial move (busking) as turtle stretches head and next out White swan closes gap with turtle, arches neck and peers directly at turtle who pulls head and neck in White swan with wings partly up, head down and neck curved as turtle decides to go into pond
March 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Sunflowers often hang their heads as the seeds begin to ripen. This one has been plucked - probably by American Goldfinches - #SpringGroveCemetery has a few areas with flowering plants that appeal to birds - other areas have flowers beloved by pollinators & many acres are wild.

30 August 2025
A well pucked over sunflower head hanging down
August 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Sycamore bark ... always a favorite at #SpringGroveCemetery

30 August 2025
Sycamore trunk with variegated bark patches and colors
August 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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The Red-tailed Hawk I encountered in #SpringGroveCemetery 🪶
Red-tailed Hawk adult on cemetery stone monument
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Several years ago, Autumn in #SpringGroveCemetery
Sycamore tree with long, graceful branch stretching over and reflecting in the pond
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Bullfrogs of the day!*
Friday, 7 Nov 2025

*No bullfrogs were injured for this daily extravaganza - their images were digitally removed from photographs I took in ponds at #SpringGroveCemetery in Cincinnati 😃💚
November 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Monarch butterflies from September 2025 ...
#SpringGroveCemetery
Orange and black butterfly - wings spread - on pink zinnia Orange and black butterfly on dark pink zinnia Orange and black butterfly on pink zinnia
March 25, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Peninsula of Turtles 🐢 #SpringGroveCemetery
Land spit with turtles ringed around it - a cloudy day
August 21, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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#SpringGroveCemetery has some magical spots
Sycamore roots embracing a cypress at the edge of a pond reflecting green and blue
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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From Autumn 2012 - #SpringGroveCemetery
Cincinnati
Orange and yellow blazing trees behind a stone foot bridge and pond with Autumn reflections Close-up of stone foot bridge arch with Autumn trees and its own reflection Line of Autumn trees and reflections Burr oak acorn with big fringe
October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Mute Swan from several years ago #SpringGroveCemetery 🪶
Mute Swan in rippled wste, neck and head reflected
April 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Red-tailed Hawk 🪶 #SpringGroveCemetery
Brown hawk with rusty red tail, sitting on stone cemetery monument and looking down
July 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Mourning cloak and Eastern comma butterflies on scat (poop, feces, etc) - this is part of their adult diets

🌿 #Inverts #Butterflies
20 Mar 2026 #SpringGroveCemetery
Butterfly with dark wings with light borders and one witg irregularly edged orange spotted wings - on scat
March 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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The Mute Swans had a graceful little dance with a slow approach and necks bent - they drew closer, still with curved necks ... finally ending in a heart shape from which they gracefully withdrew and passed by one another (2022) #SpringGroveCemetery
In water green with tree reflections, two white swans swim toward each other Two white swans curve necks and narrow gap between them, still swimming Finally two white swans draw close and barely touch, bills down - it looks like a heart shape
March 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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The Mute Swan (neck bent & speed attained) notes that he treed one goose ... that was after another goose scrambled over a rock ledge (scattering the turtles) and the swan viciously bit a rock several times ... fun times in #SpringGroveCemetery - mating season & territorial disputes
April 2024 🌿 🪶
Mute Swan in earnest pursuit of goose interlopers Goose seeking respite from mad swan
February 2, 2026 at 3:04 AM
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Autumn #SpringGroveCemetery
Perfectly reflecting pond bank - trees and shrubs in green and Autumn colors
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Elder white oak in #SpringGroveCemetery #Cincinnati
Collage of seven photographs of the same 400+ year old white oak in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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More monarch butterflies ... #SpringGroveCemetery

Last day of Summer 2025.
Monarch butterfly on dark pink zinnia Monarch butterfly on small zinnia Monarch butterfly on pink zinnia
September 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM