'Official Park Greeter' Washington these salamanders leave their forest

these salamanders leave their forest haunts & scurry up to a mile away to deposit eggs in ancestral vernal pools

It’s been quite the fall in northeast Ohio

Here is Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on one such evening last week

Set out the day after Christmas to document Winter Storm Elliot’s path through the western basin of Lake Erie

'Official Park Greeter' Washington these salamanders leave their forestBegan photographing this Barred Owl in our campground at Deep Creek Lake State Park. It clearly had developed a tolerance for humankind, and the many chipmunks the campers attract. Eventually it flew out to the main road & literally perched on the sign across from the nature center! The ensuing scene was one of the most respectful interactions between humans and nature Ive observed in some time. The owl naturally caused a traffic jam, as lucky cars