Just Ducky at Beaver Marsh

Beaver Marsh on a misty morning in October. Love the way the marsh grass turns bright rusty red. Flotillas of geese dotted the marsh when I started shooting, then took off in noisy waves, leaving the wood ducks in charge.

This log, about thirty feet or so off the boardwalk, seems to be a favorite roost for the wood ducks. They were jostling on and off of it for most of the morning.

Girls rule the heights!

The boys were hassling each other, lots of wing flapping, lunging, and squawking.

Lovely ducks. Can't wait to see what else will show up at Beaver Marsh as the waterfowl migration continues. 

Fall at Sulphur Springs

October was a great month for shooting, but apparently not great for getting things up on the blog. So  over the next couple of days, I'll be posting photos from a few of the lovely places I visited last month.

Today, It's Sulphur Springs Falls. Located in South Chagrin Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks, it's one of the prettiest and most accessible falls in this area.

From the bigger picture...

...closer up...

...to the tiniest detail, it's always worth shooting, no matter what the season.

I'd love to get some snow and ice shots of the falls, but the road to the Sulphur Springs picnic area is inevitably closed when I visit in the winter. Probably to keep idiots from slipping off the road into the ravine or crashing through the ice into the stream. I'd be careful, honest!