Friday, August 27, 2010

Great Blue Herron @ Old Mans Cave

 

On a walk along the upper trail at Old Mans Cave
a few weeks ago as we came back out off of the trail
at the upper falls we spotted this Great Blue Herron
standing near the water at the falls.

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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

The Goslings Have Grown

 
A visit to Rose Lake in the Hocking Hills state park
is not a new thing since my daughter and I hike the trail
from  Old Mans Cave to Cedar Falls often.
Over the summer the goslings that were born there this
Spring have really grown.

RoseLake_Geese2_June30 Above are the fluffy four goslings in June .

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They have lost their fluff now and there were only
three of them on our visit last week.

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They are adapting to humans maybe a little too well
now. When they saw us they started swimming to shore.

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Maybe they were even looking for a hand out of
something to eat.

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This one walked right up to me.

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After receiving no hand outs of food they took
back out upon the lake.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Cedar Falls Trails

 

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There are many steps going down into Cedar Falls.

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Walls of rock formations on all sides of the trails.

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Trees and vegetation try to grow upon the rocks
fighting for soil.

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There are a few small fish in the creek that runs
through the park from Old Mans Cave to Cedar Falls.

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Wading and swimming is prohibited but on a hot
day who can resist a good splash or skipping a rock.

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Hemlocks grow all throughout the parks.

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Some of the gorge trail between Old Mans Cave
and Cedar Falls gets very roughed….

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and you may have to climb over large
rocks in some parts of the trail.
Sandals is not a good idea on the gorge trail.

 

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Halfway point along the trail and you may have
to step around or over a few logs along the trail.

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Trees lean across the stream.

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Whispering Falls

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Canopy’s of Green

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Split Rock