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Posts Tagged → Parks and Preserves

Birding at the Strunjan Landscape Park, Slovenia

posted in Birds, Slovenia on September 5, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

Black-winged Stilts, Little Egrets and more in Slovenia’s only marine lagoon – and the northernmost salt pans in the Mediterranean world.

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Parc Naturel Departemental du Lac du Broc – Notebook and Images

posted in Field Guides, France, Hikes on June 25, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 3 Comments

My favorite butterfly loop of 2026. (So far.)

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Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve – an Introduction and May Birding Report

posted in Birds, Field Guides, USA on May 31, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

An introduction to one of Cleveland, Ohio’s best kept secrets.

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Wahkeena Nature Preserve, Ohio – Notebook and Images

posted in Hikes, USA on September 4, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 4 Comments

I needed a solid dose of nature after the three flights (and two delays) that brought me from Nice to Columbus, Ohio, just before midnight the night before, and after a quick search, was compelled to stop at the Wahkeena Nature Preserve for three reasons: it was easily accessible off of US Route 33 on… Continue reading →

Nine Early Winter Outdoor Still Lifes, Ohio

posted in Pic du Jour, USA on December 23, 2024 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

At the Cleveland Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

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Headlands Beach State Park, Off Season

posted in Birds, USA on December 18, 2014 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Briefly chasing a Herring Gull in an afternoon chill.

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I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are trying to make sense of the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

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