Pickerington Ponds Metro Park

Here's a few pics from a nice hike we took at Pickerington Ponds Metropark.

A couple of Red Admiral butterflies gleaning minerals from detritus:


A Common Yellowthroat (a warbler):


A Great Egret taking a bath!



A heronry (nesting colony of Great Blue Herons):


Nice little creek:


A Garter Snake resting on Garlic Mustard:


Blue Flag (Iris):


A couple of Daddy Long-Legs:


Miami-Mist (Phacelia purshii Hydrophyllaceae - Waterleaf Family). This was a new one for us!:


Some sort of jumping spider:


Pearl Crescent butterflies mating:


Eastern Juvenile Red-tailed hawk (confirmation?):


A monarch:


A Fleabane (Aster Family):


Unidentified sparrow (guesses?):


Another great park in the Columbus area Metropark system!