Cooper’s Hawk in black and white at Oak Openings Preserve Metropark on a humid Summer afternoon. #bird #hawk #nature #blackandwhite #ohio

Perching Heron. A Great Blue Heron rests on a tree branch above a pond at the Oak Openings Nature Preserve Metropark near Swanton, OH. #birds #heron #nature #ohio

Behind the pines. Afterglow on a warm July evening. #sunset #nature #sky #ohio

Winding down. Branches from a dead tree frame the setting sun in Northwest Ohio. #sunset #summer #nature #sky #ohio

Fencing in the sun. A Summer moment as the sun set this evening along the Slippery Elm Trail in Northwest Ohio. #sunset #summer #nature #rural #sky #ohio

Through domestic smoke. Fires burning in the Pacific Northwest have sent a plume of smoke overhead that filtered the setting sun tonight. #sunset #nature #rural #ohio

The sun bids the corn a good night. A hot July evening in rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #nature #sky #clouds #rural #ohio

A wink from the smiling sun. Last evening in rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #sky #nature #rural #farming #ohio

Smoke on the water. Dense wildfire smoke from Canada permeates the atmosphere above Lake Michigan near Muskegon. The sky was clear blue earlier in the day. #smoke #canadianwildfires #beach #lakemichigan #muskegon #sun #summer #michigan

Butterfly Weed in the golden hour. In rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #wildflower #nature #ohio

Painted sky tonight. Near Portage, OH along the Slippery Elm Trail. #sunset #sky #clouds #nature #rural #ohio

Afterglow on a summer’s eve. Last night along the Slippery Elm Trail in Rudolph, OH. #sunset #nature #rural #ohio

Robins resting. A pair of Robins pause on fence posts at sunset. #birds #rural #nature #sunset #ohio

Putting the day to rest. This evening along the Maumee River at sunset, soft clouds drifted overhead catching the warm light. #sunset #nature #maumeeriver #ohio

Teasel and the moon. As the sun was setting the moon was rising on a warm evening along the Slippery Elm Trail in Northwestern Ohio. #moon #teasel #nature #ohio

The trail ahead. The view as the sun set across a field of drying wheat along the slippery Elm Trail in rural Wood County, OH, last evening. #sunset #sky #rural #clouds #nature #ohio

Feast for a Fritillary. Spotted today at the Penney Nature Center near Defiance, OH. #butterfly #nature #ohio

Thistle and storms at sunset. From early June in rural Wood County, OH. #sunset #nature #plants #clouds #sky #ohio

Dusty sunset. A cloud of dust from farm machinery operating in the field near the horizon mimics the hazy clouds above that mute the colors of the in the sky from the setting sun beyond.

Deadly sunset. A flowering hemlock takes in the final rays of the day from a setting sun over the flat fields of Northwest Ohio. #sunset #plants #hemlock #sky #nature #ohio

Gone with a puff of wind. The seed head of a giant dandelion. #nature #plants #giantdanelion #blackandwhite

Winds of change. A dark cloud bank overtakes the setting sun tonight in Northwest Ohio. #sunset #clouds #sky #nature #ohio

Far off storms. This evening the setting sun cast warm light on thunderstorms 50 miles to the South in Northwest Ohio along the Slippery Elm Trail. #sunset #rural #sky #nature #clouds #ohio

Framing the moon. A dead tree’s branches frame the rising moon in a blue sky last Friday. #moonrise #moon #nature #sky

Morning moon. The moon was still bright as the sun came up this morning. #moonset #moon #nature #sky #ohio

Falling sun. A cloud bank is about to devour the sun as night advances towards the rural countryside of Northwest Ohio. #sunset #sky #clouds #nature #ohio

Thistles at sundown. This evening along the Slippery Elm Trail, Wood County, OH. #sunset #sky #nature #clouds #rural #ohio

Trees ablaze from the setting sun. Rural Northwest Ohio this evening. #sunset #trees #rural #nature #sky #ohio

Early morning fog with blue above. Looking West with the sun at my back, all seemed peaceful as the fog began to dissipate. #sunrise #nature #sky #rural #ohio

A day passes. Sunset along the Slippery Elm Trail. #sunset #hiking #rural #sky #tree #ohio