Chris Zimmer: Edgewater Park

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Sparrow In An Icy Landscape

I’m finally getting caught up on some photos taken in December. When we visited Edgewater Park a few weeks ago to take photos of Cleveland’s West Harbor lighthouse encased in ice (see “Cleveland Lighthouse Becomes an Ice Castle”), I also tried to photograph a few sparrows hanging out on the ice formations on the shore. I managed to photograph one sparrow as it attempted to land on the odd icy “structures” created by spray from Lake Erie onto the grasses and shrubs on the shoreline. Here are the photos – one with the ice in full view, the other highlighting the bird still in flight. I don't think the bird was successful in landing on its first try. (Click on image for a larger view.)

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Friday, December 17, 2010

Cleveland Lighthouse Becomes an Ice Castle

It made national and international news - the Cleveland Harbor West Lighthouse, on the bank of the Cuyahoga River as it enters Lake Erie, was covered with a thick coating of ice. (I wrote about it in my Cleveland blog here: ”Cleveland Lighthouse Encased in Ice”.) The windy weather, plus the frigid temperatures, kicked up icy waves which splashed – and then froze – on the lighthouse. We had to go see it for ourselves, so we took a drive down to Wendy Park (located on Whiskey Island just west of downtown Cleveland), with all the camera gear in tow. The lighthouse was a spectacular sight. The nearby the Old US Coast Guard Station (photo also below) seemed untouched by the waves. We also stopped at Edgewater Park immediately west of Whiskey Island to check out the odd ice formations there made by splashing water. Some photos are below; I also included one of my photos of the lighthouse that I took last May, just for comparison. (Click on any image for a larger view.)

The lighthouse - in warm weather: