Quick Sunday Visit

I spent a couple of hours at Green Bottom WMA today. It is a pretty unique Wildlife Management Area North of Huntington. What makes it unique is it is a fairly large, mostly undisturbed  wetland. Plants and animals not often seen in the Tri-State area can be found here at Green Bottom.
    Today I saw Great Blue Herons,Red-winged Blackbirds,Tree Swallows, An Eastern Bluebird, a couple Belted Kingfishers, some Sparrows, a Northern Cardinal, Canada Geese and a couple Turtles sunning on a log. It isn't unusual to see any of these at Green Bottom. Of course some days you might not see anything. The surprise visitors of the day were a tree full of Cormorants and a LOT of American Coots. The Cormorants were too far away for a decent photo, but then again, I wasn't there long nor did I try to get any closer than I was. The Tree Swallows and Eastern Bluebird cooperated nicely and I did get some shots of them. I go to Green Bottom WMA often. Like I mentioned earlier, I have went there and spent a good bit of time and found little to photograph. On the other hand if you look hard enough you will most  often find photo subjects and many times you'll see things here that you wouldn't even expect to see elsewhere in the area. I've had pretty consistent luck here later in the year with Green Herons. Great place for Dragonfly shots as you might expect and is the only place I know of in the area that has American Lotus plants in the Summer.