Olentangy animal life

We are always seeking new photos to share on the WIKI page. Send us your photos of animals (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects) along the Olentangy River and its tributaries to info@olentangywatershed.org.

Click through the carousels for a sampling of our favorites!

American Egret (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 7/27/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Female Wood Duck (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 7/27/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Great Blue Heron (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 7/27/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Green Heron (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 7/30/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Killdeer (front); Solitary Sandpiper (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 7/27/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Birds

Beaver (Terradise Nature Preserve) - photo by Lola Pryor

Mammals

Musk turtle (Sternotherus) - photo by Mike Graziano

Map turtle (Graptemys) - photo by Mike Graziano

Painted turtle (Chysemys) - photo by Mike Graziano

Snapping turtle (Chelydra) - photo by Mike Graziano

American softshell (Apalone) - photo by Mike Graziano

Smallmouth Salamander - Photo by Dick Baxter

Spring Peeper

American Toad

Gray Tree Frog

Amphibians and Reptiles

American Rubyspot damselfly (Hetaerina americana) - photo by Ellie Nowels - near Kenny Park

Powdered dancer (Argia moesta) - near Kenny Park photo by Ellie Nowels

Widow Skimmer - (Libellula luctuosa)

Water Boatman - corixids

Ebony Jewelwing Damselfly (Calopteryx maculata) (Bill Moose Run - 7/11/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Giant Floater Mussel (Anodonta grandis) (In river near Kenney Park - 7/19/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Male common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia) (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 8/13/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Female common whitetail dragonfly (Plathemis lydia) (Broadmeadows Pond near bike trail - 8/13/20 - photo by Ellie Nowels)

Insects & Invertebrates