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Tree roots (Black Birch) at Grove Run Trail in Linn Run State Park
Witch Hazel tree blooming in October.
White Oak near Ligonier | White Oak w/Chestnut Ridge in background (looking west) | Initials on White Oak. Photos Oct 29 1999. The oak is on the hill just west of Ligonier, visible from the east bound lanes of Rt30 along the straight stretch of highway passing the Lady-of-the-Lake sign.
Swamp White Oak on Shotgun Road near Whitney
Evergreens | Evergreens, near Rector crossroads on Rt711.
Walking Fern fruitdots | fruitdots
Walking Fern | Walking Fern the leaves become long & threadlike - where they touch the ground a new plant starts - hence the name Walking Fern. Close-up of two fernlets 10/2003.
Common Polypody fern
Mountain Spleenwort fern fruitdots
Marginal Fern fruitdots
Maidenhair Fern, along Rt30 in Loyalhanna Creek gorge in Chestnut Ridge, June 2000
A Grape fern common year round along the Davis Run Trails at Keystone State Park, photos taken November 8 2000: Cut-leaved Succulent Fern | Cut-leaved Succulent Fern | Cut-leaved Succulent Fern | Cut-leaved Succulent Fern | Cut-leaved Succulent Fern
Hepatica | Dutchman's Breeches, early spring Wildflowers
Tall Bell Flower, a summer wildflower
Sundew | Sundew an insectivorous plant at the Spruce Flats Bog. Insects get stuck to the leaves & are digested.
Pitcher Plant, an insectivorous plant, at the Spruce Flats Bog. Insects get trapped within the pitcher-shaped leaves & are digested in the fluid at the bottom of the Pitcher leaf. Downward pointing hairs on the inside of the leaves make it difficult for an insect to crawl back up. Pitcher Plant flower | Pitcher Plant flower | Pitcher Plant flower | Pitcher Plant.
Pink Lady's Slipper | Pink Lady's Slipper constricted by an old tree leaf.
Rattlesnake Plantain | Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid on Chestnut Ridge 8/2003. Thirty plants were blooming at this locaton.
Ladies Tresse Orchid at Keystone State Park 9/2003
Colony of Scouring-rush at bridge on McGee Run near Grays Station
Old tree stumps in the bog Deadwood | Deadwood
Deadwood at Loyalhanna Lake
Fungi (a tube mushroom beneath pine trees) | Old Fungi
Field Horsetail fertile stalk
Garter Snake & Northern Water Snake & Queen Snake basking in the early April sun after hibernation along the same section of a stream. Multiple species of snake will hibernate together.
Black Rat Snake | Black Rat Snake 52 inches in length | Black Rat Snake
Black Rat Snake w/blue eyes before shedding, Loyalhanna Lake, Sept. 2003
Ringneck Snake | Ringneck Snake | Ringneck Snake
Copperhead at Ohiopyle.
Dead Copperhead at Ohiopyle, its head smashed by someone hating snakes. Unfortunately too many people would rather kill snakes in the wild rather than let them be.
At Ohiopyle May 25 2000; Copperhead | Copperhead | Copperhead
Some Copperheads have a dull or brownish head coloration Copperhead as this one hidden in vegetation
near Johnstown June 10 2000; Copperhead | Copperhead
Yellow color phase Timber Rattlesnake Rattlesnake | Rattlesnake
Kingfisher entering nest burrow on bank of Loyalhanna Creek, Kingfisher | Kingfisher with food for family in burrow | Rough-winged Swallow checking out the Kingfisher burrow. The swallows will use old burrows for nesting. Photos June 1998.
Rough-winged Swallow nesting habitat in rock ledges at Loyalhanna Lake. Close-up of Rough-winged Swallow nest entrance.
Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron fishing Loyalhanna Creek in downtown Latrobe, Oct 1999.
Great Horned Owl | Great Horned Owl young Great Horned Owls in nest at Twin Lakes County Park in Westmoreland County. The nest could be seen from one of the pavilions, March 1998.
young Great Horned Owl just off nest near St Vincent exit on Rt30.
Young Raven in nest Raven | Raven | Raven | yawning Raven
Raven in flight. Photo was taken Oct 8 1999 with a hand-held, hand-focused 500mm f8 telephoto lens as the Raven flew low overhead.
Raven nest near Johnstown, June 10 2000. The nest was pushed apart by rambunctious young Raven before they fledged.
Masters of soaring flight Turkey Vulture photo taken from a ridgetop rock outcrop | Turkey Vulture Note the splayed primary feathers in both pics.
Turkey Vulture young scrambling into their cave to get away from me.
Turkey Vulture landing at carrion in a field. Crows, a Red-tailed Hawk, & Turkey Vultures were competing for scraps, 2 Turkey Vulures perched on fence at edge of the field. Photo Oct 25 1999 along Rt381 near Rector.
Rock Outcrop high on a mountain in the Laurel Highlands where Turkey Vulture & Raven can be seen. Turkey Vulture have laid their eggs & raised young in a small cave at these rocks.
Turkey Vulture lay their eggs & raise young in a cave at these rocks high on Chestnut Ridge. The cave entrance is the dark area at center of picture, above the base of the horizontal tree.
The kind of rectangular shaped feeding hole made by Pileated Woodpeckers.
Trumpeter Swan at Derry Lake | Resident Mute Swan | congregation of waterfowl
Buffalo | Buffalo on farm in Wooddale along Rt982 north of Connellsville, south of Laurelville.
Longhorn cattle on farm off Rt30 east bound near the Beatty crossroads, between Greensburg & Latrobe, photos 9-16-2000: Longhorn | Longhorn | Longhorn | Longhorn | Longhorn | Longhorn
Gypsy Moth female laying eggs on tree trunk & Gypsy Moth male during the 1990 invasion year in Westmoreland County.
Butterfly & Sunflower | Butterfly & Joe-Pye-Weed
Colorful spider, Oct 13 99 Chestnut Ridge.
Walking Stick | Walking Stick | Walking Stick | Walking Stick the camoflage is excellent when the Walking Stick is in a shrub or tree. This one I found as it moved across a rock surface. Photo Oct 8 1999.
Caterpillars on Black Willow branch.
Eastern portal of the abandoned 1907 railroad tunnel on the reservoir side of Bow Ridge at Conemaugh River Lake. There is a 20 foot thick concrete "stopper" at the western side of the tunnel to prevent the reservoir from draining through the tunnel (thus bypassing the dam) during high water. 100 yards inside the eastern end the tunnel is blocked by a cavein. Some Oak Fern grow on the ground & in cracks of the stonework just inside the eastern portal, on the left side (facing in). Nearby on the ridge are some Common Hackberry trees & further away on the ridge a stand of Pawpaw trees. 1907 railroad bridge
Western portal of the 1907 railroad tunnel downriver from the Conemaugh Dam. Photo taken from the 1952 railroad trestle.
Bridges, 1907 stone arch bridge & 1950 steel bridge. Photo March 2000. Plate on the bridge near Livermore Cemetery.
Conemaugh Dam | Conemaugh Dam
Stone arch bridge | Stone arch bridge downtown Latrobe, photos taken March 2000 from beneath the Rt981 Lloyd Avenue bridge. Downtown Latrobe | Latrobe from the stone arch RR bridge. Loyalhanna Creek; Chestnut Ridge in background, March 2001.
Walkway over the Kiskiminetas River linking Hyde Park with Leechburg.
Old railroad tunnel in Hyde Park near the Kiskiminetas River | Old tunnel
Confluence of a river & stream in Westmoreland County | Confluence
Linn Run morning mist burning off.
Waterfall in Grove Run Hollow, Linn Run State Park
90 Foot Rocks near Linn Run State Park
Waterfall (12ft) on Boatyard Run | Waterfall
Waterfall on Boatyard Run Falls frozen | Waterfall frozen Feb. 2001
Same Waterfall & Kim, May 2001.
Cucumber Falls at Ohiopyle May 25 2000; Waterfall | Waterfall | Waterfall
Autumnal evening sun & rocks that look on fire, Fire rocks Laurel Ridge, Oct 15 1999.
Dead tree & Moon | Dead tree & Moon
Active stone quarry on Chestnut Ridge, Oct 1999.
Old mailbox, a bird nest was in this mailbox
Farm in Ligonier | Old barn in woods | Old barn in field | Old spring house
Chestnut Ridge from Shotgun Road between Whitney & Rt982
Chestnut Ridge between Derry & Blairsville, looking toward Bear Cave Fire Tower, 3/18/2001
Dirt road on Chestnut Ridge going to a friend's place, house is behind pine trees
Cross Country Ski Trails at Keystone State Park in Derry Township, Westmoreland County; X-ski | X-ski | X-ski
On Laurel Mtn; Shelter | Outcrop | Natural rock pile | Rock vein
Die-off Gizzard Shad | G. Shad winter of 2000-2001 at Loyalhanna Lake Bush Recreation Area. Scavengers fed on the dead shad.
Logged hillside this photo taken from the wildcat chairlift | Logged hillside on private property in Rolling Rock Run Hollow at Laurel Mtn Ski Resort, photo taken from wildcat slopes while downhill skiing, March 2001 | BIG rock at bottom of the steep & dangerous Lower Wildcat downhill ski slope
Broadway slope
Old Quarry | Old Quarry | Old Quarry
Kingston Dam at the western end of the Loyalhanna Creek Gorge in Chestnut Ridge | Sleepy Hollow Causeway in the gorge
Breakup of ice on the Loyalhanna Creek that occurred Feb. 11 2000 after three weeks of winter chill Kingston Dam | below Kingston Dam | Sleepy Hollow Causeway
Railroad switch in downtown Latrobe
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Love | SweetPea at a railroad bridge on the Donohoe Road
Fairy | HaloFace | Flames at Latrobe Reservior. The Fairy is in water when the lake is full Fairy wet.
Graffiti on a water tower on Georges Station Road just north of Rt30 East Greensburg (the graffiti has since been painted over, with less artistic graffiti in its place) Graffj | Graffb | Graffc | Graffd | Graffe | Graffh | Graffi | Graffk
Along Rt130 east at Westpoint Grafff
Beneath Lloyd Avenue bridge (Rt981) over Loyalhanna Creek in Latrobe | On building in town
At a rock outcrop in the mountains.
Face someone made & nailed to a tree in woods on Chestnut Ridge Face | Face
Laurel Hill Furnace, an old cold blast iron furnace near New Florence, built in 1845-46
Sundial, PA at Rt982/Rt22
Old time graffiti, chiseled engravings, before the days of spray paint:
Engraving 1831 | Engraving 1913 (1900 is assumed) chiseled onto boulders in a gorge along the Loyalhanna Creek between Latrobe & New Alexandria.
All of the images linked to this page are scanned photos taken & owned by tim vechter, copyright �1999-2005.
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