Images #4

Tips for viewing large images: Use a screen resolution setting of 800x600 pixels. In Netscape turn off the toolbars. In Microsoft Internet Explorer (v4.0) use the Full Screen mode (in View menu or F11 key). In MS Windows minimize or hide the Taskbar.

Use your browser's [Back] button to return to this page from an image (or Back under the Go menu in Netscape if the Navigation toolbar is turned off, Alt+Left arrow key also works). Or, right click on an image link & open the link in a new browser window, then close the window after viewing.

All of the images linked to this page are scanned photos taken & owned by screaminghawk, copyright �1999-2002.

Enjoy!

Bull Frog along the old railroad grade at Conemaugh River Lake, April 1 2001.

Mass of Wood Frog eggs in drainage ditch along the old railroad grade at Conemaugh River Lake, April 1 2001.
Wood Frog laying eggs. The frog is in the upper left. It didn't take long for the mass to swell to look like the egg masses on the right. April 1 2001.

Spring Peeper | Spring Peeper mating in remnant of the old PA Mainline Canal at Conemaugh River Lake (not the canal section below the dam in the park in Indiana County), April 3 2001.

Toad eggs | Toad eggs | Toad eggs in puddle in gravel parking lot of Slag Road Aceess Area, Keystone State Park.
Toads mating | Toads mating in stones of railroad right-of-way at Conemaugh River Lake.

Snapping Turtle | Snapping Turtle at the pond at Conemaugh Dam. April 5 2001.

Urban habitat made use of by wildlfie. Drain holes (41 of them) in a concrete retaining wall along the Loyalhanna Creek in downtown Latrobe, beside the Lloyd Avenue (Rt981) bridge, where Rough-winged Swallows nest, photo 4/7/2001. The swallows also nest in this railroad stone wall in downtown Latrobe on Ligonier Street.

Grey Fox | Grey Fox | Grey Fox | Grey Fox pups at den between Latrobe & New Alexandria. Photos 5/26 & 5/30 1993.

Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar (Regal Moth, Royal Walnut Moth) photographed September 2, 2002 near Burchesky Rd access at Keystone State Park. The caterpillar was on a low twig of a young Shagbark Hickory tree beside the road. | H. Horned Devil | H. Horned Devil | H. Horned Devil | H. Horned Devil

Blockhouse | Blockhouse Lochry's Blockhouse, "rediscovered" in 2001 at the coal mine patch town of Saint Vincent Shaft near Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. The blockhouse dates from 1779-1781. It was constructed as a fortification on the historic Forbes Road. Warfare in western PA between the colonists, Native Americans, French, & English during the early years of this country was sporadic until after the war of 1812. The wood logs are American Chestnut, the wood many of the early buildings & barns were made of in this region. The Blockhouse had been covered with siding and used as a residence in the 1900s. Photo April 2001.

Rolling Rock beer brewery in downtown Latrobe. April 2001.

Nice buck rack from a White-tailed Deer. The main beam is 19". Brow points 5". Longest tine 9". Circumference at base of main beam 4.75".

Fire1 | Fire2 | Fire3 Fire in downtown Latrobe, New Years Eve, December 31 1982. The building, on the corner of Ligonier & Depot Streets, contained a radio station. Photos were taken from a distance, at night, using a zoom lens, tripod, shutter release cable, and manually controlling the shutter speed set on bulb. Pure quesswork that resulted in OK exposure on most of the negative frames.

A kayak (Perception Keowee) I bought in 1993. It is a good design for paddling the small lakes & creeks in Westmoreland County, with enough cargo space inside for stowing gear, including enough gear for camping overnite. At 9'2" in length the kayak is maneuverable in tight places such as narrow streams. I added the deck rigging. The paddle is a 230cm Sequel made by AquaBound. My friend Dave in his kayak during a jaunt down the Loyalhanna Creek, April 7 2001.

Rusty, a dog I found as a young stray. We adopted one another. I had him for 15 years, until he died. He was a good friend, and still is.