A ring-billed gull fishing.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Two distinct cloud layers.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Boaters beware.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Beautiful even in death.  How much more so had this rejected catch been in life?

Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Discarded catch.  Too small to keep.  Why didn't they throw it back?

Found on the river bank.

Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
A maple sprout growing among the limestone cobbles on the riverbank.  I doubt it will survive the winter's ice and next spring's floods.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
Falling water on the Maumee.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
A ring-billed gull fishing.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
A ring-billed gull fishing.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
A ring-billed gull fishing.

Weir Dam Access,
Maumee River, Ohio,
October, 2010
See photo in original gallery.