Oct 23

Leaves and Acorns

Posted: under photography, Plantlife.
Tags: , ,  October 23rd, 2010

Fall color here starts early (sometimes very early)  but slowly, moving leaf by leaf, species by species, until the final flare of rich red from the last oaks in late November (with the occasional rusty blackhaw viburnum holding on to its red leaves into December.)

Smooth sumac, green and burgundy

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Oct 03

Monarchs in Fall

Posted: under photography, Wildlife.
Tags: , , ,  October 3rd, 2010

Some years we get spectacular drifts of Monarchs migrating south, and some years they come in little groups of three or four…not many at a time.   Today I went out on a day of blue sky, bright sun, brisk north wind, just to see what was out there.

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