12-Nov-2020
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
The feathery seedheads are quite attractive when lit by the sun, but more importantly, chickadees and other birds eat the seeds.
12-Nov-2020
Canada goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
One single goldenrod still in bloom.
12-Nov-2020
Mallards
A pair of mallards having a good feed in the large amphibian pond.
12-Nov-2020
Mallards
Enjoying the relative warmth under sunny skies while taking a brief break from feeding.
12-Nov-2020
Amphibian pond
The pond in November, with an algal growth. A pair of mallards finding enough to eat, however.
03-Nov-2020
Red Squirrel and female Cardinal
SG: I can't help thinking these two are gossiping over their morning snack. Or more likely discussing the early snow and what that means for the winter.
03-Nov-2020
Resinous Polypore (Ischnoderma resinosum)
SG: Dark brown velvet on top and creamy porous surface below. I love the shapes these polypores can take.
03-Nov-2020
Wasp gall
SG: One of our Bur Oak trees was covered with these leaf galls, which are the product of a wasp in the genus Acraspis. The oak leaves with galls had failed to lose their green colour, in contrast with the brown leaf at the left of the photo, which had no galls.