In the swamp

 Mr and Mrs Mallard may stay the season if this Beaver dam doesn't freeze too long.

Just trying to see if I could hand hold this 400mm  lens at 1/400 sec.  I think it works.

Sunset ... Sunrise

 Not sure what this means but we have gotten the best sunrise/sunsets that I have seen in years.  This was sunset last night.

Sunrise this morning.  And I missed the best as I went for my camera. It was the full sky east, west, north, south horizon to apex.

Tree Spirit

The Tree Spirit watches over the trail.

Taughannock Falls and White Deer

 Taughannock Falls is running full after the night of rain tues. into wed.  All that rain also created fog in the cool morning air.

The White deer were out, but only these 3 out of 5-6 groups of 5-7 deer each.  This seems unusual to me - there should be more in the other groups.

We had rain

 We had enough rain to make about 1-11/2 feet of of snow.  Missed that bullet

It did ramp up some of the creeks.

Blue birds in the frost

 This Blue bird was flying around about the only bird still around.

 It was great to see him because I have seen very few in the last few years.

It was late in the morning but the frost was still hanging on.

Boughton Park

Not everyone was out hunting on opening day of gun season for deer.  Mike was out fishing on this beautiful Indian summer day.

 Goose checking on the 1st snow of the year.  I took these pictures just in case this is the only snow we get this season. (Probably not a problem)

These Geese seem to be cheering on the Blue Heron as it takes off.

Geese

The Geese are still hanging around the pond.

Armistices Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day

 Armistices Day,  Veterans Day, Remembrance Day -11/11/11. 

Sunset

A walk through the woods

 It was a great fall day.  Without much rain the creek is still flowing well

 This little maple will be a big tree some day.

Way too warm for November 8th

 This was taken yesterday, but could have been today.  Nov 7th and this Clouded Sulfur is still flying around.

Even this Autumn  Meadowhawk was out.

 This is NOT the hot dog from my refrigerator.  Grenville does not let them get this bad.

A Blue Heron skims the pond as it moves to a better location

When to Powder Mills Park

 This is a new bridge on the Auburn Trail on the way to Powder Mills Park.  When I was here last year the road was washed out and higher.  The RR had a culvert over the creek then filled in to grade level, probably 20 feet high.  The fill washed out.  So they did a LOT of work to make this bridge work.

 Powder Mills Park

Maple leaf in the sun.

 It was quite cool this morning.  The frost was still on the leaves when we got out.

The leaves are falling off the trees.

Sunrise to last flower

 Sunrise this morning unfortunately that was most of the sun for the day

 Milkweed seeds hanging close to home.

The last of the flowers of summer

Fall colours in Black and White

Quacking Aspen