September 22nd; firsrt day of Fall. Thirty degrees and very frosty again at Raymond Brook Marsh.

 

Celebrating my 25,000th photo at this site, I added a few kaleidoscope captures.

 

 

 

Very low water not confined to the south side of the trail. Exacerbated by the beaver dam breached by a trapper nearly two years ago.

 

One Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) still around. Puffed for warmth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frost on a Common Cattail (Typha latifolia).

 

More frost pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berries on False Solomon's-seal (Smilacina racemosa).

 

 

 

A short walk east from Cook Hill Road in Lebanon.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) flowers still hanging on.

 

 

 

September 25th. Some fall colors showing after a few frosty mornings. (It was a balmy 55 today.)

 

Colors muted and tending towards browns because of the drought.

 

September 26th. Early fog.

 

Colors a little brighter.

 

Poison Ivy (Toxocodendron radicans) is among the first plants to turn color.

 

 

 

Red Maple (Acer rubrum) is early too.

 

Poison Sumac (Toxicodendron vernix). Some is bright orange.

 

Poison Ivy again.

 

 

 

 

 

Burning Bush (Euonymous alatus), an invasive.

 

 

 

Spider webs covered in morning mist.

 

 

 

Lots of Showy Tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) "stick tight" seeds too.