October 4th.

 

A bit more color each day.

 

A male Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon), possibly a young bird based on the mottled breast-band.

 

I've been hearing one off and on for weeks, but this was my first perched sighting.

 

 

 

 

 

The pink is Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).

 

Caterpillar of a Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea polyphemus).

 

A Woolly Bear, caterpillar of the Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella).

 

October 5th. Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).

 

Not too obvious in this photo or the next one, but it was a very foggy morning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 6th. Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans) is displaying Fall colors.

 

 

 

A Sheep at the little farmyard east of Cranberry Bog.

 

Shorn.

 

Several species of Fungi in the rock cut just west of Bull Hill Road.

 

 

 

 

 

Reindeer Lichen (Cladina rangifera).

 

Very few views from atop Lyman Viaduct, and what views there are don't do justice to how far down it is to Dickenson Creek.

 

Note that tall trees are not nearly as tall as the height of the trail.

 

 

 

Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) vines trailing along the trap rock.

 

 

 

A few Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) blossoms still around.

 

October 9th. 36 degrees. Clouds on the horizon caught my eye.

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias).

 

An early afternoon walk east with stops from River Road to the Jeremy River bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) on an old Fragrant Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata) rhizome.

 

 

 

Asters (Symphyotrichum sp.).

 

 

 

A few Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis) flowers still blooming.

 

 

 

Scouring Rush (Equisetum hyemale).

 

Silica in the tissues made it useful for cleaning pots in the colonial era.

 

Ditches below this rock cut are home to...

 

...Green Frogs (Rana clamitans).

 

The End.