November 8

November 8, 2009 by OrientSee.

 Today was an abnormally warm November day. Not a cloud in the sky and temperatures in the high sixties. The thickets were littered with leaves which made it impossible to walk without sounding like a herd of one. I quickly changed plans and started walking across the marsh itself. The tide was racing in and the grass is drying up and losing any green. Surprisingly there was lots of airborne protein (i.e. flying bugs).

His Lord and Majesty was presiding over a puddle full of something worth fishing for.

This apple had fallen but the branch laden with water shoots caught it before it could land on the ground.

Out by the Overlook, I looked up and saw this nest which I must have walked under for months before the leaves fell away and that which was hidden was revealed.

The Overlook panne had a few black ducks and a remarkable field of foxtails backlit by the sun.

The park was quiet. By the gate, a late warbler emigrant sunned itself.

Nearby, that bright red leaf blowing in the wind was really a Cardinal.

Next to the Cardinal, some White-throated Sparrows were foraging in the grass beneath a spruce.

The creek had a small flock of Buffleheads feeding and diving back and forth. They are very energetic birds.

I was nearly home and often by now I put my camera away.  I was walking down a ramp at Suffolk Downs T and caught this great Cooper’s Hawk eyeing all the Starlings buzzing around.

It was a terrific afternoon to be out at Belle Isle.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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