upstate fall colors 1

[cnycharles]

two weeks ago there were a good number of trees that had some nice colors, so I started taking some pics within a few miles of my apartment. last week the colors were nicer so took some more on a nice, sunny day. this last weekend I took the state thruway to syracuse, and the trees were beautiful along the highway but of course I didn't bring my camera and you aren't supposed to stop along the road except for emergencies. there were lots of dark reds, bright oranges and yellows, with a few trees that just don't change color very much.

sheared maple trees in front of a church

dogwood? leaves

sumac

looks like dogwood berries

berries and goldenrod seed

phragmites stalks/seed heads (invasive species from asia, I think)

dogwood berries and grape vines

caterpillar known as the 'wooly bear', often seen trundling across highways this time of year (I encouraged this one to walk to the side of the road so that it and I wouldn't be hit by passing cars)

chicory flowers

winged euonymous in someone's front yard (also aptly called 'burning bush')

a honeybee was fascinated with my leg; didn't want to land, though maybe all the hair was preventing that! (or it was all the sunlight bouncing off that was disorienting it...)

dried stalks of corn (cow corn used for cattle feed)

I have more pictures, but I have to merge some of them so I'll put them into another post

 

[JeanLux]

Nice pics, thanks Charles!!! I do love this colorful period of the year!!!! Jean

 

[biothanasis]

Great colours and photos!!!! Thank you!!! The incidents with wildlife (caterpillar, bee...) were funny...

 

[Hera]

Thanks Charles, I love fall colors, and then I like the architechtural structure of the bare branches. Just don't like the cold.

 

[cnycharles]

the bee wasn't trying to land, but was still fascinated with my leg for some reason (maybe the smell of the soap I used that morning?). being a honeybee, I wasn't too concerned with it's thinking about stinging me. I've taken pictures of flowers with them feeding inches away and they weren't concerned at all

 

[SlipperFan]

It is amazing how mother nature blankets herself with a crazy quilt of colors before she lays down that white blanket.

 

[cnycharles]

I went to the limestone hollow nature center area with ken hull and his photography friend art clark. I naturally didn't bother to carry my camera into one of the areas we were going and there were tons of berries and such that were very interesting. I borrowed a few pictures from art that are posted below

at chicago bog we found this witch hazel already in flower

maple-leaf viburnum and berries

was told that this was winterberry. bright red berries!

there were tons of these short bushes of grey dogwood, filled with these white berries at one area in limestone hollow

 

[SlipperFan]

Nice berries. Thank Art for sharing.