It was another beautiful morning, with much less of a breeze than recently, and a great way to end September. I struggled to get much to show you, however, so thank goodness for the regulars on the pond.
This first scene took me by surprise. I’ve seen wood ducks in trees before, and I’ve seen wood ducks eating just about everything, but I have not yet seen a wood duck standing in a bush and eating berries. They are just full of surprises.
The great blue heron that fishes on the pond every morning was there again, and it has really gotten used to people.
The asters are still in bloom, and this beauty is feeding what appears to be a spurred ceratina (Ceratina calcarata), a “small carpenter bee in the family Apidae.”
Finally, all the monarchs have not yet flown south, and here’s one more intermittently sticking its tongue into that sow thistle blossom.
Signs of Life in Estabrook Park 