Gadwall and Wigeons: Oct. 28, 2022

Gadwall are found on shallow fresh water, and sometimes sheltered salt water; often with American Wigeons. (Sibley Birds)

We saw both species this morning at Ashbridge’s Bay.

Gadwall (male)
American Wigeons (female)
Gadwall (male)
American Wigeons (female)
Gadwall (male)
American Wigeon (female)
Gadwall (male)
Mallard and American Wigeon (female)
Gadwall (male)
American Wigeon (female)

Other birds:

Common Raven
Northern Cardinal (female)
Mute Swan
Mallard (female)
hybrid “bib” duck
Mute Swan (juvenile)
Mallard (male)
Black-capped Chickadee
Mallard (male)
Mallard (female)
Black-capped Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mallard (female)
hybrid “bib” duck
Mute Swan (juvenile)

Some botany:

Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
Hawthorne (Crataegus)
Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Tamarack (Larix laricina)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioicus)
Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Queen Anne’s-lace (Daucus carota)
Silver Maple (Acer sachharinum)

Today’s group:

MAILBOX

Thanks to Don DeBoer for this photo from today:

NATURE POETRY

Bright yellow, red and orange,
The leaves come down in hosts;
The trees are Indian princes,
But soon they’ll turn to ghosts.   – William Allingham (1824–89)

Miles Hearn

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