Male Long-tailed Ducks are easy to identify because of the tail:

Females, however, do not have a long tail. In winter they have dark wings, and a white face with a dark cheek patch.

We saw many today at Ashbridge’s Bay:

Other birds:

Some botany:

Park scenes:

Some squirrels including one with no tail:

Today’s group:

NATURE POETRY

November, month of mornings, misty-bright
With golden light—
Month when the many-tinted leaf
Lies thick upon the moss below,
While to and fro
The breezes moan, as if in grief.     – Mortimer Collins (1827–76)

Miles Hearn