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