The Trails
- Lantana was still blooming in Gifford Gardens.
- But, color was yealding to texture - the fern stalks were nice against the brick behind the container of blue fan flower.
- Alot of leaves were down now, but some trees were holding on to theirs longer along the Sedge Meadow Trail.
- A favorite view from the bluff on the Wappinger Creek Trail was not disappointing.
- Christmas fern was looking like a place setting farther along the trail.
- A single leaf of an oak seedling was a captivating study in color and pattern.
- Exiting the Old Gravel Pit, I beheld another favorite view: the Gifford House across the Little Bluestem Meadow.
In the Fern Glen
- The backhoe matched the color of the maple leaves.
- It was there, of course, for the bridge work.
- The water of the pond was marvelously black.
- Around the pond and fen, the air was filled with the sounds of chickadees, and kinglets - both ruby and golden-crowned.
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Birds
- 2 Canada Goose
- 1 Belted Kingfisher
- 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
- 1 Downy Woodpecker
- 1 Hairy Woodpecker
- 9 Blue Jay
- 1 American Crow
- 13 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- 1 Eastern Bluebird
- 1 American Robin
- 4 American Goldfinch
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