October is Special.....

- Harvest time...full moon soon....brilliant blue skies.....pleasant temperatures....migrating birds of various descripta near your door....coffee on the deck early.....deer walking from cover into a clearing late in the day.....hiking through the woods enjoying the colorful foliage and fresh breezes......October is special.
- Standing near the lake in Greenfields a few days ago, a Bald Eagle soared over my head, a couple of hundred feet up.....in a straight line, seemingly on a mission.....over the trees and gone.....asked for his destination in the fleeting moment he was in view....but received no answer....maybe next time.

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- On the western side of our properties.....A whitetail doe and her 6-month old fawns.....note the tail of the young one in the middle, and the trademark for which the species is named. Translation: something isn't right...who are you?....should I be going now?.... reading the mind of Odocoileus virginianus is quite a difficult feat..???

- The Common Flicker...one of my favorite avia.....they spend considerable time on the ground this time of year.....

- The brilliance of the male Red-Headed Woodpecker against a clear blue October sky.....priceless.

- A healthy whitetail buck....early morning photo.....had been eating acorns only a moment before this photo was taken....then, though in a protected area (photo was taken from the back deck of the home of Frank and Joann Kahoun...within our properties) instincts honed through time took over and he vanished into the forest.....from observation, it appears this buck is most likely about two and a half years old. Only way to tell for sure is by the dentition.....