Fall Colours Of The Vermilon River.

 The five day rain, maybe six, has ended, but the sunny forecast doesn't seem to hold all day as I found out on my first hike of the week, that is  yesterday. The sun stays out for a while, and then the clouds return. But the forest is a proliferation of colours. This post is not in any order but if it's foggy, it's early in the morning. The first shot is the upper River and the second the rapids.

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The Ridge as viewed From the big wetland.

Fog and Reflection on the upper River.

The ridge in fog.

White water at the rapids.

The small River wetland on the west side.

Maple leaves.

All of the forest wild sunflowers are gone, but these are in my garden. I face east, so they're slower blooming, and they have to grow out to avoid the building overhang. They're about eight feet tall.

Water droplet.

Web

Wet red berries.

Another set of berries.

Wild sunflower

Web 2 wet with dew.

Fog on upper River.

More fog

River bank below bridge.

The fog moved over the ridge into any available low land.

A trail to the ridge lined with red pin cherries.

The ridge.

Red blueberry bushes over looking the River.

The River islands in fog.

Water droplet.

On the way back it's just overcast.

Blue Jay

Chickadee.

Moulting Goldfinch

Non moulting Goldfinch

Female Purple Finch

Goose in flight.

Song Sparrow

Tree Sparrow

White- crowned Sparrow

Wood Ducks

Wood Ducks and a Teal

 A sign of winter coming is Huegy, a Northern Crow, and his family accompanying Boom and I on our early morning walk in the woods. He's just faster then we are and is always waiting for us. It's called peanut motivation.

In flight.

Moulting Goldfinch.

Blue Jay

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow.

Huegy waiting.

Wood Ducks in reflection.

Still moulting

Same.