BlueRiver Glades

My parents and I took a walk on the glades this early afternoon; by 2pm it had become ~60F and the winds were still calm.

On our way down blue river road, near the glade entrance, a huge read-crested woodpecker flew above the car. the bird had large white spots on the undersides of each wing- My guess is pileated.

Other than the woodpecker we found nothing out of the ordinary on the area- almost all of the vegitation has gone dormant. there were a few elm-leaved goldenrod that still had a flower or stem of red leaves, and the columbine has greened up again, but the best phtoto opportunities were found in the colours of the grasses, oak leaves and sumac.

The loss of leaves has left the outcroppings bald and bare- the slabs of limestone made an interesting view through the woods.