Daily Archives: October 16, 2012

Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)

Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)

Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)

In addition to the various berries and leaves that I photographed on our walk around the block today, we happened to see a heron fly overhead. I barely had time to get my camera up and snap off a shot before it went behind a tree and then over my office building and out of sight. It’s not a great picture because I needed to crop it down a bit, but it’s better than nothing. I love to see these huge birds wading in the shallows but I think my favorite thing is to see them take off and fly.

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Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelain Berry)

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelain Berry)

Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Porcelain Berry)

What a beautiful day it was today. Cathy called and asked if I wanted to go for a walk during lunch time. We walked around the block from work, which is about a mile and a half around. I took a few pictures of deep red sumac leaves (both Rhus copallina and Rhus typhina), Virginia creeper berries (Parthenocissus quinquefolia), and, as shown here, porcelain berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata). It was named Vitis heterophylla but is now classified in a different genus to the grapes, which are similar plants.

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