Yesterday, on my way back to the office, I stopped at Mill Pond Park for a short walk through the woods. The night had been quite cold (my thermometer in my truck read 21 degrees this morning when I left home) and even by 11:00 there was still ice on the pond and lots of frost in the woods. I love cold autumn days like this.
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| The semi-frozen surface of the mill pond |
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| Maple leaves under the ice - Sedges above the ice |
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| Empty Swamp Milkweed seed pods |
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| The long lines are needle-like ice crystals forming on the surface of the mill pond |
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| Willow leaves frozen on the ice |
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| Mulberry and other leaves frozen in the pond |
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| Boxelder seeds and leaves on top of Mulberry leaves |
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| Fall sedges and rushes |
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| Burdock burs |
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| Boxelder seeds |
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| A large area of windfall - most of these trees are Green Ash trees killed by the Emerald Ash Borer |
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| Barberry - an invasive species |
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| Virgin's Bower (also known as Old Man's Beard) |
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| An old dying tree in the woods |
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| A male Northern Cardinal |
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| Silhouetted Mallard pair |
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