Johnnie Linn

The gingko tree has a carpet of fine gold.

Raven over Concord

@NoVAbirdwatcher We have a similar Narnia-like lamp scene visible from our place.

Twirking and gleeking of blackbirds beyond Witherspoon

A falcon flies over the country store on 20 north of Athens.

Killdeer circling and calling over Rahall at night.

Three cold spells have left ice on thr ground and on cars, but a few crickets have hung on, chirping on warmer evenings

First raw, cloudy, 40-degree-maximum day

After two nights with low temperatures in the 30's, the katydids have started calling again.

Maples are beginning to turn.

Katydids are calling in the daytime.

No katydid for two nights, then they began calling again

The ginko is turning gold.

Last two nights: no katydids

@Texosporium @phenologists If you overlook the trunk of the rearmost palm you have a T. rex leaping over the mountaintop.

Cross-shaped white flowers on vine climbing onto spruce at oncology clinic.

Partial fairy ring in the corner of the yard of the Green House on east Broadway.

Goldenrods are beginning to bloom. They have a disquieting look because the upper leaves taper like the handguard (forestock) of an M-16.

Oriental grain moths outside the house. Maybe because they ate out all our reachable food or maybe they smell the peaches in the car trunk.

First white walnut has dropped to the parking lot pavement It got smooshed by a car.