October, 2011 Edition
Fall is the most punctual of the seasons in Indiana. Some trees begin to change color immediately after the Autumnal Equinox. This vine is a couple of days early as it blazes forth on one of the last days of summer. See Screen Savers, below, for more early fall color.
A Green Heron hunts for food in the shallow waters of the Killbuck Wetlands. See Indiana Birds for more of this uncommon bird and others.
This fellow jumped up in front of the camera and said "Take my picture! Take my picture!" There didn't seem to be any choice but to take his picture. For more of this camera-shy specimen, and others like him, see Boat-tailed Grackles.
This Thistle plant is fairly bursting with buds and flowers. This is one of many kinds of flowers we found in Florida Swamps. See Swamp Flowers for others.
A Little Blue Heron cranes its neck forward to watch for fish without being betrayed by its big feet. See Little Blue Herons for more pictures of these interesting birds.
This colorful bird is a Glossy Ibis. They are found mostly in Florida, but also along the Gulf and SE Atlantic coasts. See Orlando Wetlands for more of these and other sights from there.
Two White Ibis feed in shallow waters of the Woodruff NWR in Florida. Although these birds can be found there by the thousands on some days, they never fail to delight us with their bright red bills and legs, and their blue eyes. See White Ibis for more of these beautiful birds.
Screen Savers
This month, Birds of Madison County brings you four high resolution pictures. Clicking on one of the images below will cause the corresponding high resolution image to be downloaded to your browser. You may save this image by dragging it to your desktop or using the "SAVE" command on the File menu. These images are large and may require a little time to download, depending on the speed of your Internet connection. The size of the picture in pixels and of the file in bytes is given for each picture.AOL Users should use Internet Explorer instead of AOL's browser to download these images.
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First Fall Foliage
This maple tree has turned color a couple of days before the equinox as it stands on the bank of Shadyside Lake.
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Late Summer Flowers
Yellow is the color of most late summer wildflowers as modeled by these near the Killbuck Wetlands.
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Summer's Last Smile
These yellow flowers wait for September when their plants grow rapidly and open yellow blossoms just at the autumnal equinox.
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Mute Swan
Our solitary Mute Swan glides gracefully across Shadyside Lake on a late summer day.
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Tom and Jean Harbron
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