Henry Raymond

Fairfax News => Current News & Events => Topic started by: Henry on September 22, 2009, 04:58:04 PM

Title: Fall Photos From JoAnne
Post by: Henry on September 22, 2009, 04:58:04 PM

Hi Henry,
 
Todays pictures:

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/icestorm_080309/0106_G.sized.jpg)
This morning's sunrise.  (Heard about this sunrise Jo, but wasn't up to see it.)

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/icestorm_080309/017_G_001.sized.jpg)
My pumpkin crop from my small patch.

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/icestorm_080309/013_G_001.sized.jpg)
 I am still getting tomatoes fairly regularly.

(http://www.vtgrandpa.com/photos/albums/icestorm_080309/011_G_003.sized.jpg)
Blackbirds are beginning to flock together on the utility lines.

Thanks Jo - Great Photos as usual.

Title: Re: Fall Photos From JoAnne
Post by: Sue W. on September 22, 2009, 07:15:23 PM

Amazing photos!  Thanks for sharing.  I tried to get one of the sunrise but  didn't do it justice.  I was unusal and gorgeous.

Title: Re: Fall Photos From JoAnne
Post by: ASDuling on September 23, 2009, 05:46:41 AM

That was an amazing sunrise! You really did capture the glowing sky well.
Thanks for the photos!

Title: Re: Fall Photos From JoAnne
Post by: edakrupp on September 23, 2009, 08:45:55 AM

FYI When birds gather together in the Fall right before their migration its called 'Rafting' probably because once they are in flight they look like a huge raft floating in the air.

Title: Re: Fall Photos From JoAnne
Post by: Suzy on September 23, 2009, 10:45:20 AM

Thanks for sharing the photos and the information about "rafting."  That's really interesting, I had never heard about rafting, but have certainly seen a lot of it going on here lately!  Gorgeous photos! 
Sooz

Title: Re: Fall Photos From JoAnne
Post by: Rev. Elizabeth on September 23, 2009, 05:04:34 PM

it is quite possible that those  black birds are starlings.  They like to gather in crowds, clatter together in trees, and then descend on a field looking for food.  I have watched them blacken a dead elm on the edge of the road with their presence, and filling the air with an assortment of chirps and whistles --a real cacophony of bird talk.