We left Whitefish Point early in October because we had to be in Ann Arbor for an orchid talk I was giving. The north was rapidly becoming when we will see for much of the early winter. The Michigan holly is full of fruit. This is typically a good sign when when the Bohemian Waxwings start to appear. Along this stretch of M-123 we can see thousands of Bohemians in December and occasionally into January.
As we travel along the boggy edges we can see that the birches, alders and maples have lost their leaves. The tamaracks are changing to line-green and yellow.
Once they turn this color it’s not long before the needles drop and they stay than way until early spring when the new needles reappear.
Back in Ann Arbor the maples were in their full glory. Now, in late October the once brilliantly colored leaves litter the lawns and sidewalks.
The lawns in our neighborhood have started to look more like Halloween. Flamingoes have started to appear, both as skeletons and sometimes with riders.
At least one lawn had a number of flamingoes with skeleton riders.
While another lawn had black flamingoes with glowing red eyes.
More tomorrow…
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