Bit of a more varied month what with waterfalls, trains and nice fall weather turning overnight to winter and then gradually back to slightly warmer temps.
The varied waterfalls in the Finger Lakes District of New York State were certainly eye-catching, especially the many cataracts in the mile and half long Watkins Glen Gorge.
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Buttermilk Falls
Last set of falls at Taughannock Falls
Carpenter Falls
Watkins Glen
Watkins Glen
What few fall colours remained were losing it quickly.
Sweer gum tree, Montezuma Wildlife Refuge
Taughannock Falls
Taughannock Falls
Mud Lake, Ottawa
The late fall birds at Montezuma Nationals Wildlife Refuge, certainly caught my eye.
goldfinch
bald eagle just before heading off and coming back with lunch
American wigeon ducks with a pintail duck
The Syracuse Zoo is quite small; I guess I had not seen a live seahorse before so it really caught my eye.
There were some eye-catching antlers at Parc Omega.
Caribou
Elk
The sights and sounds at Mud Lake certainly changed with the cold weather's arrival. Although a blue heron managed to get some fishing in before the cold hit.
Birds are still about in other locations too
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Chickadees, Beaver Trail
Mallard ducks, Billings Bridge
Mallard Duck, Billings Bridge
In amongst the destruction caused by the May windstorm, and the cleanup, a few frozen red maple leaves caught my eye as we walked the trail at Pine Grove.
Capping off the month was an eye-catching Canadian Pacific Holiday Train. The 24th annual edition with some 168 stops in Canada and the US.
One train car's decorations reflected in two cars.
