Under the Hunter's Moon

During the last week of October the full Hunter's Moon brightened the predawn sky as we walked out into the Wounded Wetlands. These photos were taken during the 30 minutes before it set into the lake:

 





The next morning before sunrise the Moon was higher in the sky:



The pink clouds provided a pleasant background for a Great Egret as it preened on a lakeside treetop:





Later in the morning, this may have been the same egret out on the lake:



Nearby, an immature Red-shouldered hawk allowed me to approach rather closely before flying off:







This White-tailed Deer buck is safe under the Hunter's Moon, as no hunting is permitted inside our city limits. He has a very black face. I do not know whether this is a regional variation or just a random occurrence:



A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak in first year fall plumage appeared in the fruiting Ligustrum:

 



A Black-throated Blue Warbler had to stretch for some berries:





I missed a photo of a male Painted Bunting, but this female was quite beautiful:



I captured her as she launched into flight:



A Brown Thrasher stared at me with fiery yellow eyes:



A Great Egret in final descent for a landing extended its neck. Reminds me of a flying arrow:





Putting on the air brakes:



Sunrise over "Sundial Alley" on October 23:

 

A Green Heron in the rookery:



A young Raccoon crept up and seemed to think I did not see it:





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