"Out & About" Photo Blog: Oshawa Second Marsh<br/>November 3rd, 2015

I try to make it down to the marsh at least once a month. I missed October—one thing and another. October & November are 'fungus months' and with my keen interest in fungi, I always end up taking more shots of them than I know what to do with, so you'll see several in this post. :-)

But how can I ignore them? They're so colorful & varied.

Some late sunlight catching some grasses.

A few Wild Cucumber pods are still green. Gotta love the curlicues.

Most are long past showing any green, though I do see a hint of green on this one still.

The turtles were in their favourite spot in the channel, necks craned as usual.

Turkey Tails (one of the few I know the name of) come in a variety of colors.

The next few shots of them have a floral look.

I like Woolly Bears. I forget what they turn into—and I'm too lazy to look it up again. Update: They turn into Isabella Moths—thanks Fred.

This buck in Ghost Road Bush was the highlight of the day for me. Seeing a deer always is, since I so seldom see them. He could've cared less about me. Didn't even glance my way. He just slowly wandered through the woods about 100 feet from me.

Couldn't get a clear shot of him even though I walked along the boardwalk parallel to him for a bit. Wish I could've got a better shot. Which brought to mind a saying my mother often quoted: "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." I must have done a fair bit of wishing as a kid, since I remember hearing the saying quite often. :-)

The leaf miner tunnels are still obvious in these leaves. To think that they eat their way between the top & bottom surfaces of the leaf—how small they have to be.

The 'bottle-brush' stage of Horsetail. This time of year they look like a swarm of green spiders crawling though the woods. Kinda cool.

Milkweed is doing its thing.

The more seeds that succeed the better—for the Monarchs.

Still a few dandelions around.

I was down at the marsh again last Saturday to see the many volunteers who were repairing the boardwalk through Ghost Road Bush. I have a bad back so I took on the role of unofficial photographer.