Sunday, October 23, 2005

Patchy Foliage In Maryland

In Maryland, the tree colors just started to change here and there. This week, we went out in search of fall colors. We didn't know where to go. However, I remembered, few months ago we saw few people fish at a lake, near Patuxent Wildlife Refuse. May be I thought, I could get few good pictures there. We were disappointed to see the entrance to lake closed. To our astonishment, the entrance to Wildlife Refuse was still open. It said at the gate that, closing time is 5:30pm and we approached the entrance at 4:50pm; that gave us few good minutes to roam around. Later, a visitor informed us that an automatic gate would let us out even after 5:30pm.

We were very happy about what we saw. There were lots of birds. I didn't take my binoculars with me, but next time I will. There is a bird viewing shelter in the refuse and found it to be inviting. There are few short length trails open for visitors.

Left: Bird Viewing Shelter
Right: View from one of the shelters whole





Since, this place is minutes away from where we live. I want to post pictures of the seasonal changes at Patuxent on ‘manamantha’. So, stay tuned, I intend capture photos again at the peak of Foliage.

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