The Gold In Autumn's Pocket ...

“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”

                      ~ Jim Bishop

                      ~ 1907-1987

       ~American journalist, author

               & New Jersey native

 

Autumn’s gold is showcased in abundant beauty in the early afternoon of a late October day along the Delaware Canal, Easton, Pennsylvania.

I captured this shot after setting off from the Wy-Hit-Tuk Park Trailhead, Easton of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L Trail).

The trail is positioned between the Delaware River and Delaware Canal, which was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Running from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.

Wy-Hit-Tuk means “river”" in the Native American language of the Lenape, the American Indians who lived throughout the Delaware River Basin at the time of European contact.

 

The Taste Tester ...

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”

              ~ William Shakespeare

                     ~ 1564-1616

I spotted this sweet white-tailed deer fawn tasting a salt block left by the homeowners of a house along the Saucon Rail Trail, Hellertown, Pennsylvania in the late afternoon in mid-November.

The fawn’s mama doe and other deer stood close by on this beautiful autumn day.

 

Wood Stork's Southern Stroll ...

 “Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people today, but the property of the unborn generations, whose belongings we have no right to squander.” 

                ~Theodore Roosevelt

                    ~1858-1919

                  ~ Naturalist & Conservationist

                       ~26^th President of the 

                         United States of America

                              ~ 1901-1909

A Wood Stork strolls through the beautiful Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina on a late October afternoon.

The Wood Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family. Large, white Wood Storks wade through southeastern swamps and wetlands. Although this stork doesn’t bring babies, it is a good flier, soaring on thermals with neck and legs outstretched. This bald-headed wading bird stands just over three feet tall, towering above almost all other wetland birds. It slowly walks through wetlands with its long, hefty bill down in the water feeling for fish and crustaceans. This ungainly looking stork roosts and nests in colonies in trees above standing water.