crisp morning for here

[OH Osthaus]

minus 8 F when I took the dogs out

and that was in the sun. But a beautiful view

hope the birds can crack the mountain ash berries

[Andy]

Beautiful photos : )

[mobirdhunter]

Interesting how nature can be beautiful and treacherous at the same time.

[Bruce Hering]

It has always amazed me how a crabapple tree in our yard can be loaded with apples early in the fall until there is a hard frost/freeze. Then all of a sudden, the apples start to disappear on the lower branches from the deer but the ones higher up seem to stay for a bit. Having watched closely, I have seen the jays and cardinals work them over. Now they are almost gone. Frosted/frozen and thawed apples feed more then grouse....

[Eric Estes]

Real nice photography Rick.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by Bruce Hering

It has always amazed me how a crabapple tree in our yard can be loaded with apples early in the fall until there is a hard frost/freeze. Then all of a sudden, the apples start to disappear on the lower branches from the deer but the ones higher up seem to stay for a bit. Having watched closely, I have seen the jays and cardinals work them over. Now they are almost gone. Frosted/frozen and thawed apples feed more then grouse....

They feed more than grouse especially when there are few to no grouse around to eat them.

[Dean Romig]

Around here flocks of robins (which no longer need to migrate south) can be seen in large flocks feeding on those dry hard frozen berries and crabapples.





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[edgarspencer]

Looks like Choke Cherry