Father Pitt

Category: Nature

  • Croton Leaves in the Stove Room at Phipps

    Garden Croton (Codiaeum variegatum) in the Stove Room, Phipps Conservatory. Like many tropical plants in the horticultural trade, it carries an outdated genus name (Croton) along with it as its common name.

  • Wattled Currasow in the National Aviary

    This bird is probably the most photographed of her species (Crax globulosa) in the world. She lives in the Wetlands room at the National Aviary, and she has a habit of sidling right up to visitors to see if they have anything good to offer her. Or perhaps she just likes the company. Or—to think more like a bird—perhaps she thinks she needs to keep an eye on us when we encroach on her territory. In the wild, the Wattled Currasow is an endangered species. At the Aviary, though, she lives a pretty soft life.

  • More Fall Colors in Schenley Park

  • Fall in the Frick Park Woods

  • Sunset

  • Fall Colors in Schenley Park

  • Frog in a Pond

  • Fall Colors

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    A fine maple tree in the Smithfield East End Cemetery begins its miraculous transformation from green to flaming orange.

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  • Autumn Meadow in Wexford

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    A meadow along Wexford Run is bright with ironweed and goldenrod.

  • Groundhog

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    A groundhog fattens up in Greenfield.