These are all pictures taken directly from the camera without any processing—as close to unmediated natural beauty as photography can give you. They were taken in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon, and near the Montour Trail, Moon Township.
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’Tis Autumn
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Fungus on a Log
A very decorative fungus growing on a log deep in the woods in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
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Mushrooms
Deep in the woods in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
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Bracket Fungi
Two different kinds of fungus growing on decaying logs in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
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Butterfly on Black-Eyed Susan
Father Pitt believes this little butterfly is a Pearl Crescent (Phycioides tharos), but he is not an entomologist, and corrections are always received with gratitude. Its slightly damaged wing was not preventing it from enjoying a patch of Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
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Doe and Fawn
In Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.
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Spring Wildflowers
Spring flowers are blooming everywhere, and that means that our sister site Flora Pittsburghensis is filling up with more pictures. Here are a few to get you started, and you can see many more over there.
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November Colors in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon
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Fall Colors in Bird Park
Fall colors today in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon. Sassafrass (Sassafrass albidum) is especially colorful right now, with some trees turning red and orange shades and others bright yellow.
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Fungus Shelves