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.
Sciurus niger in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon. This is the largest of our tree squirrels, easily confused with the almost-as-big grey squirrel (Sciurus calolinensis), but usually distinguishable by a certain amount of brownish coloring, which the grey squirrel seldom has.