Father Pitt

Tag: Bird Park

  • ’Tis Autumn

    Leaves on the ground

    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.

    Dandelion clock
    Golden leaves
    Seeds of Ageratina altissima
    More golden leaves
    Orange maple leaves
    Maple leaves behind a tree trunk
    Maple tree in fall plumage
    Kodak EasyShare Z1285; Fujifilm FinePix HS10.

  • Fungus on a Log

    Fungus growing on a log in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon
    Kodak EasyShare Z981.

    A very decorative fungus growing on a log deep in the woods in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.

  • Mushrooms

    Mushroom pushing up through the leaves

    Deep in the woods in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.

    Two mushrooms in the leaf litter
    Mushroom under a fallen branch
    Mushroom with cap fully extended
    Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.

  • Bracket Fungi

    Bracket fungus

    Two different kinds of fungus growing on decaying logs in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.

    Bracket fungus
    Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.

  • Butterfly on Black-Eyed Susan

    Pearl Crescent 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.

    Pearl Crescent on Black-Eyed Susan
    Pearl Crescent on Black-Eyed Susan
    Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.

  • Doe and Fawn

    Doe and fawn in Bird Park

    In Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.

    Fawn in Bird Park
    Doe in Bird Park
    Fawn in Bird Park
    Doe and fawn in Bird Park
    Konica Minolta DiMAGE Z6.

  • Spring Wildflowers

    Ficaria verna with a tree silhouette

    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.

    Cardamine hirsuta
    Dicentra cucullaria
    Cardamine concatenata

  • November Colors in Bird Park, Mount Lebanon

    Maple leaves in gold
    Near the entrance
    Oak leaves
    Flash of yellow
    More maple leaves
    Deeper in the woods
    Yellow sapling
    Red, gold, brown

  • Fall Colors in Bird Park

    Sassafrass leaves turned red

    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.

    Sassafrass leaves turned yellow
    Sassafrass albidum
    Stream valley
    Maple leaf and bracket fungus
    Sassafrass
    Sassafrass

  • Fungus Shelves

    Shelf fungus

    In Bird Park, Mount Lebanon.

    Bracket fungus