Frozen leaves

Frozen Pond 2

Frozen Pond 1

More Fall Colors

Some geese have returned...

More Fall Colors

Fall colors

Large mushrooms

Water quality sampling

RU students assess water quality.

Baby snapping turtle

Desiccated baby turtle that did not make it.

Trash pickup day

Golden mushrooms

A slightly different variety?

Magnificent mushrooms

These fungi have emerged around trees near the upper pond.

Second Pond

Flowers

Dragonfly

Weir

The impact of Hanna was minimal. This is the weir between the second and third pond.

Draining before the arrival of Hanna

This morning, the second and third ponds were drained several inches before the arrival of the remnants of hurricane/tropical storm Hanna

Fall is coming...

Bridge

Moss

Dragonfly

First Pond

Overhead

On its way to Newark airport no doubt...

Wildflowers

Lovely wildflowers.

Lady bug and aphids

Lady bug observed on plants covered in aphids.

Bryozoan in situ

Bryozoan growing on a submerged branch.

First pond

Showing both islands.

trees

Fallen tree

A few years ago, on a summer day, one of the trees near the edge of the center pond fell over. Did it make a sound?

Message in a bottle?

Fire hydrant

One of the fire hydrants located around the ponds

Thunderstorm at dusk

Thunderstorm at dusk

mushrooms

drain

One of the many drains spilling into Boyd Ponds.

weir

Weir between the first and second pond.

Street sign

Street sign

Second island

This is the second island in the first pond.

Large white flower

Frog

Finally, one of the elusive turtles!

Street sign

Street sign

How many vehicles adhere to the speed limit?

The sign for the neighborhood

Fungus

Another unusual fungus near the outlet.

Water spider

Large water spider of the genus Dolomedes hiding on a piece of floating plastic.