Fall Colors: Yellow

As I continue in my effort to maintain sanity and calm in these unsettling times, rather than yelling at the radio and newspaper, I am watching the changing fall colors. Today is brought to you by the color Yellow.

Yellow is the color of migrating warblers who stop by our backyard pond to energize for their journey.

Black-throated Green Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow is the color of wildflowers blooming in the garden, in the parks, and along the roadside, providing nourishment for pollinators and winter seed food for Goldfinches.

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia sp.)

Camphorweed (Heterotheca subaxillaris)

One lone Coreopsis bloom 

False Dandelion (Pyrrhopappus carolinianus)

Goldenrod (Solidago sp.)

A European Honey Bee visits the tall Swamp Sunflowers (Helianthus angustifolius)

Hungry Eastern Tiger Swallowtail flutters as it gathers nectar from Wingstem (Verbesina alternifolia)

Yellow is the color of Cloudless Sulphur and Sleepy Orange butterflies that migrate south along the Eastern US to Florida and beyond. 

Sleepy Orange butterflies gather around clusters of asters to feed for their journey

Look up in the sky on a fall day, and chances are you'll see a Cloudless Sulphur flying overhead

Yellow is the ripening stalks of grass, glistening golden in the sun.

Golden grass pollen tassels

Foxtail Grass wears a halo of hairy awns

Yellow is the color of fall leaves that shine from the forest floor and dot the woods with light.

Tulip Poplar 

Muscadine Grape leaf 

Poison Ivy leaf