Silent fall

K went for a walk in the early morning and on return commented at the quiet and lack of bird song.  It was a gorgeous blue sky day, much cooler than yesterday though it did get into the low 70s.  I saw chickadees at the feeder, a flock of egrets in the lake West of Independence, and a flock of crows over a field being plowed down South of the air station.  I took Nimmo Parkway for the first time and saw the long bridge over the headwaters of West Neck Creek.