Today is one of those gorgeous fall days... super blue sky... no wind... sunny and in the low 70's. So after dropping off one of Bob's boxes at the UPS store we decided to stop at the park for a walk around the lake. There were twice as many Canada geese "resting" along the paths as when we last walked and a blue heron standing on the water's edge.
But under the burr oak tree was a carpet of acorns and hulls. I've never seen so many under one tree! I brought home some so I could take a picture !
Each acorn measures close to 1.5 inches in length ! Squirrels only seem to eat the hulls when they are green and not the acorns at all !
The park was busy... lots of walkers ... social distancing was followed but everyone said "hello" . One dog really wanted to be chasing those geese. I think he envisioned a tasty meal!
ps...I've always thought that these were burr oak acorns... but now that our "parks & rec dept" has posted a sign at the tree, I am sure!!
5 comments:
Was it squirrels?
No..just this year is a super acorn year
So that's a Burr Oak. Thanks.
We had a Swamp white oak in our backyard in Illinois. The acorns look similar to your Burr oak. We didn't get a whole lot of acorns though and the leaves didn't fall all at once. It just kept falling throughout the winter.
yes they are exactly like the trees in our yard:)
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