One of the great things about Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge is the variety of trees located in the refuge. In the fall, their leaves all change color at different rates, and to different colors. So wehn Ivisited there in late October, I saw everything from green leaves that hadn’t started changing color yet – to lots of trees that had already dropped their leaves. I also found lots of wonderful combinations of leaves to photograph. Here are some of my favorite photos of fall color at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge.

There were many trees with leaves that were a wonderful combination of yellow and red. The top leaves in a group were red – and then the lower leaves were yellow – where the top leaves had partially covered them. I saw some wonderful patterns created by the combination of colors on the same leaves.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

There were some trees where all the leaves were yellow – with created wonderful bright spots in the refuge

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

And finally a grouping of three different colored leaves against a tree trunk

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins