Photos of the Day: September 3, 2015

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Tea party bear and chinkapins ….

 

black bear table rock linville gorge wild south
A black bear crashed Kayah’s tea time today at the Table Rock picnic area. (Photo: Kayah Gaydish, Wild South)

 

Chinkapin (Castanea pumila) fruit nut linville gorge
Chinkapin (Castanea pumila) fruits are starting to open. They look a lot like chestnuts, but chinkapins have only a single oval-shaped nut inside each fruit. (Photo: Kayah Gaydish, Wild South)