Down a few blocks from here, all the street trees have these red berries

[conuly]

I thought they were rowans, but looking at pictures of rowans I think I was wrong. The NYC street tree map says they're a type of hawthorn, but actually, when I look at pictures of cockspur hawthorn I'm not that sure about that either.

So I still don't know what they are, but what I do know is that those berries against a clear blue sky are the best thing you'll see in the fall. Leaves? Meh.

Also, one of the houses there just today suddenly has a dozen chickens. I was walking the dogs, and out of nowhere there was a cluck cluck here, and a cluck cluck there and then - chickens! Chickens everywhere!