8 degrees and sunny at the start
Bird Highlight: 3 hawk species and turkey vulture
Turkey Vulture at Morro Rock feeding on dead Western Gull
Botany notables: ragweed, European buckthorn
Ambrosia artemisifolia (Ragweed)
Species list: great blue heron, black-crowned night heron, Canada goose, mallard, wood duck, turkey vulture, Cooper’s hawk, red-tailed hawk, broad-winged hawk, belted kingfisher, common flicker, hairy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, gray catbird, American robin, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (19 species)