6 degrees and overcast at the start
Bird Highlight: red-breasted nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, American kestrel
Botany Notables: butternut, silver maple forest, Scot’s pine forest
Species list: black-crowned night heron, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, red-breasted merganser, Cooper’s hawk, red-tailed hawk, American kestrel, ring-billed gull, mourning dove, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, cedar waxwing, European starling, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco. (24 species)