Botany Notables: alternate-leaved dogwood, Christmas fern

Species list: double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, turkey vulture, red-tailed hawk, killdeer, herring gull, ring-billed gull, mourning dove, belted kingfisher, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, common grackle, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow.   ( 23 species)