-20 degrees and sunny at the start
Bird Highlight: 100’s of greater scaup, red-breasted nuthatch
greater scaup male
Botany Highlight: spindle tree, oriental bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus (Oriental bittersweet)
Species list: red-necked grebe, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, redhead, greater scaup, common goldeneye, bufflehead, long-tailed duck, ruddy duck, hooded merganser, common merganser, red-breasted merganser, greater black-backed gull, ring-billed gull, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, house sparrow, dark-eyed junco, northern cardinal, American tree sparrow.
(23 species)