19 degrees and light rain at the start
Bird Highlight: Common flicker
Common flicker
Botany Highlight: Sassafas tree
Sassafras albidum (sassafras)
Species list: double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, mallard, wood duck, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, common flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, house sparrow, northern cardinal.
( 14species)
Next week the Monday group is at Beechwood \ Don Valley. I will be at the top of the hill at 9:50 in case anyone wants a ride down.