9 degrees and raining at the start
Bird Highlight: northern cardinal
Northern cardinal
Botany Highlight: burning bush euonymus
Euonymus atropurpurea (Burning Bush; Wahoo) photo: Ian Valentine
Species list: double-crested cormorant, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, bufflehead, long-tailed duck, common merganser, red-breasted merganser, ring-billed gull, black-capped chickadee, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, northern cardinal, American goldfinch.
(15 species)