4 degrees and sunny at the start

Bird Highlight: white-winged scoter

Winter Bud Highlight: nannyberry

Thank-you to Xiaomin for this photo of a snowy owl taken at Col Sam Smith Park on Sunday, January 31

Species list: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, greater scaup, common goldeneye,  bufflehead, long-tailed duck, white-winged scoter, red-breasted merganser, northern harrier, ring-billed gull, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, American crow, black-capped chickadee, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, northern cardinal. (21 species)