-23 degrees and sunny at the start. We met a Russian gentleman who exclaimed “This is spring weather in my country!”

Bird Highlight: hairy woodpecker

Winter Bud Highlight: alternate-leaved dogwood

Species list: ring-billed gull, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, American robin, house sparrow, northern cardinal. (8 species)