
8 degrees and overcast at the start.
Bird Highlight: belted kingfisher

Photo: Ken Sproule
Winter Bud Highlight: European buckthorn
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, American robin, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (14 species)
Also from today:

Garlic Mustard : first growth (Alliaria petiolata)

Garlick Mustard: over-wintered (Alliaria petiolata)

Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Manitoba Maple keys (Acer negundo)

Go Train

Lichen

Teasle from last year (Dipsacus fullonum)

Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)