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)