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Wilket Creek Park: Monday, April 18, 2016

18 degrees and sunny at the start

Bird Highlight: ruby-crowned kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Photo: Ken Sproule)

Botany Highlight: bloodroot in flower

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)

Species list: Canada goose, mallard, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, winter wren, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, pine warbler, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, chipping sparrow, song sparrow.  (23 species)

Scot’s Pine (Pinus sylvestris)

Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)

Wayfaring Tree bud ( Viburnum lantana)

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

West Don River

Tree face

Lesser Celandine ( Ficaria verna)

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