6 degrees and rain at the start

Col Sam Smith Park

Bird Highlight: Savannah Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow (photo: John Burns)

Botany Highlight: Serviceberry

Serviceberry (Amelanchier)

Species list: red-necked grebe, horned grebe, pied-billed grebe, double-crested cormorant, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, bufflehead, long-tailed duck, red-breasted merganser, killdeer, herring gull, ring-billed gull, mourning dove, rock pigeon, northern flicker, downy woodpecker, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, barn swallow, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, European starling, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, common grackle, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, savannah sparrow, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (35 species)

Fossils

Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)

Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)

Mute Swan

Eurasian Pussy Willow (Salix caprea)

Common Plantain (Plantago major)

Creeping Bellflower (Campanula rapunculoides)