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)
