17 degrees and sunny at the start
High Park
Bird Highlight: Black-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Botany Highlight: Black Oak
Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
Species list: black-crowned night heron, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, wood duck, turkey vulture, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, belted kingfisher, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, tree swallow, barn swallow, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, grey catbird, American robin, blue-grey gnatcatcher, ruby-crowned kinglet, European starling, nashville warbler, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, baltimore oriole, orchard oriole, common grackle, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, house finch, American goldfinch, chipping sparrow, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (40 species)
Dawn Redwood cones (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus serrulata)
Chickadee nesting hole
Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum)
Barn Swallow
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alata)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
