23 degrees and sunny at the start.
Bird Highlight: Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rose-breasted grosbeak (female)
Botany Highlight: Red-osier Dogwood

Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus servicea)
Species list: mallard, Cooper’s Hawk, ring-billed gull, downy woodpecker, great crested flycatcher, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina wren, house wren, red-eyed vireo, common grackle, northern cardinal, rose-breasted grosbeak, American goldfinch. (16 species)

Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron rydbergii)

Crown Vetch (Securigera varia)

Bird Vetch (Vicia cracca)

White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

Heart-leaved Aster (Symphyotrichum cordifolium)

Lungwort (Pulmonaria)

Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Hawthorn (Crataegus)

Miles Hearn
Very nice report and pics, it would be nice to add another major highlight, the deer! Too bad none of us thought to take a picture at the time.
Cheers, John