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