Bird Highlight: long look at a Chestnut-sided Warbler in fall plumage

Botany Highlight: Purple-stemmed Aster

Species list:  mallard, red-tailed hawk, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, eastern pewee, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, red-eyed vireo, black and white warbler, nashville warbler, chestnut-sided warbler, blackburnian warbler, house sparrow, common grackle, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (20 species)