Great Egret

Botany Highlight: Purple-stemmed Aster

Purple-stemmed Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)

Species list:  double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, great egret, black-crowned night heron, mallard, American black duck, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher,  northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, red-eyed vireo, common grackle, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (20 species)

Amur Cork Tree (Phellodendron amurense)

Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflrum)

Narrow-leaved Cat-tail (Typha angustifolia)

Colorado Blue Spruce (Picea pungens)

Path Rush (Juncus tenuis)

Beggar Ticks (Bidens frondosa)

Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)

White Spruce (Picea glauca)

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