22 degrees and sunny at the start.
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)
Miles Hearn