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Wilket Creek: Saturday, October 1, 2016

14 degrees and overcast at the start.

Bird Highlight: Black-throated Blue Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler (photo: Ed McAskill)

Botany Highlight: Calico Aster

Calico Aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)

Species list:  mallard, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch,  winter wren, gray catbird, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, cedar waxwing, black-throated blue warbler, common grackle, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (17 species)

Serviceberry (Amelanchier)

Evidence of Pileated Woodpecker

Late Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)

Red Pine (Pinus resinosa)

Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Jack in the Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)

Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

Dog-strangling Vine (Vincetoxicum rossicum)

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