18 degrees and sunny at the start.
Great Blue Heron
Botany Highlight: Banana Tree
Banana Tree (Musa)
Species list: double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, broad-winged hawk, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, belted kingfisher, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, white-crowned sparrow, song sparrow. (23 species)
Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Norway Spruce (Picea abies) Cones after squirrel harvest
Turkey Vultures (photo: Marlene Danicki)
Crab Apple (Malus)
Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)
Great Blue Heron (Photo: Malene Danicki)
Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis)
Canada Goose
Forsythia (Forsythia intermedia)
Double-crested Cormorant
Miles Hearn