9 degrees and partly cloudy at the start.
Great Egret
Botany Highlight: Tree of Heaven
Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima)
Species list: great egret, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, red-tailed hawk, turkey vulture, herring gull, ring-billed gull, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, common grackle, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (24 species)
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Blue Jay
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alata)
Chickadee (photo: Lilian Natalizio)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (photo: Lilian Natalizio)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (photo: Lilian Natalizio)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis sylvatica)
Red-osier Dogwood (Cornus servicea)
Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Miles Hearn