14 degrees and raining at the start.
Bird Highlight: Gadwall
Botany Highlight: Staghorn Sumac
Species list: red-necked grebe, double-crested cormorant, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, green-winged teal, killdeer, herring gull, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, hermit thrush, golden-crowned kinglet, ruby-crowned kinglet, European starling, yellow-rumped warbler, house sparrow, northern cardinal, house finch, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, song sparrow. (27 species)
Miles Hearn