Gadwall (male) photo: wikimedia

Botany Highlight: Staghorn Sumac

Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

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)

Great Egret and Great Blue Heron

New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)

White Elm (Ulmus americana)

European Black Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Great Blue Heron

Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaea)

Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Heath Aster (Symphyotrichum ericoides)

Miles Hearn