14 degrees and raining at the start.
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