10 degrees and cloudy at the start.
Bird Highlight: Mallard
Mallard (male)
Botany Highlight: American Beech
American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
Species list: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, herring gull, ring-billed gull, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, American crow, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, European starling, house sparrow, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow. (17 species)
Herring Gull (left) and Ring-billed Gull (right)
Winged Euonymus (Euonymus alata)
Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)
Salmon swimming upstream
Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
Robins and Starlings
Miles Hearn