Photo: Ken Sproule

Botany Highlight: Spindle Tree

Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaea)

Species list:  red-necked grebe, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, northern shoveler, green-winged teal, greater scaup, common goldeneye, bufflehead, long-tailed duck, hooded merganser, Cooper’s hawk, killdeer, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, belted kingfisher,  American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, hermit thrush, European starling, house sparrow,,  northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, American tree sparrow. (27 species)

Northern Shoveler

Mute Swan

Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus servicea)

Gadwalls

Phragmites australis

Mallards

Hooded Mergansers

Miles Hearn