8 degrees and rain at the start.
Bird Highlight: Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk with Red-winged Blackbird
Botany Highlight: Catnip
Catnip (Nepeta cataria)
Species list: mallard, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, red-winged blackbird, common grackle, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco, American tree sparrow, song sparrow. (17 species)
White Spruce cone (Picea glauca)
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
American Tree Sparrow
Mallards
Red Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
Beaver evidence
Miles Hearn