Humber Bay: April 10, 2017

14 degrees and sunny at the start

Bird Highlight: Peregrine Falcon

Botany Highlight: European Black Ash

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European Black Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)

Species list: red-necked grebe, pied-billed grebe, double-crested cormorant, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, northern shoveler, lesser scaup,  bufflehead, long-tailed duck, peregrine falcon, mourning dove, herring gull, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher, tree swallow, American crow, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, European starling, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, common grackle, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal,  house finch, American goldfinch,  song sparrow.  (31 species)
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Wood Duck which Falcon killed and ate

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Peregrine falcon

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Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)

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House Sparrow

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Mourning Dove

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Tree Swallows

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Brown Creeper

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Herring Gull

American Robin

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Miles Hearn

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