Marie Curtis Park: May 1, 2017

8 degrees with steady to heavy rain throughout.

Bird Highlight: Bobolink

Bobolink

Botany Highlight: Wood Anemone

Wood Anemone (Anemone quinquefolia)

Species list: double-crested cormorant, great blue heron, mute swan, mallard, solitary sandpiper, ring-billed gull, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, tree swallow,  American crow, black-capped chickadee, American robin, blue-gray gnatcatcher, European starling, black and white warbler, yellow warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, black-throated green warbler, blackburnian warbler, northern waterthrush, house sparrow, bobolink, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch,  white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (30 species)

Norway Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)

Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)

May Apple (Podophyllum peltatum)

Tree Swallows

Solitary Sandpiper

Double-crested Cormorants

Riverbank Grape vines (Vitis riparia)

Miles Hearn

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