Beechwood / Don Valley

14 degrees and overcast

Bird Highlight: Baltimore Oriole

Baltimore Oriole (male)

Botany Highlight: Dewey’s Sedge

Dewey’s Sedge

Species list:  mallard, ring-billed gull, eastern kingbird, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, gray catbird, American robin, cedar waxwing, European starling, red-eyed vireo, warbling vireo, yellow warbler, red-winged blackbird, Baltimore oriole, northern cardinal, rose-breasted grosbeak, indigo bunting, American goldfinch,  song sparrow. (22 species)

Pineapple Weed (Matricaria discoidea)

Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica)

White Spruce (Picea glauca)

European Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

seed and stalk of Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)

Blackberry (Rubus allegheniensis)

Virginia Waterleaf (Hydrophyllum virginianum)

Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

Miles Hearn

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