16 degrees and cloudy at the start.
Bird Highlight: Red-winged Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbirds
Botany Highlight: Sassafras
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)
Species list: great blue heron, mute swan, mallard, wood duck, American coot, red-tailed hawk, Cooper’s hawk, northern flicker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (16 species)
Red Oak acorns (Quercus rubra)
Mallard (female), Wood Duck (female), American Coot
Red-tailed Hawk
White-breasted Nuthatch
Great Blue Heron
Mute Swan
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
House Sparrow (female)
Miles Hearn