High Park, October 21, 2017

14 degrees and sunny at the start.

Bird Highlight: Northern Shoveler

Northern Shoveler (male)

Botany Highlight: Bush Honeysuckle

Bush Honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera)

Species list: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, northern shoveler, wood duck, ring-billed gull, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinal. (17 species)

Gray Dogwood (Cornus foemina)

Canada Goose

Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Mallard (male)

Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)

Pale-leaved Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)

Red-winged Blackbird (male)

Striped Maple (Acer pensylvanicum)

Miles Hearn

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