7 degrees, sun / cloud mix and very windy at the start
Bird Highlight: American Wigeon
American Wigeon (male)
Botany Highlight: Thornless Honey Locust
Thornless Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis)
Species list: pied-billed grebe, red-necked grebe, double-crested cormorant, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, gadwall, green-winged teal, American wigeon, northern shoveler, hooded merganser, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, long-eared owl, hairy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, golden-crowned kinglet, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (21 species)
American Black Duck
Great Blue Heron and Black-crowned Night Heron (immature)
Ring-billed Gull
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler (male)
Rock Pigeon
Wayfaring Tree (Viburnum lantana)
Pied-billed Grebe
Miles Hearn
FALL POETRY
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.
So the little moments,
Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages
Of Eternity.
–Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1823–1908)