9 degrees and sun / cloud mix at the start
Bird Highlight: Brown Creeper
Species list: double-crested cormorant, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, green-winged teal, long-tailed duck, bufflehead, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher, black-capped chickadee, brown creeper, American robin, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco. (16 species)
Miles Hearn
FALL POETRY
Hail, old October, bright and chill,
First freedman from the summer sun!
Spice high the bowl, and drink your fill!
Thank heaven, at last the summer’s done!
–Thomas Constable (1812–81)