6 degrees and sunny at the start
Bird Highlight: Bufflehead
Bufflehead (male)
Botany Highlight: Large-toothed Aspen
Large-toothed Aspen (Populus grandidentata)
Species list: double-crested cormorant, trumpeter swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, bufflehead, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, blue jay, American crow, downy woodpecker, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (17 species)
Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
Beetle on Tree of Heaven
Rock Pigeons
Red Squirrel
Downy Woodpecker (male)
Trumpeter Swan
American Black Duck
Miles Hearn
FALL POETRY
Bright yellow, red, and orange,
The leaves come down in hosts;
The trees are Indian Princes,
But soon they’ll turn to Ghosts.
–William Allingham (1824–1889