4 degrees and overcast at the start
Bird Highlight: Long-tailed Duck
Long-tailed Ducks
Botany Highlight: Russian Olive
Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)
Species list: mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, gadwall, long-tailed duck, bufflehead, American wigeon, redhead, ring-billed gull, black-capped chickadee, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (12 species)
Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum)
White Oak (Quercus alba)
Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis)
Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
Candleflame Lichen
Tamarack (Larix laricina)
Sandbar Willow (Salix exigua)
Amur Maple (Acer ginnala)
Miles Hearn
FALL POETRY
Listen! the wind is rising,
and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!
– Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940)
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