5 degrees and overcast at the start
Species list: trumpeter swan, Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, redhead, bufflehead, red-breasted merganser, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, blue jay, common raven, northern cardinal, American tree sparrow, American goldfinch. (15 species)
Miles Hearn
FALL POETRY
The mug of cider simmered slow,
The apples sputtered in a row,
And, close at hand, the basket stood
With nuts from brown October’s wood.
–John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)