2 degrees and overcast at the start
Bird Highlight: Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull (larger) with Ring-billed Gull
Botany Highlight: Trembling Aspen
Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, common goldeneye, bufflehead, hooded merganser, red-tailed hawk, herring gull, ring-billed gull, rock pigeon, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, American robin, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinal, house finch, American goldfinch. (21 species)
Coyote
Goldenrod gall (drilled into by woodpecker)
Manitoba Maple (Acer negundo)
Canada Geese
Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
“Bib” Duck (hybrid Black Duck X Mallard)
Mallard (female)
Buffleheads
Miles Hearn
Thank-you to Judy-Ann Cazemier for these photos:
Coyote
Coyote
Downy Woodpecker (male)
WINTER POETRY
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.
–Sara Coleridge (1802–52)