-3 degrees and sunny at the start
Bird Highlight: Osprey
Osprey (photo: Ken Sproule)
Osprey (photo: Ken Sproule)
Botany Highlight: Bitternut Hickory
Bitternut Hickory nuts (Carya cordiformis)
Species list: osprey, ring-billed gull, pileated woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, dark-eyed junco, song sparrow. (15 species)
Black-capped Chickadee
Song Sparrow
American Robin
Norway Spruce cones (Picea abies)
American Goldfinch (male)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
The snow has left the cottage top;
The thatch-moss grows in brighter green;
And eaves in quick succession drop,
Where grinning icicles have been.
– John Clare (1793–1864)