11 degrees and sunny at the start.
Bird Highlight: Mallard
Mallard (male) showing green head
Mallard (male) showing purple head
Botany Highlight: Japanese Knotweed
Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
Species list: double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, turkey vulture, Cooper’s hawk, ring-billed gull, mourning dove, belted kingfisher, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, downy woodpecker, tree swallow, rough-winged swallow, American crow, black-capped chickadee, ruby-crowned kinglet, golden-crowned kinglet, American robin, European starling, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (25 species)
Brown-headed Cowbird (male)
House Sparrow (male)
Coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
Red-winged Blackbird (male)
American Robin
Northern Cardinal (male)
Cooper’s Hawk nest
Turkey Vultures
Song Sparrow
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
O Spring-time sweet!
The whole Earth smiles, thy coming to greet.
– Unknown