9 degrees and cloudy at the start
Bird Highlight: Northern Flicker
Species list: double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, red-tailed hawk, killdeer, herring gull, ring-billed gull, belted kingfisher, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, tree swallow, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, golden-crowned kinglet, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, house finch, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (26 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Oh, how fresh the wind is blowing!
See! The sky is bright an clear,
Oh, how green the grass is growing!
April! April! Are you here?
– Dora R. Goodale (1866–1953)