11 degrees and cloudy at the start
Bird Highlight: Brown-headed Cowbird
Botany Highlight: Choke Cherry
Species list: double-crested cormorant, long-tailed duck, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, northern flicker, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, Carolina wren, American robin, hermit thrush, ruby-crowned kinglet, European starling, blue-headed vireo, yellow-rumped warbler, black-throated green warbler, palm warbler, house sparrow, red-winged blackbird, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, song sparrow. (26 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Let it rain in April and May for me,
And all the rest of the year for thee.
– proverb