17 degrees and overcast at the start
Bird Highlight: Red-eyed Vireo
Species list: mallard, ring-billed gull, hairy woodpecker, northern flicker, eastern kingbird, willow flycatcher, tree swallow, black-capped chickadee, gray catbird, American robin, cedar waxwing, European starling, warbling vireo, red-eyed vireo, yellow warbler, red-winged blackbird, Baltimore oriole, common grackle, brown-headed cowbird, northern cardinal, indigo bunting, song sparrow. (22 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Would that thou could’st last for aye,
Merry, ever-merry May!
Made of sun-gleams, shade and showers,
Bursting buds, and breathing flowers.
– William D. Gallagher (1808–94)