14 degrees and overcast at the start
Bird Highlight: Song Sparrow
Species list: mallard, ring-billed gull, red-bellied woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, great crested flycatcher, eastern pewee, barn swallow, blue jay, white-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, American robin, red-eyed vireo, Baltimore Oriole, brown-headed cowbird, scarlet tanager, northern cardinal, iose-breasted grosbeak, indigo bunting, chipping sparrow, song sparrow. (20 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
The apple-trees with bloom are all aglow—
Soft drifts of perfumed light—
A miracle of mingled fire and snow—
A laugh of Spring’s delight!
– Horatio Nelson Powers (1826–90)