24 degrees and sun / cloud mix at the start
Bird Highlight: Barn Swallow
Barn Swallows
Botany Highlight: Late Goldenrod
Late Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
Late Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
Late Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
Species list: turkey vulture, eastern pewee, barn swallow, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, gray catbird, American robin, cedar waxwing, red-eyed vireo, warbling vireo, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, house finch, song sparrow. (15 species)
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Japanese Beetles on a grape leaf
Tartarian Honeysuckle (Lonicera tatarica)
Red Osier (Cornus sericea)
House Finch (female)
Curly Dock (Rumex crispus
Birdfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)
American Toad
Hedge Bindweeed (Calystegia sepium)
Chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Indian-hemp (Apocynum cannabinum)
Crown-vetch (Securigera varia)
American Goldfinch (immature)
Artist’s Conk
Flowering Raspberry (Rubus odoratus)
Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaea)
Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven,
I know in my heart it is June.
– Abba Goold Woolson (1838–1921)