18 degrees and sunny at the start.
Bird Highlight: Gray Catbird
Gray Catbird
Botany Highlight: Large-leaved Aster
Large-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla)
Species list: mallard, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, gray catbird, northern cardinal, common grackle, American goldfinch. (10 species)
Indian Grass (Sorghastrum nutans)
Switch Grass (Panicum virgatum)
Crown-vetch (Securigera varia)
White Campion (Silene latifolia)
Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Evening-primrose (Oenothera)
Wild Red Raspberry (Rubus strigosus)
Soapwort (Saponaria officinalis)
Horseweed with beetle (Conyza canadensis)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Cauliflower Mushroom
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
A shadow rests upon the fields.
As earlier Suns are setting;
The corn has reached the tasseled age,
Its silken tresses netting.
– Stephen H. Thayer (1839–1919)