26 degrees and sun / cloud mix at the start.
Bird Highlight: Wood Duck
Botany Highlight: Sky-blue Aster
Species list: great blue heron, mute swan, Canada goose, mallard, wood duck, red-tailed hawk, rock pigeon, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, house sparrow, common grackle, northern cardinal, American goldfinch. (16 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
’Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone:
No flower of her kindred,
No rose-bud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
Or give sigh for sigh.
– Thomas Moore (1779–1852)