13 degrees and sunny at the start.
Bird Highlight: Red-tailed Hawk
Botany Highlight: Silver Poplar
Species list: red-tailed hawk, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, American robin, gray catbird, European starling, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow. 13 species)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Now by the brook the maple leans
With all his glory spread,
And all the sumachs on the hills
Have turned their green to red.
– William Wilfred Campbell (1858–1918)