13 degrees and overcast at the start.
Northern Flicker
Botany Highlight: Yellow Flag
Yellow Flag seeds (Iris pseudocorus)
Species list: double-crested cormorant, Canada goose, mallard, red-tailed hawk, herring gull, belted kingfisher, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, common raven, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, gray catbird, American robin, house sparrow, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (21 species)
Mallard (female)
Round-leaved Dogwood (Cornus rugosa)
Purple-stemmed Aster (Symphyotrichum puniceum)
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Blue Jay
Puffballs
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Now Autumn’s fire burns slowly along the woods,
And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
– William Allingham (1824–89)