19 degrees and sunny at the start.
Bird Highlight: Mallards
Mallards
Botany Highlight: Late Goldenrod
Late Goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, red-breasted nuthatch, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, northern cardinal, American goldfinch, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow (11 species)
White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
Teasle (Dipsacus fullonum)
Woolly Bear
Zigzag Goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)
Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
Turkey Tails on railway tracks
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Autumn is a second spring because every leaf is a flower.
– Albert Camus (1913 – 60)