6 degrees and cloudy at the start.
Bird Highlight: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Botany Highlight: Spindle Tree
Spindle Tree (Euonymus europaea)
Species list: red-tailed hawk, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, hermit thrush, ruby-crowned kinglet, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow. (12 species)
Inky Cap mushrooms
Salmon
Mantoba Maple (Acer negundo)
Mushrooms
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!
– Humbert Wolfe (1886–1940)