6 degrees and cloudy at the start.
Bird Highlight: Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Botany Highlight: Spindle Tree
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)
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)