7 degrees and sun / cloud mix at the start.
Killdeer
Botany Highlight: Amur Cork Tree
Amur cork-tree (Phellodendron amurense)
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, American black duck, killdeer, ring-billed gull, herring gull, belted kingfisher, hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, red-breasted nuthatch, golden-crowned kinglet, European starling, American robin, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow. (19 species)
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)
Mallard (female)
Black-capped Chickadee
Belted Kingfisher
Mallard (male)
American Robin
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
October’s face, benign and mellow,
Turns nuts to brown and leaves to yellow;
But (like the Scorpion, sting in tail)
He ends with frost and scourging hail.
– Jan Struther (1901–53)