Cedarvale Park: October 26, 2018

6 degrees and overcast at the start. 

 
Bird Highlight: White-throated Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Botany Highlight: Narrow-leaved Cat-tail

Narrow-leaved Cat-tail (Typha angustifolia)

Narrow-leaved Cat-tail (Typha angustifolia)

Species list: hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, blue jay, American crow, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, house sparrow, northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow. (13 species)

Joe-pye-weed (Eutrochium maculatum)

Black-capped Chickadee

Missouri Willow (Salix eriocephala)

Raccoon

Bald-faced Hornet’s nest

Song Sparrow

Miles Hearn

                                   NATURE POETRY

Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night’s decay
Ushers in a drearier day.

– Emily Bronte (1818 – 1848)

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