4 degrees and raining at the start.
Bird Highlight: Mallards
Mallards
Botany Highlight: Virgin’s Bower
Virgin’s Bower (Clematis virginiana)
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, hairy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, northern cardinal, song sparrow (8 species)
Chickweed (Stellaria crassifolia)
Mushroom
Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)
Celandine (Chelidonium majus)
Bittersweet Nightshade (Solanum dulcamara)
White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)
New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)
Miles Hearn
NATURE POETRY
Tis all a myth that Autumn grieves,
For, watch the rain among the leaves;
With silver fingers dimly seen
It makes each leaf a tambourine.
For, watch the rain among the leaves;
With silver fingers dimly seen
It makes each leaf a tambourine.
– Samuel Minturn Peck (1854–1938)