4 degrees and raining at the start.
Bird Highlight: Mallards
Botany Highlight: Virgin’s Bower
Species list: Canada goose, mallard, hairy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, American robin, ruby-crowned kinglet, northern cardinal, song sparrow (8 species)
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)