The Guild In area is lovely in September and it was a pleasure to have two walks here today.

10 am

1 pm

Some scenes from today:

The Sharp-shinned Hawk is a bird-eating hawk not much larger than a Blue Jay. We had a good look at one today.

Male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks also made an appearance. As you can see, they don’t look alike.

Other birds:

Species list: Sharp-shinned hawk, red-tailed Hawk, ring-billed gull, mourning dove, northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, eastern phoebe, eastern pewee, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, white-breasted nuthatch, American robin, hermit thrush, European starling, American redstart, house sparrow, common grackle, northern cardinal, rose-breasted grosbeak. (19 species)

Some botany:

NATURE POETRY

If other planets dark as earth
About dim trembling stars 
Carry frail freight of death and birth, 
Wild love, and endless wars;
If from far, unseen motes in flight 
Life look down questioning 
This helpless passage through the night 
Is a less lonely thing.                                       – Carrie Law Morgan Figgs (1878–1968)

Miles Hearn