As soon as we entered Ashbridge’s Park this morning, we were besieged by about half a dozen chickadees and two red-breasted nuthatches. I brought along a little sack of peanuts and shelled sunflower seeds for the occasion.

Other birds:

Park scenes:

Some botany:

Today’s group:

MAILBOX

Miles note: I got several e-mails about my misidentification of the originators of the “mockingbird” song.

Hi Miles,

Carly Simon & James Taylor do a fine job, but no one does it like the originals: 😊

NATURE POETRY

The world stands out on either side
No wider than the heart is wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky—
No higher than the soul is high.                  – Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950)

Miles Hearn