White Clay Creek SP, DE (2016-5-31)

Another fun morning trip. We stuck to a short piece of the Nature Center trail and back, then walked out to the road. We never set foot on the loop. I waited at the bridge while Karen went back and got the car. I'm glad she did, it gave me a chance to take a picture of a plant I didn't recognize which turned out to be Stinging Nettle. In Germany my mother would pick new leaves and boil them. We ate them like Spinach. I got "stung" once and learned my lesson.
-Top to bottom and left to right of middle photo:
Canada Thistle, Dame's Rocket, Barn Swallow, Red Clover, Spittlebug nymph, Yellow Swamp Iris, Canada Ginger, Stinging Nettle, Poison Hemlock, Common Chickweed, California Poppies
-Birds (29) - the reason, Karen, is that I can't count birds twice: ;)
Bluebird, Barn Swallow, Turkey Vulture, Baltimore Oriole, Tree Swallow, Catbird, Yellow Warbler, Chipping Sparrow, Cedar Waxwing, Chickadee, Red-winged Blackbird, Cardinal, Eastern Kingbird, Redstart, Orchard Oriole, Brown-headed Cowbird, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, American Crow, Goldfinch, Pewee, Acadian Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Mourning Dove, Towhee, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat