Sad. Took my walk this morning and saw a dead robin (as well as plenty of live ones, and catbirds). Recently deceased, probably one of the local cats.

But, even sadder, when I got through the park to the playground, there was a big whacking tulip poplar down across the path. Quite healthy, to judge by the leaves on the upper branches and the clean wood visible where limbs had been broken off by the fall. Another casualty of stream erosion, I fear. Our little stream is nice to have trickling through the park, but because it's a major stormwater conduit, it's deadly to trees that grow too close to its banks.