Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly Lemieux, Mark Lemieux, Pam Hubert
Temp: 78°F
Winds: SSE 3-5 mph
Weather Conditions: partly cloudy
Most of the breeders were sitting up and singing at Garrett Family Preserve this morning and a few of them gave us repeated good looks. There’s nothing like watching a bird sing and the Prairie Warblers and Indigo Buntings were especially cooperative. One of the Yellow-breasted Chats treated us to a viewing of its display flight and a silent Blue Grosbeak perched long enough for scope views.
48 species
| Species | Count |
| Mallard | 1 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 1 |
| Chimney Swift | 3 |
 Chimney Swift photo by Roger Horn |
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 Chimney Swift photo by Roger Horn |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 15 |
| Laughing Gull | 7 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 2 |
| Least Tern | 1 |
 Least Tern photo by Roger Horn |
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 Least Tern photo by Roger Horn |
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 Least Tern photo by Roger Horn |
|
| Forster’s Tern | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 23 |
| Snowy Egret | 1 |
| Great Egret | 2 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 4 |
 Osprey photo by Roger Horn |
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 Osprey photo by Roger Horn |
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| Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) | 1 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 1 |
| Eastern Kingbird | 1 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 5 |
| American Crow | 3 |
| Fish Crow | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 3 |
| Tree Swallow | 2 |
| Barn Swallow | 8 |
| House Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 5 |
| European Starling | 8 |
| Gray Catbird | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 |
| American Robin | 8 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 1 |
| House Finch | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 2 |
| Field Sparrow | 3 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 3 |
| Orchard Oriole | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 9 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 6 |
| Common Grackle | 12 |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | 1 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
| Yellow Warbler | 2 |
| Prairie Warbler | 7 |
 Prairie Warbler photo by Roger Horn |
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| Northern Cardinal | 6 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
 Blue Grosbeak photo by Roger Horn |
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| Indigo Bunting | 5 |
 Indigo Bunting photo by Roger Horn |
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 Indigo Bunting photo by Roger Horn |
