Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 72° F
Winds: SW 5 mph
Weather Conditions: partly sunny
The breeding birds at Garrett Preserve were showing off this morning. Indigo buntings, Yellow-breasted Chats, Prairie Warblers and Field Sparrows sat up and sang for us. White-eyed Vireos and Common Yellowthroats were more elusive, singing but not seen. And though we know there are breeding Orchard Orioles here, they must be keeping a low profile during this nesting season because we neither heard nor saw any of them.
42 species
| Species | Count |
| Mallard | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 5 |
| Chimney Swift | 1 |
| Laughing Gull | 22 |
| Herring Gull (American) | 10 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 4 |
| Forster’s Tern | 4 |
| Great Blue Heron | 1 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 6 |
| Black Vulture | 1 |
| Turkey Vulture | 2 |
| Osprey (carolinensis) | 5 |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 |
| White-eyed Vireo | 2 |
| American Crow | 2 |
| Fish Crow | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 4 |
| Purple Martin | 4 |
| Tree Swallow | 12 |
| Barn Swallow | 3 |
| House Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 6 |
| European Starling | 45 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 6 |
| American Robin | 15 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 3 |
| House Sparrow | 4 |
| House Finch | 1 |
| American Goldfinch | 3 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 3 |
| Field Sparrow | 4 |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | 6 |
| Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 9 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 10 |
| Common Grackle | 20 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
| Yellow Warbler | 1 |
| Prairie Warbler | 3 |
| Northern Cardinal | 11 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
| Indigo Bunting | 6 |
