We had a very fine day today, with gorgeous weather (not too hot, not too cold, sunny). And it was surprisingly birdy, especially after last week's yawner.

Highlights:

Wood Duck                         We continue to see small ducklings
Common Merganser             Mother with seven ducklings at lake
Pied-billed Grebe                 1 juvenile in slough above weir
Green Heron                        1 seen at lake, maybe another heard
American Coot                     1 at lake - only 2nd sighting since April
Barn Owl                             Matt had several near windmill EARLY
Red-breasted Sapsucker      One near start of boardwalk
Pileated Woodpecker          1 heard several times
Western Wood-Pewee        Adult visiting nest in Cottonwood Forest
Cassin's Vireo                      Nice looking bird singing at Dog Central
Purple Martin                       Male at gourd, later pair over east footbridge
Brown Creeper                    4 sightings
Western Tanager                  Nice male near start of boardwalk
Lazuli Bunting                       Male near Pea Patch, chased by baby cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird               Pair on grass soccer fields

Besides the LAZULI BUNTING interactions with a baby cowbird, we also saw a YELLOW WARBLER feeding a cowbird, and saw several other begging babies where we couldn't tell for sure who might be feeding them.

On a brighter breeding note, at least 2 of the TREE SWALLOW nest boxes in the East Meadow had babies hanging out of the hole to be fed. We also found a CEDAR WAXWING nest.

For the day, 62 species.

== Michael Hobbs
== birdmarymoor@frontier.com

Song Sparrow attending to juvenile Brown-headed Cowbird.  Photo by Lillian Reis

Yellow Warbler bringing food to Brown-headed Cowbird.  Photo by Lillian Reis