I visited Dead Creek yesterday afternoon. Lots of Great Blue Herons (15)  
were present as well as a few Great Egrets (2) and a single immature  
Black-crowned Night Heron.  A lone Osprey was perched in a dead tree across  the bridge 
at Brilyea. The mud flats at Brilyea are exposed with Killdeer  (11), Least 
Sandpipers (6), Greater Yellowlegs (2), and Lesser Yellowlegs (2)  present and 
accounted for. Also seen was a flock of Canada geese  (28). Otherwise, lots of 
songbirds but not much more of particular  interest.
 
Hopefully, the shorebird migration will perk up in the forthcoming  weeks.
 
Bruce MacPherson
South Burlington



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