Hello All,

I watched a Caspian Tern stooping down and calling out quite loudly over a 
Beaver (again and again) all the way across Shelburne Bay at 6:35 this 
morning. The Beaver didn't seem to be bothered at all by this activity. 
After that I met up with Jim Osborn in the LaPlatte River Marsh Natural Area 
and we located 3 Pine Warblers, 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and heard a 
Greater Yellowlegs call while flying over the treetops. (I later saw another one 
in a flooded section of the viewing area on Rte. 17 in Addison. It was 
accompanied by a Killdeer and a Wilson's Snipe).
I then went to Charlotte Town Beach and found a Boneparte's Gull (not quite 
in full breeding plumage). (I later found another one in Button Bay).
I then headed to Ten Acres Campgounds in Addison(on Rte.125) to see if the 
Purple Martins had returned yet. I found 1 male and 2 females in one of the 
two Martin houses next to Ten Acres Rd. I spoke with the Campgrounds owner 
and asked her when the Purple Martins had arrived. She said that they noticed 
them on the utility wires two days ago, and that's when the owners put the 
Martin houses back up for the summer. The Martins started using them right 
after they went up.
I've also heard an American Bittern's "gulping" call from 7:00 to 7:30pm the 
past two evenings at Colchester Pond. 

Enjoy Birds,

Jim Mead