8/19 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:35am-10:50am. mid tide, rising, overcast, rainy later in the morning, 72F-74F. No Purple Martins seen today. The osprey family was on their nest, calling and male brought in a fish around 10:40am. On the marsh: 6 Mute swans, Black bellied Plovers, Semipalmated sandpipers, 1 adult Yellow crowned night heron with 2 juveniles, 1 Clapper Rail behind the building , 4 Great Egrets and 1 Snowy egret. On the grounds: 2 Downy Woodpeckers, 6 Mourning Doves, 7 Juvenile Yellow crowned night herons sitting in the tree in front of center with one flyover, 2 Common Yellow throats (1 juvenile feeding in the milkweed in front garden), 2 Song sparrow, 1 Cardinal, 2 Goldfinches, 12 House finches at the feeders, 1 singing Carolina Wren. On Long Island Sound side: 2 flyover D.C. Cormorants, estimate of 400 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 20 Semipalmated plovers, about 100 Sanderlings, 2 Ruddy turnstones, Black bellied plovers, 5 Barn swallows flying around, 2 Tree swallows, 1 Piping Plover, 2 Great Egrets. Bev Propen, Orange