8/2. Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 9:35am-10:45am. sunny, 72F, mid-tide. Still lots of activity with our enthusiastic campers. Many of our Purple martins have fledged with a few gourds still having nestlings. One vireo- I believe a Blue headed vireo (white eye ring with yellow belly ,grayish back) sitting in tree with some fledgling Purple Martins. Our osprey juveniles are busy eating their fish, with several adults( probably from other local nests) carrying fish. A pair of Mute swans with one cygnet on the marsh , along with Snowy and Great Egrets. Along the Long Island sound side- about 40 Ruddy turnstones, estimates of 40 Semipalmated plovers and a hundred Semipalmated sandpipers, about 5 Least Sandpipers, and 15 Least terns. I was chatting with a father & son who were visiting from Pennsylvania- very experienced birders. The boy said - "There's got to be at least one Western Sandpiper here". :) Bev Propen, Orange