​5/6 Milford, 10am-1PM, low tide, rising 57F At the Purple Martin condo, at least 20 Purple martins (conservative estimate) flying about, and occupying gourds. Females were in the gourds and males sitting on top or on the perches. At one point, a female Purple Martin tried to enter the wrong gourd and was pecked at and head pulled by the female in residence. The Purple Martin cam (Gazebo Phil) should be up and running in a few days. Our ospreys are doing well. Male was consuming a fish on the grass, and flying around, while female remained on 3 eggs. On the marsh- at least 500 Brant, about 100+ "peeps"-too far out to determine, Great Egrets, Snowy egrets, 1 mallard, 8 D.C. Cormorants, and another osprey nest on the far end of the marsh. Plus 4 yellow crowned night herons on the far east end of the marsh, as I was driving to leave. On grounds-Mourning dove adult with a juvenile(looked to be right out of the nest) following the adult on the ground, Common grackles, Red winged blackbirds, Song sparrows, Tree swallows, Mockingbird, Robins, 1 hen Turkey. And lots of class activity and visitors. Bev Propen, orange