4/29 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 10am-1PM. sunny, high tide, 50-58F. Very busy at the coastal center today. Our Purple Martin colony is getting quite active. Our ospreys are nesting and have at least 3 eggs, possibly 4. The male osprey is bringing in fish for the female. Female was on the nest, then male brought in a fish around noon; female was eating, then took a short flight and returned around 12:15PM. On the marsh: 1 Great Egret, about 300 Brant scattered throughout the marsh, 2 American Oystercatchers on the osprey island and 3 ospreys (one intruder flying around). On the grounds & feeders: 4 Cardinals (2 bathing in the water fountain), 7 Common grackles, 6 Robins, 3 Starlings, 1 Goldfinch, 4 House finches, 1 Cowbird, 10 Red winged blackbirds singing, White throated sparrows, song sparrows and House sparrows, Mourning doves and about 20 Purple martins flying around and inside the gourds. Bev Propen, Orange