Birded along Cedar Creek where the water was deep and best birds by far were the 9 Wood Ducks (7 males, 2 females) clustered together in an early morning swim.

Migrants:

• Eastern Phoebe, 1
• Nashville Warbler, 1
• Common Yellowthroat, 1
• Orange-crowned Warbler, 2

Others:

• Great Blue Heron, 1
• Northern Harrier, 1 (female)
• Cooper’s Hawk, 1
• Red-shouldered Hawk, 1
• Wild Turkey, 6
• Belted Kingfisher, 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 1
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 6
• Swallows (probably Cliff, but flying too high to know for sure) 70 +
• Blue Jay, 8
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 1
• American Robin, 5
• Northern Cardinal, 2
• Lincoln’s Sparrow, 1
• Red-winged Blackbird, 9
• House Finch, 6

All sightings by Laura Packer

At Kirby Lake:

• Redhead, 30
• Osprey, 2

Kirby Lake sightings by Lorie Black