Arrived home from work and found a pair of eastern bluebirds checking out 
our purple martin house - wonder how they liked it. At the end of May a 
purple martin stayed at the house for 2 weeks but sadly didn't stick 
around. While walking the dog this evening, I checked on the killdeer nest 
I'd been watching and the eggs had hatched! 4 fuzzy miniature killdeer 
were scampering around while mother killdeer lured the dog and I away. 
Also seen on our walk:

4 chimney swifts
1 cardinal
12+ robins
1 cowbird
1 chipping sparrow
3 barn swallows
1 mourning dove
2 cottontail bunnies
1 ruby-throated hummingbird

Happy summer birding!

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