started @ Dike 14 yesterday @ 4:00 MORE butterflies than birds today!the usual suspects were presentCaGoose - 12 (plus 5 fuzzy goslings!)RBMergs - only 4Common Loon - 1 (beauty)ACoot - 7fly-by Cooper's Hawk - RCKinglet - 1HThrush - 2lots of RWBbird - but WAY less than usualARobin  most abundant - 50+SoSparrow - 30+Gulls numbers down - 30-ish      only saw RBGullsBThrasher - 3EStarling - 15+AGoldfinch - 2? (never any/many here)NFlicker - 6+Hairy WP - 3Downy WP - 1CGrackle - 2ETowhee - 2HouseSparrow - 3ACrow - 3TVulture - 3BKingfisher - 2MoDove - 1 5:20 to Wildwood/VA/Euc Beachwalked with Nancy Aonly a few RBGulls in harbor BGGnatcatcher - 4+BKingfisher - 1ETowhee - 1BThrasher - 3+RPigeons - 10+MoDove - 1ARobins - a lotGBHeron - 1CGrackle - 4+AGoldfinch - 5_HSparrow - 6+WTSparrow - 6+CSparrow - 2+i admit Nanvy and i walked and talkedmore than we birded! buster                                             
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