7/24 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 9:50-10:50am. mid-tide, sunny, 78F. A brief visit to the coastal center - Many Purple martins flying over the marsh catching insects and bringing back to the gourds. Many gourds have multiple little heads peeking out- several chicks have fledged and several seem ready to fledge. On gourd #2, female with orange leg band on left leg. Our ospreys were at the nest and on the perch. The chicks have fledged. On the grounds & feeders: 1 Great egret, 2 juvenile Yellow crowned night herons, about 200 semipalmated sandpipers flying around ( thank you to George & Ken for help with ID),2 Barn swallows, 1 Tree swallow, about 10 House finches at the feeders, 3 Starlings, 2 Mockingbirds, 2 Cardinals (1 at the water fountain bathing), and 1 Clapper rail heard at edge of lagoon. Bev Propen, Orange