9/4- Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 10:10am-1PM. sunny, mid-tide rising, 65-75F. Beautiful morning on the marsh- the water was like glass- no ripples. Many human visitors. On the marsh: (viewed through bins & the scope) 1 Great Egret, many DC Cormorants further out , 2 immature Yellow crowned night herons foraging on the mud flats. One caught a crab and it was quite a battle. 4 ospreys (2 soaring above the marsh), and 1 on the nest and 1 on the perch eating a fish,2 Common terns fishing. On the grounds & feeders: 1 Northern Cardinal, 2 Mockingbirds, 3 Catbirds, 1 Ruby throated hummingbird feeding at the jewelweed bush in back, 6 Starlings, 3 House Finches, about 16 House sparrows, 6 Mourning doves, 1 Blue jay and in the fountain 1 warbler species bathing- (yellowish with grayish/olive above and longer pointy beak). Bev Propen, Orange