From Robert Dixon: 07/19/14 - Sterling yard -- EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL (calling at 4:30 AM), PURPLE FINCH and YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. From Angela Dimmitt with Maureen Connolly: 07/18/14 - Sherman, Wimisink Marsh -- 3 charismatic young American Bittern continue to chase Mom demanding food, she sometimes feeds them, sometimes flies off. One of them can fly and has fished (frogged?) on its own, the other two tend to just sit and chill, but all 3 get aggressive with Mom when she is willing to feed them. They all stab at each other, not so nice. Never see second parent. Additional entertainment includes a Yellow-billed Cuckoo often seen flying into low trees to the left of the boardwalk (we also heard a Black-billed Cu off to the right).