8/10. This morning I led the New Haven Bird Club “Shorebirds and Terns” Walk at Milford Point. It was beautiful weather, and was well attended by 30 people. Forty seven species were tallied. We first viewed birds from the marsh platform - including families of Spotted Sandpipers, Ospreys, Mallards, and Purple Martins. Then we walked out on the main sandbar on the beach side. There we saw many of the common shorebirds migrating through now, plus six juvenile Piping Plovers. Among ten species seen was one RED KNOT. We thrilled in watching Least Terns feed their chicks small fish. Also there were about 1000 Common Terns in the area, with a few hundred flying in as the tide fell. We looked through through them to try to find more uncommon species. An immature Peregrine Falcon made a couple of over-flights, putting up enormous flicks of birds. In addition there was a steady stream of migrating Barn Swallows and Monarch butterflies. EBird List here: https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S58886128 Frank Mantlik Stratford Sent from my iPhone