The dieing-down of the cattails on the wetland has revealed more than 15 Muskrat "push-ups", each being cattail pyramid-shaped mounds. They can all be seen from the south path platform. Jim Fairchild called out "3 Rusties" in a tall tree nearby, at 1030am. The Fox Sparrow numbers are falling off-indeed, I saw only one over a 3-hour period today. Among the Tree and Song Sparrows was a White-throated Sparrow with a very short tail. On the lakefront and/or overhead--Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers, many Buffleheads, Common Goldeneye, Scaup, Redhead, Long-tailed, Gadwalls. Oh yes--no migrating raptors were noted today. Southwest Whitby--Hall's Rd. (accessed from Victoria St.) -south end Doug Lockrey, Whitby