Southwest winds and mild temperatures continued into this morning with very little passerine activity (the big event of the morning was a bunch of Blue Jays yammering at a prowling house cat). Overhead a Common Loon came across on the standard diagonal track -- going the wrong way! Quite a few noisy Royal Terns on the creek. Two yellowlegs on the pond -- one slightly bigger than the other and with a slightly longer, slightly downcurved bill. A Greater and a Lesser? I think the differences were too small and well with the possible variability of a Greater. The usual Great Blue Heron started out of his high woodland perch with loud squawking as I came round the corner on the edge of the marsh. The wind picked up during the morning and again there were whitecaps on the bay.
Carl Safina tells me that Merlins will sometimes hit Monarchs for target practice. Maybe that's what hit the wounded Monarch in the meadow in front of the house yesterday.
Eric Salzman
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