I was a little too hasty in saying that the turn of weather pushed out Royal Terns and American Goldfinches from our area; both species were present this morning, the Terns on the creek and the Goldfinches around the head of the marsh. Robins and Catbirds are still around although in smaller numbers while Northern Flickers and Cedar Waxwings seem to have increased. A curious-looking finch with white on the head turned out to be a House Finch with a plumage problem and a raptor flying up behind a screen of trees appeared, in the bright sunlight, to have a white head but, when perched, turned out to be, not a Bald Eagle, but a Red-tailed Hawk.
The Seaside Goldenrod is making a splended display but, except for a single Monarch, its insect visitors seem to be mostly bees of one sort or another.
Eric Salzman
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