I birded Reed's Marsh, the Richmond Conservation Land and around home this morning. At Reed's Marsh, again, I bushwhacked the wet southern edge of the marsh to the river and setback (not easy, but picked up a lot more birds this way). The highlight was a singing Rusty Blackbird (song with the "squeaky hinge" at the end) with a nice long look while it sang. The two Bald Eagles appeared to be copulating or trying to copulate on the nest. I have also seen one or both bringing additional nest material this past week, although Chris Martin said they may have missed their window of opportunity for successful breeding again this year. There were far fewer waterfowl on the setback by the river, the Ring-necked Duck flock is down to just a few. I was also disappointed to not find many (I had one) Yellow-rumped Warbler and no Palms or Ruby-crowned Kinglets. There were a lot of White-throated Sparrows moving through, though (20+). I had a Yellowlegs sp. on the exposed mud of the Jacobs Brook outlet, viewed from the Richmond Conservation Land. It was a bit distant, appearing to me to be a Lesser, but when it flew, called with four "dear" notes. Back home below Mt. Cube, FOY Blue Headed Vireo and Hermit Thrush.
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