The best bird of the morning was a Barn Owl, flying along the dikes at 7:40 a.m. It flew within 10 feet of the car! (drool). I watched it for another 15 minutes (camera ready) as it continued to hunt but it never came close enough for a picture.

Migrants:

• Pectoral Sandpiper, 1
• Baird’s Sandpiper, 12
• Semi-palmated Sandpiper, 4
• Least Sandpiper, 90+
• Stilt Sandpiper, 5
• American Avocet, 1
• Black-necked Stilt, 4
• White-faced Ibis, 16
• Solitary Sandpiper, 4
• Lesser Yellowlegs, 8
• Greater Yellowlegs, 18
• Cattle Egret, 40+
• Yellow Warbler, 1
• Oriole sp. heard, 1
• Yellow-headed Blackbird, 1
• Bank Swallow, 2

Others:

• Mixed flock of Blue-winged and Green-winged Teal, eclipse plumage, 60+
• Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, 34
• American Crow, 1
• Loggerhead Shrike, 3
• Lark Sparrow, 9
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker, 4
• Red-tailed Hawk, 2
• Western Meadowlark, 1
• Northern Bobwhite, 5
• Chimney Swift, 6
• Barn Swallow, 40+
• Cliff Swallow, 12
• Brown-headed Cowbird, 30+
• Red-winged Blackbird, 70+
• Eurasian Collared-Dove
• Killdeer, 6
• Great-blue Heron, 1
• Northern Cardinal, 1
• Blue Jay, 2
• Turkey Vulture, 3