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Herring Gull, Common and Black Tern, were in consider- 

 able numbers on the sand spit. There were five Black Ducks 

 in the swamp. One Least Bittern and one Green Heron 

 were also seen in the swamp. Florida Gallinules seemed to 

 possess the swamp, there were so many of them. Along the 

 east beach and on the sand spit there were numbers of Spot- 

 ted and Semipalmated Sandpipers, Semipalmated and Piping 

 Plovers, two Greater Yellow-legs on the 30th, and Killdeer. 

 Mourning Doves were numerous and flying up and down the 

 point in the morning. One Osprey and two Bald Eagles 

 came out over the point on the 29th. Screech Owls quavered 

 in the cedars at night. Several Belted Kingfishers divided 

 their time between the swamp and lake. One Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo was seen near the swamp. Many Red-headed and 

 Downy and one Red-bellied Woodpecker lived about the 

 swamp, and Flickers were found feeding in the trees and 

 fields north of the swamp. Ruby-throated Hummingbirds 

 were swarming about the sensitive plants, Chimney Swifts 

 were flying about and migrating southward, and a few 

 Nighthawks were also noted in migration toward evening, 

 on the 89th. Kingbirds were migrating each day, Phoebes 

 were seen about the marsh, and Least Flycatchers were 

 everywhere among the cedars. The Crows were numerous 

 in the fields, and the Blue Jays remained among the trees 

 near the swamp. Bobolinks and Red-winged Blackbirds were 

 migrating in flocks, and only four Bronzed Crackles were seen 

 at all, and they were flying north and toward the grain fields 

 of the island. Goldfinch, Song Sparrow, Cardinal, and In- 

 digo Bunting were all common, particularly so in the vicinity 

 of the swamp, the Cardinals also ranging among the red ce- 

 dars. Purple Martins, Barn, Cliff, Bank and Rough-winged 

 Swallows were passing southward almost continuously dur- 

 ing the early morning and late afternoon. There were many 

 Cedar Waxwings among the red cedar trees, and some in the 

 vicinity of the swamp. Red-eyed Vireos were numerous 

 everywhere among the trees. Of the warblers the Blackbur- 

 nian, Magnolia, Black-poll, and Canadian were common in 



