In:
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...through:
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...and out again:
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We saw a lot of American Redstarts, including one mother feeding her young:
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And this singing male:
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Gretch got a lifer Louisiana Waterthrush, and we heard a Cerulean Warbler near the creek. I've gotten Ceruleans two out of the three times I've been there. Our complete list:
Mallard 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Eastern Phoebe 14
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
American Crow 5
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Wood Thrush 3
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Parula 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 2
Cerulean Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 11
Ovenbird 2
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Eastern Towhee 8
Chipping Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 1
Hunting for warblers in June when the trees are all leafed out is pretty much futile; most of our IDs were by ear, confirmed by BirdJam.
We saw tons of butterflies, including the red spots on this Red-spotted Purple:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoUfvIYsU_dZ2zQVi35PUs0odrSXFbfRbmmBuNc2YnMQvsZNc8Yu9DbeEhZmafSn0rdYBCmlhgsdYtuZqjtTGnI6YJhFd3wuReeCbLMf3CXDCVV6gwjCINn6eu7wnnMSxUuhn/s400/Red-spotted+Purple.jpg)
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I saw some flowers I didn't recognize until I looked them up later:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRSEjMtXM6mDIHXmXnso4AhyaeTG3FShsMJxBUxgHxcPRxRxzw_rMaXAQEBMpqB9NNNEBfHGYVgcotQj7bLNU-PJ9RWyNWVR81SER8wytvvvDq14pV8J6_GHVHQ4EkR6yPU4B/s400/purple+flower.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8AKQBWZEkGqkby7mJCaLbaJOWCWRsKkxkhe0agXrYPsJ3UneOYcO37gdisDBugaEEr908AweSx8C2LIamMu5BpGtlPaDXM6DZcOTDks0WqU7LZ70ckYriDmMP5vadpjlsybW/s400/yellow+flower.jpg)
We also saw some snakes:
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Tomorrow (or sometime soon): an update on the garden!