Date: 4/20/25 2:46 pm
From: Gyekis, Joseph Peter <jpg186...>
Subject: Recent Outings and Easy Email Sign Up Instructions

Hi Everyone,

Here to catch up on recent outings and repeat some instructions for handling email subscriptions too.

On Thursday April 10 at the Arboretum we had a mostly quiet walk but at the bird feeder behind the children's garden we watched a female Mourning Dove repeatedly chasing a male away from the feeding area which was quite comical, one really sharp looking White-throated Sparrow and another really disorganized pattern one, and a flyover Great Blue Heron, see a couple photos here:
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On Tuesday April 15th at Millbrook we had an adult Bald Eagle circling us, lots of Swamp Sparrows singing and some acting territorial/squabbling, a pair of Mallards walking up into some shrubs on a grassy hillside presumably visiting a nest site, and a Blue Jay carrying nest material, see photos here:
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On Thursday April 17th at the Arboretum we had really nice views of Tree Swallows checking out a box, a banded male Eastern Bluebird, an American Robin collecting nest material, and a fleeting view of a Blue Jay flying by with a peanut in the shell, see photos here:
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Yesterday morning at ChicoryLane, we flushed an American Bittern, saw some high northbound raptors, kestrel pair visiting a nest box, and a nice mix of other species on the warm morning.
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Also in the afternoon bird club members had a nice time talking with members of other conservation-related organizations and visiting members of the public at the Earth Day event in the borough building.

Joe

P.S. If you have a friend who wants to join this bird club email list, the easy way is to get them to send a blank message to

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There will be another step for them to complete after a message is sent to them with further instructions. There are also instructions on the bird club web page how to do it a more complicated way that often frustrates people.

If anyone ever wants to leave the bird club email, simply send a blank message to

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