Ten students from Kennard Elementary in Centreville, 3 parents, and one pseudo-guide (me) had a bird walk at Horsehead this morning.  We found nothing special.  Of note was the lack of any numbers of yellow rumped warblers.  I counted about 6 of them.  Ducks were scarce.  The canoe landing had a hundred or so ruddy ducks, with 4 grebes mixed in.  The light angle was bad so getting a fix on the grebes wasn't possible.  We had one osprey.  

We did have some nice looks at about 6 cedar waxwings, all juveniles.  

The kids had a great morning birding in this beautiful weather.  Enjoy it while it lasts!

Jim Wilson
Queenstown

ps:  I had one monarch fly thru the yard this afternoon.

The youth birders were Walter, Danielle, Elizabeth, Emmett, Brandan, Brooke, Walter #2, Walter's brother, and 2 friends of Walter who just came along to enjoy the birds.