Hello all.

Heat or no heat, I wanted to bird today and while I found only a 
few 'notables', it was good to be out.  

Highlights:

Brandon Woods Pond: (Brandon Woods Business Park, Pasadena)

Little Blue Heron: 1  flyover
Great Blue Heron: 1
Cattle Egret: 1  chasing grasshoppers
Green Heron: 1
Canada Goose: c. 50
Osprey: 1
Tree Swallow: 2
Barn Swallow: 1
Mourning Dove: 12
Rock Pigeon: 5
American Crow: 1
European Starling: c. 20 flyover
Northern Mockingbird: 4
Gray Catbird: 2
Common Yellowthroat: 1
Northern Cardinal: 3
Red-winged Blackbird: 2
Song Sparrow: 4
Chipping Sparrow: 2
American Goldfinch: 3

Stoney Creek Park/North County Land Trust Property/Chestnut Hill Cove 
Community: (Next to Brandon Shores Complex)

Great Blue Heron: 1  flyover
Mallard: 1  Nabb's Creek
American Crow: 5
Fish Crow: 9
Blue Jay: 2
Mourning Dove: 30
Chimney Swift: 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
Downy Woodpecker: 1
Barn Swallow: 1
European Starling: 40+ in flyovers
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1
Cedar Waxwing: 5
Carolina Chickadee: 6
Tufted Titmouse: 1
Carolina Wren: 3
Northern Mockingbird: 6
Gray Catbird: 3
American Robin: 28
Wood Thrush: 1  Saw him/her while looking for the Cuckoo
Great-crested Flycatcher: 1
Common Yellowthroat: 5
Ovenbird: 2
Indigo Bunting: 4
Blue Grosbeak: 5  In 2 territories
Northern Cardinal: 12
Common Grackle: 200+ in several small flocks
Red-winged Blackbird: 4
Eastern Towhee: 4
House Finch: 1
American Goldfinch: 10


Also:

At Fort Smallwood Park this week, sightings of Laughing Gull, Common Tern, 
Least Tern were reported to me. 

Best to everyone.

Matt Grey
Pasadena