No sandwich is complete without Merkle WHIB. That's right- one more White
Ibis sighting on Sunday. I didn't really eat it though. 

I got a couple grainy far-off photos while shooting the breeze with Kevin
Graff and Joel Martin. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfioner/
Accompanying the Ibis were a couple of Little Blue Herons, Great Egret, a
Great Blue Heron and a dump truck load of Canada Geese.

There were several Grasshopper Sparrows buzzing from the inside of the
circle drive.

After exhausting the fun out of watching the superstar sift through mud for
45 minutes, I drove the Critical Area Driving Tour (CADT). Not much
interesting, the river was pretty empty. I did spot six terns I couldn't
identify- smaller than Caspians & Royals, larger than Least. At least I know
they weren't "seagulls."

Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary/CADT Sun, 22 July

Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
LITTLE BLUE HERON (imm.)
Green Heron
WHITE IBIS (imm.)
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Tern (sp.)
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
yawn
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Wren
B-G Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
No. Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
Eu. Starling
R-eyed Vireo
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Blue Grosbeak
E. Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
RW Blackbird
BH Cowbird
BALTIMORE ORIOLE 
House Finch
Am. Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Good birding-
Matt Tillett