Summer birds

Many of you have sent me emails about birds you are seeing in your yards and while out walking.  Western tanagers and Wilson's warblers have been reported several places.  Lesser goldfinches have been seen both at Rooks Park and Bennington Lake.  I saw a pileated woodpecker at Rooks Park. The sights and sounds of summer birds are everywhere.   A peregrine falcon has been seen above the Whitman Hotel several times in the past two weeks.  Ospreys and Swainson's hawks are nesting.  Red-tailed hawks have chicks and great horned owl chicks have fledged.  I hope you will get out and enjoy all the wonderful summer birds.  Ginger