This morning, while the weather was as good as we get, sunny, no wind,
and warm, a crowd of 17 people walked Auburn's Spring Road. People
attending were Dan Marquis, Susan and Tom Hayward, Sarah Strong,
Joan and Stan DeOrsey, Mike Reidy, and Ryan Bavis with his Bates
Ornithology class of 9 students. You should have come!

Stan DeOrsey: leader and recorder.

The bird list includes a few birds seen along Lake Auburn on the way
back! Birds seen were:

Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Ruffed Grouse
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Black-billed Cuckoo (heard only)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing (many)
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Pine Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
House Finch
American Goldfinch