Baby Tree Swallows:
![Hungry swallows](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4500/37583205011_75445e68dd_b.jpg)
Tree swallows nested on the island and it was a joy to watch the parents tirelessly catch insects and bring them back to their nest box.
![Feed me!](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4497/36873518124_d0faeece6b_b.jpg)
Dad arrives with lunch.
![Here comes dad](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4451/36914138653_bc8c61a6cd_b.jpg)
Mom does a feeding.
![Feeding time](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4481/36873517724_fd505a3421_b.jpg)
![Baby tree swallow](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4481/36914136813_d4c4632ede_b.jpg)
Along with baby swallows, the island hosted a pair of cute baby Canada Geese.
![Goslings with pin feathers](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4447/36872309664_918d56b127_b.jpg)
Detail of the pin feathers:
![Detail of pin feathers](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4494/36872309964_3f9cf31967_b.jpg)
Meanwhile, Yellow-Crowned Night Herons were on the other side of the island sitting on a nest of eggs.
![Yellow-crowned night heron](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4238/35346636471_bf324ce9fa_b.jpg)
Cedar Waxwings hunted insects in the moat around Ft Jay.
![Cedar waxwing](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4506/37569940352_e918708281_b.jpg)
Red-Winged Blackbirds also nested on the island and their calls could be heard throughout the island. Below is a youngster.
![Blackbird](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4448/36914211623_879d2b49e4_b.jpg)
![Blackbird](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4491/36931864013_4c55626035_b.jpg)
Immature Barn Swallows flocked together in the western part of the island.
![Barn swallows](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4482/37603246431_e5e77c2b61_b.jpg)
![Barn swallow](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4454/23750351918_3f912e2f51_b.jpg)
A Laughing Gull in breeding plumage:
![Laughing gull](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4514/36890950054_8cdef96d45_b.jpg)
Herring Gulls nested in an unused part of the island. Below, a baby struts its stuff.
![Baby herring gull](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4510/37570294252_27539c2bf4_b.jpg)
What I enjoy most is seeing different species mix together peacefully. Below, a crow watches over five ducklings.
![Unusual babysitter](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4460/37603241691_7d53736d0d_b.jpg)
More to come...
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