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The weather bureau predicted today would be a lovely spring day, sunny and mild.  Surprisingly they were right.

I joined a couple of friends at Marshlands Conservancy.  Although we did not get started until after 10:00AM it was an enjoyable late morning walk.  Not as many birds as earlier in the morning but still I managed to add 5 new species to my 2012 bird list.

The best sighting of the morning was a male Indigo Bunting, totally dazzling in bright sunlight.  It may be called “indigo” but that does not truly describe its color.  I’m not sure what would be a better term.  To me the color seems to glow as if the bird was illuminated from the inside.  “Indigo” is better than “blue” but not even close to the real color.

The most unexpected bird was a single, solitary Solitary Sandpiper in a small water hole in the woods.