The Essex Community Church

Essex NY

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Birding - Huckleberry Swamp

Rose early this morning to go birding with the Eaton Birding Society at Huckleberry Swamp.

List of the birds we saw or heard:
Canada Geese
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Red-shouldered Hawk
Virginia Rail
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Doweny Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher - seen by Leona L.
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Sacrler Tanger
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-wing Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Gooldfinch
Yellow-throated Vireo - seen by Steve B.

Nest of  Great Crested Flycatcher:

On the way home came upon an Osprey.

Another great for birding.

Week Twenty - 32 To Go

A slowwww going. Where have Patterson and Paetro hid Lindsay Boxer’s other Women’s Murder Club members? What’s with the ending?

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Week Nineteen - 33 To Go

In the “cozy-historical” setting of 12th century England and Wales, Ellis Peters (a pseudonym) introduces her Welsh detective monk, Brother Cadfael. Peters understands the period and renders the setting well, but her lovely writing is obscured by too much verbiage. Thus, creating a story that moves at a snail’s pace. Dedicated mystery readers might find this laborious.

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Congregational Church

Savannah NY

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Week Eighteen - 34 To Go

The authors present the premise that racial inequality formed a brotherhood bond between Ali aka Cassius Clay and Malcolm Little aka Malcolm X. While the narrative of book comes up short, the photos, especially the cover photo, provide for contemplation.

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Methodist Episcopal Congregation

Built in 1836 by the Methodist Episcopal Congregation, this is the oldest known Methodist Church in Wayne County, NY. The church operated continually until the 1960's when declining membership and funds forced its closure. The church, now home to the Butler Center Church Museum, is on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places.

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