Highlights of a Green Mountain Club bird walk in the Mystery Trail  
area of the Union Village Dam area off Route 113 in Thetford, VT, this  
morning included nice views of 3 Wood Ducks, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow  
Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Rose-breasted  
Grosbeak, and Baltimore Oriole, among a total of 28 species detected.  
It was also good to hear repeated Ruffed Grouse drumming.

Later this morning there was a singing Warbling Vireo along the  
Connecticut River near Pompy Farms in Norwich.

In the Foley Park area of Norwich by the Ledyard Bridge still later in  
the morning, I was joined for brief times by Rob Humphries and then Ed  
Hack. Highlights around Foley Park included a Broad-winged Hawk, a  
Ring-billed Gull, and a mature male American Redstart. The latter  
repeatedly sang but remained out of sight much of the time while well  
hidden by the new leaves in dense vegetation close to the ground. This  
was my first sighting of an American Redstart in Norwich during 2010.

Later today I was pleased to see 2 Evening Grosbeaks here in the  
backyard in Norwich village.

George

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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