A group outing between Wilder and Pompy Flats featured a diversity of 
wet weather conditions, but not much avian diversity.  Highlights:

Location:     Wilder Dam - boat ramp
Wood Duck     1
Bufflehead     2
Red-necked Grebe     1
Double-crested Cormorant     5
Tree Swallow     15

Location:     Ompompanoosuc River flats
Canada Goose     3
Wood Duck     4
Hooded Merganser     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Swamp Sparrow     1

Location:     Campbell Flats
Wood Duck     2
Northern Harrier     1 male
Wilson's Snipe     1
Ring-billed Gull     1
American Robin     15
Pine Warbler     1
Savannah Sparrow     1

George Clark and Ed Hack continued birding after the group dispersed and reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks east of the Pompy RR bridge, plus 2 Turkey Vultures in the Kendall station area.  I heard my first Blue-headed of the spring at my house in norwich this morning.

Chris

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org

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