Ed Hack and I looked for birds today along the Route 5 corridor in  
eastern Windsor County, VT, from the town of Windsor north into  
Norwich. Some highlights follow. Over 300 Canada Geese, 3 Cackling  
Geese, and Ring-necked Ducks were at Lake Runnemede in Windsor. A  
female scoter there was believed to be a Surf Scoter. A pair of  
Buffleheads and three Hooded Mergansers in the Connecticut River were  
seen from Kilowatt South Park in Wilder. Three American Coots were at  
Lake Runnemede and another off Kendall Station Road in Norwich, a town  
from which this species seems not to have been previously reported in  
recent years. Three Ring-billed Gulls were standing on a gravel bar by  
Lyman Point Park in White River Junction. Roughly 100 Mourning Doves  
were around a farm field by the Windsor Industrial Park; an American  
Tree Sparrow and a Song Sparrow were present nearby. A Yellow-shafted  
Flicker was at Lake Runnemede. Surprisingly, no birds were noted at  
Mill Pond in Windsor this morning.

George Clark
Norwich, VT