*Vermont

 

*Statewide

8.18.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for August 18, covering the period
August 11 - 18, 2008.  

 

The highlights of the week were the sightings of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES off
of Grand Isle (2 on 8/17, 3 on 8/16, 3 on 8/15, 1 on 8/14, 4 on 8/13, 2 on
8/12 and 1 on 8/11) and 2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES at a pond a little east of
the intersection of Jersey Street and Goodrich Corners Road in Addison. 

 

On 8/13 two GREAT EGRETS were seen at Herrick's Cove and 1 along the Lemon
Fair River in West Cornwall.

 

Migrating shorebird sightings include:  BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER (1 at Charlotte
Town Beach on 8/14), SEMIPALMATED PLOVER (2 at Charlotte Town Beach on
8/14), GREATER YELLOWLEGS (1 at Lefferts Pond on 8/13 and 1 at Delta Park on
8/12), SOLITARY SANDPIPER (1 in Norwich on 8/16), SANDERLING (5 at Charlotte
Town Beach on 8/14), SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (6 at Charlotte Town Beach on
8/14) and LEAST SANDPIPER (4 in Westfield and 3 at Charlotte Town Beach on
8/14).

 

Twenty-five CASPIAN TERNS were observed at Charlotte Town Beach on 8/14.

 

Three BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS were spotted in Hinesburg on 8/17 and one in
South Duxbury on 8/15.

 

Fifty BOBOLINKS were seen in Manchester on 8/16.

 

Four WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were spotted in West Pawlet on 8/15.

 

This weekly Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies (VCE).  VCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
understanding and conservation of birds and other wildlife.  With a reach
extending from northern New England through the Caribbean to South America,
our work in wildlife research and population monitoring unites people and
science for conservation.  Our offices are located in White River Junction.
Please visit VCE's web site at www.vtecostudies.org . 

 

Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VCE, or email
reports to [log in to unmask]  Better yet, enter your sightings on
Vermont eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.

 

Mary Holland

Chris Rimmer

Kent McFarland

Roz Renfrew

Vermont RBA Compilers,

Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)

802-649-1431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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