Ledyard birding was quite good yesterday morning and again this morning, 
with shorebird numbers still relatively high for here, including ~6 each 
Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers among 6 species. Yellow Warblers were 
singing and plentiful, outnumbered only by yellow-rumps (~30 yesterday). 
Both eastern and western Palm Warblers were there yesterday, providing a 
nice comparison; only westerns today.

Beating the bushes for the Windsor County Quest today in Wilder, by the 
river below Paradise Sports & Simon Pearce we had 2 difficult-to-find 
sightings. One was a Red-bellied Woodpecker calling from a cavity, which 
he sometimes withdrew into. Initially unable to locate the call, we 
momentarily wondered if a playback device was hidden somewhere. The 
other find was a group of 3 Pipits, feeding amidst stubble in a large 
field and perfectly camouflaged. Although wary, they never moved quickly 
or flew, so could easily have been missed.

Photos of the red-bellied and pipits can be seen at the following link. 
Distance and quick-grab photography renders them less than great, but 
illustrate a couple fun challenges.
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/36866981@N03/5701930626/in/set-72157626438664192>

Doug & Spencer Hardy, with George Clark & Ed Hack

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