*Vermont

 

*Statewide

10.8.07

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for October 8, 2007 covering the period
October 1-7, 2007.

 

Highlights this week include the following sightings:  3 BLACK VULTURES over
Marina field in Brattleboro, 10/5; 1 BAIRD'S SANDPIPER off northwest Grand
Isle, 10/1; 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER at Brilyea Access, Dead Creek on 10/2; 1
juvenile SABINE'S GULL one-half mile off Charlotte Town Beach, 10/5; 1
PRAIRIE WARBLER at Townshend Lake, 10/7; 1 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW at
Brattleboro Retreat Meadows, 10/1 and 10/2 and 1 late-departing BOBOLINK at
Dead Creek, 10/6.

 

A lingering SORA was heard at Dead Creek on 10/6.

 

Five SURF SCOTERS were observed at Charlotte Town Beach on 10/5.  A large
flock (115) of WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS was seen on Grand Isle, 10/6.

 

A MERLIN was spotted 10/2 at Brilyea Access, Dead Creek and 10/4 on Grand
Isle.

 

A late-departing LEAST SANDPIPER was spotted at Dead Creek on 10/6.  

 

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was spotted in South Starksboro on 10/4.  Two
late-leaving BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS were seen in Waitsfield on 10/1
and 1 in West Rutland 10/6.  A WILSON'S WARBLER was observed in Waitsfield
on 10/1.

 

The season's first AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was spotted at Dead Creek on 10/6
and the first FOX SPARROWS of the fall were seen in Grand Isle on 10/4.

 

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.  Founded in 2007 as an outgrowth of VINS, our
offices are located in White River Junction.  Please visit VCE's web site at
www.vtecostudies.org <http://www.vinsweb.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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