*Vermont

 

*Statewide

5.26.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for May 26, 2008 covering the period May
19 - 26, 2008.  (* = first of year sightings)

 

The highlights of the week include 12 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS* seen at
Charcoal Creek, just west of the Mississquoi NWR on 5/20, and an unconfirmed
SWAINSON'S WARBLER*, rarely seen this far north, reported from Mississquoi
NWR.

 

A LEAST BITTERN* was seen at West Rutland Marsh on 5/25.

 

Three WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen on Caspian Lake on 5/23. 

 

Twenty-four SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS were observed Herrick's Cove on 5/18, 43 at
Charcoal Creek on 5/20 and one in Greensboro on 5/24.  Forty SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPERS were seen in Grand Isle, the first report of the year.  Three
hundred LEAST SANDPIPERS were found at Herrick's Cove on 5/18.  Four DUNLINS
were observed at Charcoal Creek on 5/20.

 

A COMMON NIGHTHAWK was seen in Thetford on 5/21. A WHIP-POOR-WILL was seen
and heard in Brandon on 5/25.

 

There was a report of a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in Sunderland on 5/23.

 

OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS* returned to Berlin Pond (5/21), Putney (5/22) and
South Starksboro (5/24).

 

A FISH CROW was observed at Red Rocks Park on 5/18.

 

BICKNELL'S THRUSHES* were seen on Pico Peak (1 on 5/19) and Stratton (3 on
5/21).

 

First seasonal sightings of several warblers took place this week:
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER* -- Pownal (2 on 5/23), South Starksboro (2 on 5/24)
and Greensboro (1 on 5/25); CERULEAN WARBLER* - Middlebury (1 on 5/18),
Snake Mt. (5/26) and WILSON'S WARBLER* - Mt. Independence (5/24) and
Hinesburg (5/25).

 

A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW* was spotted in South Royalton on 5/22.  A
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW was seen at the Franklin County Airport in Highgate on
5/23 and a lingering FOX SPARROW was observed in Richmond on 5/23 and 5/24.

 

The first ORCHARD ORIOLE* of the spring was seen at Dead Creek on 5/19.

 

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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