This morning (March 17) Ed Hack and I found 30 species of birds in  
Norwich along the Connecticut River valley from Foley Park north into  
the Pompy area. Canada Geese (roughly totaling 41 individuals),  
Mallards (total about 21), Common Goldeneyes (total about 9), Hooded  
Mergansers (total about 20), and Common Mergansers (total about 18)  
were present at scattered locations along our route. Pairs of American  
Black Ducks, our first sightings for the year of that species in  
Norwich, were found at two sites. Five Wood Ducks were along the river  
on the Vermont side south of Pompy. Two Killdeer and a Turkey Vulture  
at Pompy provided our first sightings of the year in Norwich for those  
two species. Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles appear to be  
increasingly widespread along the river as the season progresses.

Three additional species were seen today in the backyard in the  
village section of Norwich: a White-throated Sparrow, 10 Brown-headed  
Cowbirds, and a pair of House Finches.

George

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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