> This afternoon three Snow Buntings were perched on the west end of  
> the roof of a large green barn at the horse facility near the  
> southern end of Hogback Road (near Pompy) in Norwich. Seeing one of  
> them fly up from the ground nearby first drew my attention to the  
> roof.

> A little earlier this afternoon there were 26 Mallards by a patch of  
> open water near the southern end of Kendall Station Road (also near  
> Pompy). Most ponds and waterways of Norwich are now generally ice- 
> covered so Mallards are not readily found in most parts of the town.  
> I've been told in the past that the ducks by Kendall Station Road  
> are fed by residents in that area. It has also been suggested that  
> the water there is kept open by the movement of the ducks.

    The Snow Buntings and Mallards constituted my first sightings of  
those species in Norwich   during 2010. A Brown Creeper along Hopson  
Road this morning provided my first sighting of that species in  
Norwich for 2010.

    Nearly all of the other Norwich birds listed below were found  
either in the backyard feeding station in the village section of  
Norwich or within a half mile of that location.

> Location:     Norwich
> Observation date:     1/13/10
>
>
> Mallard     26
> Mourning Dove     8
> Downy Woodpecker     1
> Hairy Woodpecker     1
> Pileated Woodpecker     1
> Blue Jay     8
> American Crow     7
> Black-capped Chickadee     4
> Tufted Titmouse     1
> White-breasted Nuthatch     2
> Brown Creeper     1
> White-throated Sparrow     5
> Dark-eyed Junco     10
> Snow Bunting     3
> Northern Cardinal     6
> American Goldfinch     1

> Preparation of this report was assisted by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt 
> ).


George


George Clark
Norwich, VT

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