Having heard that Ed Hack saw some shorebirds at Pompy yesterday, 
Spencer and I made a dash up tonight in a free 45-min block of time. The 
water was down a bit as we arrived (17:25), always a good sign. The 
number of killdeer was exciting, but then... a flock of peeps went up 
from the far corner. We had considerable time to observe them through 
the scope as they gained altitude and headed generally downstream, so 
Spencer was confident in calling them Least Sandpipers. Estimating the 
number was tricky; we discussed our individual estimates, consulted 
eBird's "Bird Counting 101", and decided on 140. This is the highest 
reported count for Vermont this year.
     <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/news/bird-counting-101>

So shorebirds are still coming through. What else is passing through the 
Upper Valley?

Doug & Spencer Hardy, Norwich

Location:     Pompy mouth
Observation date:     9/4/09
Number of species:     6

Mallard     X
Turkey Vulture     1
Killdeer     27
Least Sandpiper     140
Rock Pigeon     1
Mourning Dove     1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)

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