Although I Iong ago conceded the 2011 Windsor Co. Quest title to either 
Ed Hack or Spencer Hardy (although George Clark is nipping on their 
heels), it's still fun to try for a new species, with < 2 weeks to go.  
I took a quick run down River Road in WRJ this afternoon, hoping to see 
the Great Black-backed Gulls that Ed, Spencer and Doug Hardy have had 
along the Conn R.  Stopping across from the south end of Johnson Island 
(basically right across the river from Home Depot), I was able to scan 
upriver with my scope and view some of the small rocky islands and bars 
just north of Johnson.  On one of them were two adult Great 
Black-backeds, the only gulls in view.

I also had a Song Sparrow in the shrubby undergrowth between the 
railroad track and River Road.

Chris

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
http://www.vtecostudies.org