I birded a few locations in Hanover and Thetford yesterday morning.  Highlights  
included an Osprey flyover at Ledyard Bridge, a Common Loon right under the Ledyard  
Bridge -- despite preparations for a rowing event, with camera crews setting up  
and rowing shells going up and down the river, the loon appeared utterly oblivious  
to all the commotion, a Northern Parula on the Mystery Trail (in a spot where  
I have often heard them in previous years), a singing towhee at the Doyle property  
on Goodfellow Road, a Broad-winged Hawk circling over Houghton Hill marsh, and  
an American Bittern at the marsh along the Mystery Trail.

	A query for those who have managed to get out more than I have this spring: I  
have seen comparatively few swallows of any species this spring, but an unusual  
number of Chimney Swifts -- it seems that every time I step outside, I hear Chimney  
Swifts skittering overhead.  Has anyone else noticed this?

			David Webb
			Hanover

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