I went looking for the Golden-winged Warbler on Tucker Hill in Norwich 
this morning. No luck finding it, but it was a lovely spot to listen to 
morning bird song. Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, dueling orioles, and a 
Chestnut-sided flight display were the highlights for me. Be sure to do 
a once over for ticks afterwards. I had a wood tick on me when I got 
back to my car.

Also of note, I did the Hartland Whip-poor-will survey early Monday 
morning. The Whip-poor-will is back on the N Hartland dam and was 
singing constantly at 2:50am. I heard distant Whip-poor-wills singing at 
3 other stops along the route (Clay Hill and Hartland-Quechee Roads), 
but I think there were at most 2 birds singing in total based on what I 
heard and plotting the points in Google Earth to look at the terrain.

Glad to hear the abundance of Veerys in my yard when I returned from a 
weekend trip to the Adirondacks Sunday evening.

Good birding,
-Julie

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Julie Hart
Mountain Birdwatch Coordinator
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 x 6
http://www.vtecostudies.org/MBW/   

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