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Greetings,
On Saturday, 13 February 2010, a group from the Ascutney Mountain
Audubon Society headed to the Champlain Valley to look for
Rough-legged Hawks and other winter visitors. Alas, we found no
Horned Larks, Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, or Snowy Owls.
However, if any one needs a Common Goldeneye for their life list,
head for Charlotte Beach while the water is open!
Location: Champlain Valley (Rutland and Addison County), VT, US
Observation date: 2/13/10
Number of species: 43
Canada Goose 1
American Black Duck 20
Mallard 24
Bufflehead 100 From Charlotte Beach and Shelburne Beach.
Common Goldeneye 1500 Mostly from Charlotte Beach. More at
Shelburne Beach. Everyone agreed there were at least 1000 birds;
one estimate was 3000.
Hooded Merganser 14
Common Merganser 120
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Ruffed Grouse 1 Fresh tracks only.
Wild Turkey 22
Common Loon 2
Horned Grebe 10
Bald Eagle 5 At the corner of Rt 22A and East Road (parked at
Carey Farm).
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 35
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 2
Ring-billed Gull 100 At Charlotte Ferry (not operating) parking area.
Herring Gull (American) 10
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 500 Only on estimate. Many, many clusters of
pigeons on silos.
Mourning Dove 8
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 80
Common Raven 3
Black-capped Chickadee 20
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 190
European Starling 400
Cedar Waxwing 110
Song Sparrow 5
White-crowned Sparrow 1 Corner of Rt 125 and Rt 22A.
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 50
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)
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Marianne and Michael Walsh
151 E. Camp Hill Rd.
Weathersfield, VT 05156-9629
802-885-9420
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