This morning under overcast skies, ten observers participated in a  
2013 Windsor County Birding Quest walk within the village of Wilder,  
VT, including views downstream below the Wilder Dam. Large numbers of  
ducks, totaling over 240, some unidentified, were seen in several  
flocks flying northward, roughly parallel to the Connecticut River; it  
is unknown whether these flocks represented local movements or birds  
moving longer distances upstream. The list of 19 species sighted  
follows.

Mallard  4     2 pair in the water below Wilder Dam
Common Merganser  105     mainly flying over to the north; several in  
the water below Wilder Dam. Total
         unexpectedly high.
Bald Eagle  1  adult perched in a tree on the western (VT) side of the  
Connecticut River
Rock Pigeon  22
Mourning Dove  16
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  19
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  15
Tufted Titmouse  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  6
American Tree Sparrow  6
Dark-eyed Junco  6
Northern Cardinal  4
House Finch  5
House Sparrow  2

George Clark
Norwich, VT