On this sunny, cloudless, warm, morning, Ed Hack and I birded along a  
Class 4 section of Chateauguay Road extending from Barnard south  
across the Appalachian Trail to beaver ponds in the far northwestern  
corner of the town of Bridgewater, VT. The road would now be  passable  
south to the beaver ponds for a high clearance 4WD vehicle, but we  
walked a stretch for about the last mile to the ponds. At one point as  
we walked along the road we briefly spotted a moose ahead of us and  
then followed some very fresh moose footprints for a short distance  
along the road. Insects were also notable, especially black flies and  
mosquitoes.

Among the more than 30 species of birds, 2 Olive-sided Flycatchers  
were particularly notable with their characteristic "Quick! Three  
Beers!" vocalizations and their conspicuous perching on the tops of  
tall spruces. Least Flycatcher was the only other flycatcher species  
found along that route this morning. A couple of singing Winter Wrens  
were heard. The three species of thrushes found were Veery, Hermit  
Thrush, and American Robin.

Warbler song was conspicuous, and we detected 11 species of warblers  
including Mourning, Parula, and Canada. Most numerous of the warblers  
were Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Blackburnian, Chestnut-sided, and  
Black-throated Blue. White-throated Sparrows  provided a background  
chorus along much of our route. The only waterbirds detected were a  
pair of Canada Geese at the relatively remote beaver ponds.

George Clark
Norwich, VT