Many thanks to Chris for getting the word out on this one. A fantastic
grouping of waterbirds, as well as good numbers of landbirds. I wish I had
had more time to spend on the sparrows. Chris also reported 2 pintails,
which I was unable to relocate. This is the first time I have had all the
scoters in one place at one time in Vermont.

Elsewhere in Norwich I had a Merlin at the Coop Gardens, and a possible
goshawk over the house.

Spencer Hardy
Norwich

Wilder Dam, Windsor, US-VT
Oct 2, 2011 11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Stationary
19 species

Wood Duck  4
American Black Duck  1
Mallard  10
Ring-necked Duck  2
Greater Scaup  2
Surf Scoter  2     With WWSC, but together
White-winged Scoter  31     First time I have had this species in Windsor
County in the fall, seen across the state yesterday and today.
Black Scoter  4
Pied-billed Grebe  2

Belted Kingfisher  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  1
Black-capped Chickadee  1
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  3
Common Yellowthroat  1
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org/vt)

On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 4:48 PM, george clark
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> First found by Chris Rimmer and reported this afternoon to me by Ed Hack,
> Black Scoters were present today both above and below the Wilder Dam. Ed
> reported having seen four males above and four males below, and they all
> remained until at least mid afternoon when Ed and I saw them. The four below
> the dam were moving farther downstream.
>
> George Clark
> Norwich, VT
>



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Good Birding,
Spencer