The issue in Bradford is probably the Waits River instead of the CT.   
The Waits runs out under the RR trestle into the CT, so it can flood  
the golf course pretty well on its own, without raising the CT too  
much downstream...

Dan Hudnut

On May 29, 2013, at 6:58 PM, Jeff MacQueen wrote:

> I am also confused by the water level of the river. I stopped at  
> Mink Brook and walked down to the river hoping for some shorebirds,  
> because there is so much exposed mud there (no luck). I looked up  
> towards Ledyard and saw a small flock of sandpipers, but by the  
> time I walked back to my car and drove through Hanover they were  
> gone. Lots of exposed mudflats there, too. But back home, Reed's  
> Marsh is still flooded!(?)
>
> On Wednesday, May 29, 2013, Michael Choukas Jr. wrote:
> I can't help responding to Bill Shepard's comment that the river is  
> chock-block full.  I've just come from the RR tracks in Lewiston  
> (Norwich by Ledyard Bridge) and have never seen it so low.  It's  
> virtually at 1940s pre-current Wilder Dam levels and Blood Brook is  
> meandering through the mudflats to where it once merged with the  
> Connecticut.  I was only there a couple of minutes and the only  
> bird of note was a Green Heron standing stationary in the middle of  
> an eddy.
>
> Mike
> From: Upper Valley Birders [[log in to unmask]] on  
> behalf of Bill Shepard [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 3:04 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [UVB] no least bittern
>
> Ok so I am slow getting this out.
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> Had a Am Bittern at Zebedee marsh yest.  Blackpoll Wa at our  
> Thetford home (few last week).
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> Went to Bradford VT after work yest again looking for John Suttons  
> Least Bittern.  No luck.
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> The river is chock-a block full…record height ?  Only 2 golf course  
> holes open. (or a bigger challenge w/ waders on)
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>
> Walked the RR tracks south from the RR depo (vet) to iron bridge.
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> Some fine birds. Warbling Vireo, yellow warbs, bank swallows, balt  
> orioles, etc (had good look at Bl-b cuckoo on Saturday w/ Peter  
> LaBelle and Sue, his mom.)
>
>
> Heard marsh wrens and Va rail.  Great spot….watch out for cho-choo.
>
>
> BS
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> Bill Shepard
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>
> Project Coordinator
>
> CT River Birding Trail
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> 2360 Academy Road
>
> Thetford Center, VT  05075
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> Home: 802 785-2855
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