*Vermont

 

*Statewide

4.14.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for April 14, 2008 covering the period
April 7-13, 2008.

 

Highlights of the week include the first SNOWY EGRET sighting of the season
at Bristol Pond (Winona Lake), a BLACK VULTURE at the Bennington dump on
4/8, four SCOTERS (species undetermined) off Grand Isle on 4/11, a SANDHILL
CRANE seen the morning of 4/12 flying over Beaver Creek in Shelburne and in
the afternoon near the Shelburne/South Burlington line and two pairs of FISH
CROWS calling in full view at Red Rocks Park in Burlington.

 

Seasonal first sightings include 4 RED-NECKED GREBES on Grand Isle on 4/12,
an AMERICAN BITTERN in Springfield on 4/7, a RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET in
Manchester on 4/12 and in Allen Brothers Marsh on 4/13, a HERMIT THRUSH in
Huntington on 4/9, WINTER WRENS on Durway Island (4/7), Fayston (4/8),
Waitsfield (2 on 4/12) and in Burlington on 4/13,  three GRAY CATBIRDS in
Burlington on 4/7, an EASTERN KINGBIRD at the North Branch Nature Center in
Montpelier on 4/14, a BARN SWALLOW at Berlin Pond on 4/11 and on Grand Isle
on 4/12, four AMERICAN PIPITS in Fairfax on 4/10, a PINE WARBLER in Rutland
on 4/11 and in West Brattleboro on 4/13 (2), a SWAMP SPARROW at Bristol Pond
(Lake Winona) on 4/11 and in Manchester on 4/12, a VESPER SPARROW at
Franklin County airport and a WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW in Bristol on 4/7.

 

BONAPARTE'S GULLS were seen in Grand Isle on 4/10, 4/11 (2) and 4/12 (2), in
Manchester on 4/12 (1) and on Lake Bomoseen on 4/12.

 

The following sightings of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS took place this week: Poultney
(9), Eden (30), Technology Park, South Burlington (270+, 160) and West
Brattleboro (150, 100).

 

A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was spotted in Waitsfield on 4/12.  

 

There were only two reported sightings of PINE GROSBEAKS this week, both
from Eden (7 on 4/7 and 3 on 4/11).  COMMON REDPOLLS are still being seen
throughout the state although in much smaller numbers than previous months.

 

This weekly Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies (VCE).  VCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
understanding and conservation of birds and other wildlife.  With a reach
extending from northern New England through the Caribbean to South America,
our work in wildlife research and population monitoring unites people and
science for conservation.  Our offices are located in White River Junction.
Please visit VCE's web site at www.vtecostudies.org . 

 

Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VCE, or email
reports to [log in to unmask]  Better yet, enter your sightings on
Vermont eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.

 

Mary Holland

Chris Rimmer

Kent McFarland

Roz Renfrew

Vermont RBA Compilers,

Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)

802-649-1431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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