*Vermont

 

*Statewide

11.5.07

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for November 5, 2007 covering the period
October 29 - November 4, 2007.

 

Highlights this week include the continued presence of 4 BLACK VULTURES in
Brattleboro, last sighted the afternoon of 10/30 and a RED PHALAROPE in
Grand Isle on 11/2.

 

A very late-departing GREAT EGRET was spotted at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows
on 10/29.

 

A pair of RUDDY DUCKS visited the Colchester Pond Natural Area on 10/30.

 

A lingering EASTERN PHOEBE was seen in Bakersfield on 11/3.

 

NORTHERN SHRIKES were observed in Waitsfield, Lincoln, Montpelier, Norwich,
West Brattleboro, South Royalton, Brattleboro and Saxton's River this week.

 

A WOOD THRUSH was present at Woodside Park in Essex Junction on 10/30.

 

There were several sightings of BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS this week, including those
in South Royalton (1 on 10/31, 15 on 11/1), North Branch Nature Center in
Montpelier (2 on 10/31, 18 on 11/1), Thetford Hill  (30 on 10/31), Norwich
(16 on 11/3) and St. Johnsbury Center (100 on 11/3).

 

A COMMON YELLOWTHROAT was observed in Bakersfield 11/3.

 

A small flock of PINE GROSBEAKS was seen on 11/2 in West Woodbury, 1-2 daily
in Woodbury, 6 in White River Junction on 11/3, 12 in South Royalton on 11/3
and 1 in Huntington on 11/4.

 

SNOW BUNTINGS were reported in Bakersfield, Delta Park (35), Johnson (4),
North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier (5), Grand Isle (26), Shelburne Bay
(17), Colchester Causeway (50-60), Colchester Bike Path (10), Middlebury (1)
and Brownington (12) this week.

 

A COMMON REDPOLL was spotted at a thistle feeder in Bennington on 10/30 and
in Bakersfield on 11/3.

 

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.  Founded in 2007 as an outgrowth of VINS, 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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