This morning Ed Hack and I conducted our second grassland bird survey  
of the season in the towns of Windsor and West Windsor, VT. During 10  
minutes of a survey stop near the junction of Route 44 and Kimball  
Farm Road in West Windsor, we twice heard song of an Eastern  
Meadowlark. After completing our timed survey route, we returned to  
that location. A helpful neighbor provided guidance on access, and we  
were eventually able to see the meadowlark with its field marks  
including the white outer tail feathers and yellow on the underparts.  
The bird sang only infrequently which was a handicap during our  
efforts to find it for visual confirmation. The location is along the  
northern side of Route 44 across from the West Windsor town garage.

Other species of special interest this morning included an American  
Kestrel continuing at the State Correctional Lands east of Marton Road  
in Windsor and another seen in West Windsor along Cemetery Road near  
its intersection with Brownsville Hartland Road.

This morning in Windsor we also saw a Prairie Warbler in a brushy area  
not far off the south side of Route 44 to the west of the parking area  
for the Brownsville Trail up Mt. Ascutney. This species had been heard  
singing in this location, as previously reported on UV-B, during our  
grassland bird survey of May 28 and by Rob Humphries while bicycling  
on Route 44 on June 5. Thus the species has been present in this  
location for over a month this year.

Other birds of interest this morning included numerous Bobolinks and  
some Savannah Sparrows. Nearly all of more than a dozen fields  
surveyed for birds this morning have remained unmowed through the  
month of June.

George Clark
Norwich, VT