*Vermont
*Statewide
1.8.07
*VT0403.06
This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for January 8, 2007 covering the period
January 1 - 7, 2007.
Two, possibly three, SHORT-EARED OWLS were calling and flying over the
fields at Dead Creek on 12/31.
A BELTED KINGFISHER was seen in Hartland on 1/5 and 1/7 and at Shelburne Bay
on 1/6.
A second sighting within a month of a rare THREE-TOED WOODPECKER at Moose
Bog occurred on 1/7. A NORTHERN FLICKER was seen in Bennington on 1/6.
A CAROLINA WREN has been present throughout the week in Woodstock and one
was seen at an East Dorset feeder on 1/2 and a Norwich feeder on 1/6.
There have been several EASTERN BLUEBIRD sightings, with individuals
actually singing in Monkton on 1/7. A HERMIT THRUSH was spotted in
Burlington on 1/6.
A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was observed in Woodstock on 1/3 and 1/4.
Thanks to the following contributors whose observations were cited: Nancy
Brown, Bonnie Dundas, Mary Holland, Miriam Lawrence, Eric Lazarus, Julie
Nicholson, Heidi Rich, Carl Runge, Ruth Stewart, John Sutton and William
Schultz.
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Manchester. Founded in 1972, VINS' mission is to protect our natural
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sightings on Vermont eBird at http://www.ebird.org/VINS/.
Mary Holland
Chris Rimmer
Kent McFarland
Roz Renfrew
Vermont RBA Compilers
Conservation Biology Department
Vermont Institute of Natural Science
6565 Woodstock Road
PO Box 1281
Quechee, VT 05059
802-359-5001
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