Today Ed Hack and I looked for birds in the vicinity of the  
Connecticut River from the Vermont side from Hartland southward to  
Springfield. Among the highlights were
1) hundreds of Canada Geese, most numerous in a large corn field along  
Route 5 immediately south of North Hartland,
2) numerous Wood Ducks, American Black Ducks, Mallards, Ring-necked  
Ducks, Hooded Mergansers, and Common Mergansers along our route,
2) a pair of Northern Shovelers at the mouth of the Ottauquechee River  
where it joins the Connecticut River in North Hartland,
3) an adult male White-winged Scoter on the Connecticut River south of  
the mouth of the Black River as seen from Hoyt's Landing in  
Springfield, VT
4) Greater Scaups at both Lake Runnemede in Windsor and in Vermont  
waters at Hoyt's Landing, and
5) a vocalizing adult male Rusty Blackbird in Windsor by the entrance  
to the driveway leading from Route 5 into Lake Runnemede.

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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