No, the killdeer were not on skis, but while grooming our ski trail this 
morning a pair were foraging and calling from one of the few bare 
patches; the field is still 95+ percent snow covered. I've never seen 
them back here this early (in terms of snow cover, rather than the 
calendar).
Doug Hardy
Norwich


-------- Original Message --------

Location:     Dade's pond
Observation date:     3/22/09
Number of species:     1

Killdeer     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)

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