After the Mascoma Audubon hike today I went by the site of the Blue- 
winged that was reported on Sunday in Windsor. It was 10 AM, windy  
and  clouding over. At the bottom of the orchard hill a male Rose- 
breasted Grosbeak was singing from the top of an apple tree. The Blue- 
Winged immediately hopped up on a low bush beside me. Excellent  
though brief look and he retreated without ever singing. It was a  
needle in a haystack. This is indeed a wonderful secluded site.

Other sightings of interest among 22 species in a 30 minute ramble up  
the hill were a Field Sparrow, a Warbling Vireo and  an Indigo  
Bunting at the junction with Pond Road.

Alan Keitt
Hartland

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