*Vermont

 

*Statewide

12.12.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for December 12, covering the period
December 5 - 11, 2008.  

 

The birding highlights of the week include a GREAT CORMORANT seen in Porter
Bay off Fort Cassin Road in Ferrisburg on 12/7; a juvenile GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in Shelburne Bay on 12/8 and several SNOWY OWL
sightings, the most recent of which are: Dane Hill Road, West Charleston on
12/11 (1); south of the UVM athletic fields in Burlington on 12/11 (1);
Whiting ( 3 on 12/6, 1 on 12/11); and off Richville Road in Shoreham on 12/6
(1).

 

A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted on Berlin Pond on 12/7.

 

A female NORTHERN PINTAIL was observed in Shelburne Bay on 12/11.  A
BLACK-SCOTER was seen on Lake Champlain in Panton on 12/7.

 

A first-winter ICELAND GULL was spotted in Kellogg's Bay off Fort Cassin
Road on 12/7.

 

A BELTED KINGFISHER was seen in Pittsford on 12/7.

 

Four RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS were sighted in Jericho on 12/6.

 

There were many CEDAR WAXWING sightings this week; the largest flocks were
in South Burlington (40) on 12/11 and in Norwich (210) on 12/8.

 

A CHIPPING SPARROW was seen in Brattleboro on 12/5 and 12/6.  A FIELD
SPARROW and a SAVANNAH SPARROW were seen behind the Marina Restaurant in
Brattleboro on 12/7.

 

Ten PINE GROSBEAKS were spotted in Lowell on 12/8.

 

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were observed in South Starksboro (4) on 12/5 and in
Hanksville (1) on 12/9.  A COMMON REDPOLL was seen near Kellogg Bay and in
Basin Harbor on 12/7.

 

There were numerous PINE SISKIN sightings this week, with the largest flock
(100) seen in Westminster on 12/5.

 

This weekly Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies (VCE).  VCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
understanding and conservation of birds and other wildlife.  With a reach
extending from northern New England through the Caribbean to South America,
our work in wildlife research and population monitoring unites people and
science for conservation.  Our offices are located in White River Junction.
Please visit VCE's web site at www.vtecostudies.org . 

 

Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VCE, or email
reports to [log in to unmask]  Better yet, enter your sightings on
Vermont eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.

 

Mary Holland

Chris Rimmer

Kent McFarland

Roz Renfrew

Vermont RBA Compilers,

Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)

802-649-1431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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