With low water levels the past two days, there has been a good diversity 
of waterfowl below the Ledyard Bridge.  Many are in the Mink Brook 
outlet cove, so a scope is essential.

Location:     Ledyard Bridge
Observation date:     4/2/09
Number of species:     14

Canada Goose     43
Wood Duck     2
Gadwall     2
American Black Duck     27
Mallard     39
Green-winged Teal     2
Scaup sp.	4
Ring-necked Duck     10
Hooded Merganser     7
Common Merganser     5
Great Blue Heron     1
Belted Kingfisher     1
Song Sparrow     3
Common Grackle     3
Pine Siskin     1

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


This morning an E. Bluebird was singing in Hillside Cemetery in Norwich, and I had a Purple Finch at my house, the first since late fall. Yesterday at ~3:00 pm, a cooperative flock of 215+ Bohemian Waxwings perched obligingly in a maple crown outside the Hanover Food Coop.


Chris

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org

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