Despite very high water this afternoon, I ran up to Pompy Flats (I'm 
bound and determined to find a Great Egret there this year...).  No 
shorebirds at all, but the first cormorant I have ever seen there.

During late afternoon, I chased down a persistent begging call at the 
edge of our woods in Norwich and found a juvenile Red-eyed Vireo not 
long out of the nest, it's tail barely visible, still with many wisps of 
down.  In 1/2 hour, I never saw or heard adults, and I have not heard a 
male singing nearby for almost 2 weeks.  The species is not known to be 
double-brooded in the Northeast, according to the Birds of North America 
account, but this was surely a late nest.

Chris

Location:     Ompompanoosuc River flats
Observation date:     8/15/10
Number of species:     16

Canada Goose     53
Mallard     30
Hooded Merganser     1
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Turkey Vulture     3
Mourning Dove     1
Willow Flycatcher     1
Common Raven     1
Barn Swallow     3
House Wren     2
Gray Catbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     1
Song Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     1
Red-winged Blackbird     2
House Sparrow     1

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


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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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