George Clark and I got out yesterday for some Windsor County birding.
A nice day with some good winter birds. The fields near the Woodstock
sewage plant had the greatest diversity. Amazing views of the Snow
Buntings both on the ground and swirling above. The waxwings were
feeding in the parking lot of the Spooner Restaurant, where the
Yellow-rumped warbler may have been, but it couldn't be confirmed.

A Northern Flicker at Lake Runnemede was a nice surprise and a
possible sign of spring.

This morning a pair of Red-bellied Woodpeckers and a singing Brown
Creeper by our Norwich home.

Spencer Hardy
Norwich, VT


Woodstock Sewer Plant Flood Plain, Windsor, US-VT
Feb 20, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Protocol: Area
30.0 ac
27 species

Canada Goose  2
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  80
Common Merganser  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Rock Pigeon  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  10
American Crow  100     Including one sliver looking bird, with a
whiter tail, relatively dark head but no black anywhere
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
American Robin  10
European Starling  6
Bohemian Waxwing  100
Cedar Waxwing  12
Snow Bunting  400     Rough estimate of a continuing flock, feeding in
a corn field not harvested after Irene
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Purple Finch  10
House Finch  1
Pine Siskin  1
American Goldfinch  1
House Sparrow  5

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