*Vermont

 

*Statewide

2.11.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for February 11, 2008 covering the
period February 4 - 10, 2008.

 

Highlights this week include a NORTHERN PINTAIL on Lake Wantastiquet in
Vernon on 2/5; a CANVASBACK drake and two REDHEAD drakes off the South Hero
Causeway on 2/9 and a rare, unconfirmed female THREE-TOED WOODPECKER
observed up close in Berkshire on 2/10.

 

Five COMMON LOONS were sighted from Charlotte Town Beach on 2/9.

 

An immature SNOW GOOSE was spotted in Shelburne's Meach Cove on 2/5.
Nine-hundred CANADA GEESE were seen in Rutland on 2/5.  Five MUTE SWANS
remained at the Grand Isle ferry landing and were last reported 2/8. A
RING-NECKED DUCK was sighted off the South Hero Causeway on 2/9.  A
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER was seen at the Grand Isle ferry landing on 2/8 and
in Shelburne on 2/9. 

 

On 2/9 a 2nd year ICELAND GULL was spotted in Shelburne Bay and two 1st
winter ICELAND GULLS were observed out on the ice on the north side of the
Sandbar Causeway. On 2/4 a GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Tri-town Water
District Plant in Addison and on 2/9 GLAUCOUS GULLS were seen in Panton (1),
Sandbar Causeway (two 1st winter birds) and South Hero Causeway (2 1st
winter birds). 

 

A BELTED KINGFISHER was sighted south of Vernon Dam on 2/10.

 

A NORTHERN FLICKER was observed at Charlotte Town Beach and in Shelburne on
2/9.

 

A large flock of 1,000 AMERICAN ROBINS passed through Williston on 2/10.

 

Flocks of both CEDAR WAXWINGS (as many as 300 in Montpelier on 2/9) and
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS continue to be seen throughout the state.  

 

A YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and a NORTHERN FLICKER were sighted in West
Brattleboro on 2/10.

 

There continued to be multiple sightings of PINE GROSBEAKS and COMMON
REDPOLLS throughout Vermont this week.  A HOARY REDPOLL was seen in
Lyndonville (2/7) and North Williston (2/10).

 

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.  Founded in 2007 as an outgrowth of VINS, 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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