This morning in the vicinity of the beaver ponds in the woodlands  
along Norwich's Tigertown Road, eleven birders began the sixth Norwich  
2010 Birding Quest walk just as rain started. Despite precipitation  
during the entire walk, numerous sightings and songs of birds were  
enjoyed. "Bird-of-the-morning" might have been Veery, a species  
repeatedly heard and seen. A frequently singing but unseen Northern  
Parula was probably the most uncommon species detected. Towards the  
end of the walk Spencer Hardy spotted a female Black-throated Blue  
Warbler carrying plant material to a nest under construction  
unexpectedly close to the edge of the road. A list follows:

Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Alder Flycatcher 1
Least Flycatcher 4
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 1
Tree Swallow 2
Brown Creeper 1
Veery 6
American Robin 2
Northern Parula 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 (and a nest under construction)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Ovenbird 4
Common Yellowthroat 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Purple Finch 1


George

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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