I should have known as soon as Ed Hack called me this afternoon that I 
was in for a couple of hours of hookey.  He had a Common Tern and 4 
Bonaparte's Gulls at Dewey's Pond in Quechee.  OK, twist my arm, Ed.  
Three of Bonaparte's had left by the time I arrived, but we watched the 
tern and one gull foraging on insects over and on the water for 45 
minutes, with ~20 Tree Swallows.  We then went on the the road that goes 
above the pond's south end and had an amazing early warbler wave in the 
treetops -- at least 30 Yellow-rumpeds, 2 Black-Throated greens, a 
Yellow Palm, a Pine, and a Black-and white.

Unfortunately, the tern and gull were gone when others arrived ~ 5:00 
pm.  However, we were all rewarded with a cooperative adult Bonaparte's 
Gull and Greater Yellowlegs at Kilowatt boat access, as well as a Common 
Loon and the biggest flock of cormorants any of us have even seen on 
Connecticut R.  I had 48, while others arriving soon after me counted 67.

Chris

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

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