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*Vermont *Statewide 7.30.07 *VT0403.06 This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for July 30, 2007 covering the period July 23 - 29, 2007. This week's highlights include two STILT SANDPIPERS seen in a flock of LESSER YELLOWLEGS at Dead Creek Brilyea Access area on 7/28 and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT spotted in Vernon the morning of 7/30. A GREAT EGRET was observed at Brilyea Access (Dead Creek) on 7/25, 7/28 and 7/30; two were sighted in Brandon on 7/29. Three MERLINS were spotted in Rutland on 7/24, 2 on 7/27 and 1 on 7/28. Low water at Dead Creek provided views of the following migrating shorebirds: GREATER YELLOWLEGS (1 on 7/22 and 7/30, 2 on 7/28); LESSER YELLOWLEGS (10 on 7/28, 25 on 7/30); SOLITARY SANDPIPER (2 on 7/22); SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER (4 on 7/22, 5 on 7/28 and a few on 7/30); LEAST SANDPIPER (8 on 7/22, 30 on 7/28 and large numbers on 7/30); PECTORAL SANDPIPER (3 on 7/25, a few on 7/28 and 5 on 7/30). There were several sightings of CASPIAN TERNS this week including 1 at Charcoal Creek in Lowell on 7/24, 2 near Rock Island in Lake Champlain on 7/24, 1 at Colchester Pond on 7/27 and 1 at Brilyea Access on 7/30. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science offers natural history trips, lectures and programs. To receive a copy of our program calendar, stop at one of our centers, call the office during business hours at 802-359-5000 or visit the VINS' web site at http://www.vinsweb.org <http://www.vinsweb.org/>. This Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. VINS is a non-profit, membership organization located in Quechee with a regional center in Manchester. Founded in 1972, VINS' mission is to protect our natural heritage through education and research. Your membership supports these goals and this reporting service. Updates are typically made on Fridays. Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VINS, or email reports to [log in to unmask] If you have any interesting birds to report, you can send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: [log in to unmask] Or enter your sightings on Vermont eBird at http://www.ebird.org/VINS/. Mary Holland Chris Rimmer Kent McFarland Roz Renfrew Vermont RBA Compilers Conservation Biology Department Vermont Institute of Natural Science 6565 Woodstock Road PO Box 1281 Quechee, VT 05059 802-359-5001 **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************