Beautiful morning at Ledyard Bridge in Norwich. Not lots of birds, but nice to see yellow warblers flitting about there again. Last week our 4 Eastern/yellow Palms were seen in almost the exact same spot, supporting the notion that western palms come through a bit later in the spring. Spencer & Doug Hardy Location: Ledyard Bridge Area- CT River, Norwich Observation date: 5/11/08 Number of species: 34 Canada Goose 7 Wood Duck 3 Common Merganser 1 *Pied-billed Grebe* 1 (first for location for me) Broad-winged Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Least Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Yellow Warbler 5 singing Chestnut-sided Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 *Palm Warbler* 3 All "Western" (brown) Black-and-white Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************