I went looking for the Golden-winged Warbler on Tucker Hill in Norwich this morning. No luck finding it, but it was a lovely spot to listen to morning bird song. Wood Thrush, Scarlet Tanager, dueling orioles, and a Chestnut-sided flight display were the highlights for me. Be sure to do a once over for ticks afterwards. I had a wood tick on me when I got back to my car. Also of note, I did the Hartland Whip-poor-will survey early Monday morning. The Whip-poor-will is back on the N Hartland dam and was singing constantly at 2:50am. I heard distant Whip-poor-wills singing at 3 other stops along the route (Clay Hill and Hartland-Quechee Roads), but I think there were at most 2 birds singing in total based on what I heard and plotting the points in Google Earth to look at the terrain. Glad to hear the abundance of Veerys in my yard when I returned from a weekend trip to the Adirondacks Sunday evening. Good birding, -Julie -- Julie Hart Mountain Birdwatch Coordinator Vermont Center for Ecostudies PO Box 420 • Norwich, VT 05055 802-649-1431 x 6 http://www.vtecostudies.org/MBW/ **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************