Reduced numbers and diversity of waterfowl below the Ledyard Bridge this morning, following the raised water levels. Nice influx of phoebes in the Warner Meadows area of Norwich, with 3 singing males. Location: Ledyard Bridge Observation date: 4/3/09 Number of species: 8 Canada Goose 10 Wood Duck 5 American Wigeon 1 male Mallard 13 Hooded Merganser 4 Common Merganser 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Song Sparrow 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt) I just came in from searching for migrating amphibians on this rainy, warm evening. Walking Hopson Rd from 9:45-10:30 pm, I found surprisingly few, though both peepers and wood frogs are chorusing in Spring Pond: just 1 spotted salamander, 1 peeper, 1 wood frog crossing the road. Multitudes of worms. Chris -- **************** Chris Rimmer Vermont Center for Ecostudies P.O. Box 420 Norwich, VT 05055 802-649-1431 ext. 1 www.vtecostudies.org **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************