The Mascoma Chapter of NHA held its weekly Friday walk at the Union Village Dam this morning. A lucky 13 birders found a good number of species, including both flying and posing Bitterns, and Eastern Kingbirds putting on a group forum on flycatching. Join us next week for our final "Feathered Friday" of the season. Union Village Dam (Thetford Center entrance) 7-9 am. Bird now, work later. To have this list shared with you on e-bird, e-mail [log in to unmask] Location: Union Village Dam Observation date: 5/22/09 Number of species: 50 Hooded Merganser 1 Ruffed Grouse 1 American Bittern 3 Great Blue Heron 1 Rock Pigeon 6 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Alder Flycatcher 6 Least Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 6 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 2 Common Raven 2 Tree Swallow 4 Black-capped Chickadee 8 House Wren 4 Winter Wren 1 Veery 6 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 6 Cedar Waxwing 8 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 4 Chestnut-sided Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Ovenbird 6 Common Yellowthroat 6 Scarlet Tanager 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 4 Swamp Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 8 Dark-eyed Junco 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6 Red-winged Blackbird 12 Common Grackle 6 Baltimore Oriole 4 American Goldfinch 4 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 ****************************************************************