Surprising activity during a mid-afternoon visit to Ledyard Bridge. The grebe was diving repeatedly in the Montshire basin west of RR tracks. Location: Ledyard Bridge Observation date: 8/23/09 Number of species: 24 Wood Duck 3 Mallard 48 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Eastern Phoebe 4 Eastern Kingbird 6 Warbling Vireo 1 American Crow 3 House Wren 2 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 2 Cedar Waxwing 5 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Pine Warbler 1 singing Song Sparrow 4 Northern Cardinal 1 Baltimore Oriole 1 Purple Finch 1 American Goldfinch 4 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt) -- **************** 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 ****************************************************************