The highlight was watching a Bald Eagle as it flew back and forth along the CT River while being chased by a crow. There were just 3-4 sparrows, which stayed too much down in the tall grass for me to identify. My guess is that at least one was a song, but these birds just did not want to show themselves or make any sound. Begin forwarded message: Location: Wilder Boat Launch Observation date: 10/8/09 Number of species: 12 Wood Duck 4 Mallard 10 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Bald Eagle 1 Rock Pigeon 8 Mourning Dove 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1 Blue Jay 12 American Crow 15 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 7 Northern Cardinal 1 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Joanne Norton Kendal at Hanover **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************