Just enough flats showing at Pompy Flats this morning to harbor a few shorebirds: Location: Ompompanoosuc River flats Observation date: 7/29/10 Number of species: 19 Canada Goose 9 Mallard 5 Hooded Merganser 3 Turkey Vulture 6 Killdeer 13 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Least Sandpiper 1 Pectoral Sandpiper 2 Rock Pigeon 3 Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 American Crow 1 Common Raven 1 Barn Swallow 7 Cliff Swallow 2 still feeding young at a nest under I-91 bridge Song Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 3 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 ****************************************************************