Visited Lake Runnemede this morning - a lone coot was along the shore as I entered, got a great view. The farthest side produced hundreds of Canada geese, with (what I could tell) at least 2 Cackling geese and 1 scoter mixed in. A very rowdy bunch I must say...geese really are fun to watch. Sara - Hartland, VT > Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:00:39 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: eBird Report - Lake Runnemede, Windsor, VT, Oct 29, 2011 > > Lake Runnemede, Windsor, VT, Windsor, US-VT > Oct 29, 2011 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.5 mile(s) > 23 species > > Cackling Goose 2 hard to tell with so many Canada geese, but able to see an obvious size difference and occasionally heard a goose or two with a much higher-pitched call. I was able to see only 2 definitely. > Canada Goose 335 > Wood Duck 2 > White-winged Scoter 1 female, mixed in with geese > Great Blue Heron 1 > American Coot 1 along the front shore > Belted Kingfisher 1 > Northern Flicker 2 > Blue Jay 17 > American Crow 25 > Black-capped Chickadee 9 > Brown Creeper 1 > American Robin 16 > European Starling 15 > Cedar Waxwing 4 > Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 > American Tree Sparrow 6 > Song Sparrow 10 > Swamp Sparrow 2 > White-throated Sparrow 3 > Northern Cardinal 1 > Red-winged Blackbird 22 > American Goldfinch 5 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)