Ed Hack and I looked for birds today along the Route 5 corridor in eastern Windsor County, VT, from the town of Windsor north into Norwich. Some highlights follow. Over 300 Canada Geese, 3 Cackling Geese, and Ring-necked Ducks were at Lake Runnemede in Windsor. A female scoter there was believed to be a Surf Scoter. A pair of Buffleheads and three Hooded Mergansers in the Connecticut River were seen from Kilowatt South Park in Wilder. Three American Coots were at Lake Runnemede and another off Kendall Station Road in Norwich, a town from which this species seems not to have been previously reported in recent years. Three Ring-billed Gulls were standing on a gravel bar by Lyman Point Park in White River Junction. Roughly 100 Mourning Doves were around a farm field by the Windsor Industrial Park; an American Tree Sparrow and a Song Sparrow were present nearby. A Yellow-shafted Flicker was at Lake Runnemede. Surprisingly, no birds were noted at Mill Pond in Windsor this morning. George Clark Norwich, VT