Join fellow birders in seeking newly-arrived Windsor County spring migrants on Sunday May 6, 2012. The Vermont County 2012 Birding Quest http://www.vtecostudies.org/quest/ will hold a morning field trip led by Chris Rimmer and Spencer Hardy, starting at 7:30 AM at Lake Runnemede in Windsor, VT, and continuing to at least one other nearby location with an ending time around 10:30 AM. Driving instructions are given below; please note that there will be carpooling from Norwich. This field trip is free and open to the public. Participants should be able to walk at least a mile over fairly level, but sometimes uneven, ground. Sturdy and water-resistant footwear is recommended. Bring binoculars and a scope if available. We'll be especially looking for waterbirds and migrant landbirds in one of Windsor County's most productive and reliable birding sites. Road and carpooling instructions: From Exit 9 off I-91, turn south on Route 5 towards Windsor. After going about 3 miles southward on Route 5, look for the Back Forty guns and ammo store on the left, with a Price Chopper supermarket just beyond, also on the left. This walk will begin at 7:30 AM by the entrance to an unpaved driveway directly across Route 5 from the Back Forty store. Please do not drive into that driveway, as vehicular use is reserved for local residents. Parking is available on the dirt pull-off along Route 5, but be sure your site is legal. Residents from towns in the Hanover/Norwich area are encouraged to carpool from the River Road commuter parking lot in Norwich by the Ledyard Bridge at 7:00 AM that morning. We will plan to return to the commuter lot by 11:00 AM. -- Chris Rimmer Vermont Center for Ecostudies P.O. Box 420 Norwich, VT 05055 802-649-1431 ext. 1 http://www.vtecostudies.org