Great to see so much bird activity around these days. Although orioles, both grosbeak species and at least 4 hummers are providing dramatic color, today's most exciting birds were more subtle.

Just after getting on the schoolbus, Spencer watched a flock of ~200 Pine Siskins. We've had 10-20 here steadily (including fledglings), but I don't think we've ever had a flock that large!

This afternoon a Black-billed Cuckoo was calling incessantly, and Spencer quickly tracked him down. Two photos are posted at the following link:
  <http://www.flickr.com/photos/36866981@N03/7258917182/in/set-72157626438664192/>

Also visible in the photostream from that link are a couple siskins eagerly eating dandelion seeds.

The full eBird list from this afternoon follows.

Doug & Spencer Hardy, Norwich


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Subject: eBird Report - home, May 23, 2012
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 20:26:08 -0400 (EDT)
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home, Windsor, US-VT
May 23, 2012 3:40 PM - 3:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
0.16 mile(s)
Comments:      <br />Submitted from BirdLog World for iOS, version 1.4.4
15 species

Black-billed Cuckoo  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  4
American Crow  1  (likely with nestlings, as stealing suet)
Tree Swallow  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Baltimore Oriole  1
Pine Siskin  5
American Goldfinch  4

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)