I found another large group of sparrows in more or less the same spot this morning (likely the same group). Today however, there was a Vesper and 2 White-crowned Sparrow mixed in. Also a pair of Greater Scaup on the NH side of the CT river seen from the Ledyard Bridge area around 9:30 this morning. Spencer Hardy Norwich, VT On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 6:54 PM, spencer hardy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Along Bragg Hill Rd. this afternoon I found one of the biggest sparrow > flocks I have seen this fall. From the car I flushed wave after wave > of birds, with two groups that looked like they numbered more than 50 > individuals each. Almost all juncos, but a few others still mixed in. > There easily could have been 300+ birds total. > > On a side note, the approaching weather system could make for some > good birding tomorrow. > This radar map shows what I think is a large movement of > migrants--although it is updated frequently so might not show much in > an hour or two. > > http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/displayRad.php?icao=KGYX&prod=bref1&bkgr=black&endDate=20121018&endTime=-1&duration=0 > > Spencer Hardy > Norwich, VT > > Elmer Brook gully area, Windsor, US-VT > Oct 18, 2012 4:26 PM - 4:36 PM > Protocol: Stationary > 9 species > > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) 1 heard only, several call notes > Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 2 > Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 2 > White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 5 > Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 200 Very conservative count, all > throughout one of the yard > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt) -- Good Birding, Spencer