This morning under overcast skies, ten observers participated in a 2013 Windsor County Birding Quest walk within the village of Wilder, VT, including views downstream below the Wilder Dam. Large numbers of ducks, totaling over 240, some unidentified, were seen in several flocks flying northward, roughly parallel to the Connecticut River; it is unknown whether these flocks represented local movements or birds moving longer distances upstream. The list of 19 species sighted follows. Mallard 4 2 pair in the water below Wilder Dam Common Merganser 105 mainly flying over to the north; several in the water below Wilder Dam. Total unexpectedly high. Bald Eagle 1 adult perched in a tree on the western (VT) side of the Connecticut River Rock Pigeon 22 Mourning Dove 16 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 19 Common Raven 2 Black-capped Chickadee 15 Tufted Titmouse 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 6 American Tree Sparrow 6 Dark-eyed Junco 6 Northern Cardinal 4 House Finch 5 House Sparrow 2 George Clark Norwich, VT