Hello Fellow Birders,

I went for a long stroll this morning, exploring my new birding neighborhood in Norwich.  It was a very active morning,
with multiple species singing their hearts out - one of the highlights being a FOY Eastern Wood-pewee :o)

Happy Spring!
Sara Eisenhauer - Norwich, VT

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> Norford Lake Road (including loop trail near lake), Windsor, US-VT
> Apr 9, 2013 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 4.0 mile(s)
> Comments: no waterfowl sighted - Norford Lake still frozen
> 28 species
>
> Ruffed Grouse 1 drumming
> Wild Turkey 6
> Cooper's Hawk 1
> Mourning Dove 7
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
> Downy Woodpecker 2
> Hairy Woodpecker 1
> Northern Flicker 3
> Pileated Woodpecker 2
> Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 heard the distinct pee-wee song several times (in woods along Norford Lake Road)
> Eastern Phoebe 8
> Blue Jay 9
> American Crow 13
> Common Raven 2
> Black-capped Chickadee 18
> Tufted Titmouse 2
> White-breasted Nuthatch 4
> Brown Creeper 5
> Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
> Eastern Bluebird 1
> American Robin X too many to count!
> European Starling 6
> American Tree Sparrow 1
> Song Sparrow 7
> Dark-eyed Junco X hundreds of them, unable to count!
> Red-winged Blackbird 4
> Common Grackle 3
> Common Redpoll 45 large flock on feeders at a house along Norford Lake Rd