This is a late posting of some birds I saw in Pompy late Saturday afternoon on a bike ride from Norwich village out to Pompy and back along Route 5.

I was on the Kendall Station side, and heard an Oriole which sounded slightly off from the usual Baltimore Oriole song.  I pursued it up and down parallel to the tracks trying to get a visual.  Finally caught one quick glimpse through the glasses and thought it might be an Orchard Oriole (more brick-red color), but I'm by no means sure.  Would be interested to know if anyone else has seen an Orchard O. in the Kendall Station area.

Moments later, I crossed over to the boat launch/mud flats side, where I immediately heard a more familiar sounding Oriole song.  This individual immediately flew out in the open and across the lawn of the house next to the boat launch, giving me a good visual confirmation of a Baltimore O. with bright orange coloration.

Otherwise it was remarkably quiet, with almost no waterfowl and absolutely no action on the exposed mud flats.

Ompompanoosuc River flats, Windsor, US-VT May 9, 2015 5:30 PM
Protocol: Incidental
5 species

Canada Goose  2
Mourning Dove  2
American Robin  5
Common Grackle  10
Baltimore Oriole  1     Also saw a second Oriole, possibly an Orchard Oriole (?) near Kendall Station, along the tracks

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23439001

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

Bill Schults
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Ompompanoosuc River flats, Windsor, US-VT May 9, 2015 5:30 PM
Protocol: Incidental
5 species

Canada Goose  2
Mourning Dove  2
American Robin  5
Common Grackle  10
Baltimore Oriole  1     Also saw a second Oriole, possibly an Orchard Oriole near Kendall Station, along the tracks

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S23439001

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


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