Today provided the rare pleasure of a double visit to Campbell Flats, where I started and ended my day. Morning (8:35-9:45 am) activity was high, even with persistent ground fog, while the evening (5:55-6:45 pm) was quieter but still surprisingly active. As has often been the case of late, many warblers were difficult to ID due to low/back lighting and rapid movements, while sparrows dove furtively into and out of the corn, generally laying low. No question I observed some of the same individual birds in am and pm.
Walking along Campbell Flats Road at 6:30 pm, I half-expected to see nighthawks coursing overhead, then I remembered it was late September...
Highlights of both visits:MORNING
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 8
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Gray Catbird 9
Tennessee Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler (Western) 2
Pine Warbler 2 Singing
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7
White-throated Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 14
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 3
Indigo Bunting 6
Red-winged Blackbird 5
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EVENING
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
House Wren 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 6
Palm Warbler (Western) 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Chipping Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 12
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Indigo Bunting 6 1 singing briefly at 6:30 pm
Purple Finch 2
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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055
802.649.1431 x202
http://vtecostudies.org/
