A group outing between Wilder and Pompy Flats featured a diversity of
wet weather conditions, but not much avian diversity. Highlights:
Location: Wilder Dam - boat ramp
Wood Duck 1
Bufflehead 2
Red-necked Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Tree Swallow 15
Location: Ompompanoosuc River flats
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 4
Hooded Merganser 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Location: Campbell Flats
Wood Duck 2
Northern Harrier 1 male
Wilson's Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
American Robin 15
Pine Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
George Clark and Ed Hack continued birding after the group dispersed and reported 3 Long-tailed Ducks east of the Pompy RR bridge, plus 2 Turkey Vultures in the Kendall station area. I heard my first Blue-headed of the spring at my house in norwich this morning.
Chris
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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org
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