*Vermont

 

*Statewide

10.1.07

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for October 1, 2007 covering the period
September 17-30, 2007.

 

Highlights this week include the following sightings:  2 BLACK VULTURES at
Brattleboro Retreat Meadows, 9/30;  7 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS on 9/24 at
Grand Isle; LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS at Brilyea Access, Dead Creek WMA - 2 on
9/23, 1 on 9/28 and 1 on 9/29; 1 RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Brilyea Access
9/23,9/24 and 9/29; 1 PARASITIC JAEGER on Grand Isle, 9/26; 1 LONG-TAILED
JAEGER at Charlotte Town Beach, 9/27; 1 JAEGER species off Grand Isle on
9/28;  2 RUDDY TURNSTONES at Dead Creek in Highgate on 9/29 and an adult
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW at Brilyea Access on 9/30 (directions:  hike
track through woods west of the first parking lot. About 200 yards past the
woods, go left onto path through goldenrod.  At end of path, turn right --
the sparrow was about 30 yards to the right.) and a second NELSON'S
SHARP-TAILED SPARROW at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows on 10/1.

 

Shorebirds sighted as recently as 9/29 at Dead Creek WMA as well as Dead
Creek in Highgate include BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS,
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and
DUNLINS.

 

Lingering GREAT EGRETS were spotted at Dead Creek WMA (2 on 9/29) and the
Winooski River (1 on 9/28) as well as CATTLE EGRETS (2 on 9/27 at Shelburne
Bay).  

            

Approximately 2,000 BONAPARTE'S GULLS were spotted from Grand Isle on 9/27.

 

A late-departing INDIGO BUNTING was seen at Brattleboro Retreat Meadows on
9/30.

 

This weekly Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies (VCE).  VCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
understanding and conservation of birds and other wildlife.  With a reach
extending from northern New England through the Caribbean to South America,
our work in wildlife research and population monitoring unites people and
science for conservation.  Founded in 2007 as an outgrowth of VINS, our
offices are located in White River Junction.  Please visit VCE's web site at
www.vtecostudies.org <http://www.vinsweb.org/>.  

 

Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VCE, or email
reports to [log in to unmask]  Better yet, enter your sightings on Vermont
eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.

 

Mary Holland

Chris Rimmer

Kent McFarland

Roz Renfrew

Vermont RBA Compilers,

Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)

802-649-1431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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