A nice assortment of birds at Ledyard this morning, with a surprising amount of vocal activity and an actively foraging swallow flock of_>_35 birds that included all 5 species, with 3 swifts interspersed.  Highlghts:

Mallard  35     hen with 10 ducklings ~days old
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Chimney Swift  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1     singing
Eastern Kingbird  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4     1 singing
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Tree Swallow  5
Bank Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  10
Cliff Swallow  1
swallow sp.  15
Gray Catbird  5
Cedar Waxwing  8
Black-and-white Warbler  2     1 singing
Common Yellowthroat  3     1 singing
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  4     3 singing
Song Sparrow  8     2 singing

View this checklist online athttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14852127

At Pompy Flats, an immature/eclipse Green-winged Teal and adult Bald Eagle were highlights.  Water was very high, no flats exposed.

At Campbell Flats, 2 Black-billed Cuckoos were countersinging.  No sign of any definite migrants yet, although a transient birder in the form of Craig Provost was a good find.

Chris

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-8281 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org