Ed Hack and I found a few nice birds at Campbell Flats this morning,
after the fog lifted ~9:30 am. Overall sparrow diversity was lower than
yesterday, but White-throats were abundant.
Highlights among 36 species:
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 19
Northern Harrier 1 immature
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Northern Flicker 4
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Philadelphia Vireo 1
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys) 1 adult
White-throated Sparrow 65 abundant along edge of corn field; birds passing repeatedly into and out of corn;
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 30
Lincoln's Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 60 in corn
View this checklist online athttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25211161
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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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