Some highlights among 27 bird species seen in Norwich today included
a) a Double-crested Cormorant, 6 Hooded Mergansers, and a Belted  
Kingfisher at Foley Park, b) a Red-tailed Hawk and a male Red-winged  
Blackbird at Pompy,
c) a Great Blue Heron along Campbell Flats Road,
and d) a Sharp-shinned Hawk, 3 male Red-winged Blackbirds, a Common  
Grackle, and a Purple Finch here in the backyard in Norwich village.

In late morning along Campbell Flats Road, about 160 American Crows  
were present. Of those more than 100 were flying southward in an  
stretched out flock, while more than 50 others  gathered in a recently  
harvested field of corn.

George

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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