Today Ed Hack and I looked for birds in the vicinity of the North  
Springfield Reservoir (VT) and found about 50 species.

Some highlights included an American Bittern seen in the marsh on the  
west side of Route 106 just south of John Jensen Road, 2 Great Egrets  
at the reservoir and another at the north end of Staughton Pond, an  
Osprey and an adult Bald Eagle at the reservoir, an Olive-sided  
Flycatcher well seen on the Perkinsville side of the reservoir, and a  
Pine Warbler singing repeatedly and loudly and seen in the pines along  
the roadside at the west end of the reservoir dam.

A few miscellaneous notes follow. No Canada Geese were detected. Six  
species of ducks included several each of Green-winged Teal, Hooded  
and Common Mergansers. Although a juvenile Bald Eagle had been seen  
and heard calling near the nest site as recently as the morning of  
September 4, none was detected there this morning. Despite an  
availability of mud flats, the only shorebirds found were a number of  
Killdeer. Hummingbird numbers seemed much reduced compared with their  
presence last month. Among the 8 species of warblers identified, the  
Black-throated Greens were impressively numerous and widespread.

George Clark
Norwich, VT