Wilder boat access produced a nice surprise this morning -- 5 Surf 
Scoters (4 adult males, 1 immature male) with 3 female scaup sp.  They 
were tight together on the water about 100 yards from the point, just 
south towards dam.  The scoters were a first for me in the Upper Valley.

Location:     Wilder Dam - boat ramp
Observation date:     10/16/09
Number of species:     17

Mallard     4
Greater/Lesser Scaup     3
Surf Scoter     5
Ring-billed Gull     1
Blue Jay     3
American Crow     2
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren     2
American Robin     60+
European Starling     10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     1
Field Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     8
Swamp Sparrow     2
White-throated Sparrow     18
White-crowned Sparrow     5
Northern Cardinal     1
American Goldfinch     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)


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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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