With temperatures in the 40s, almost no breeze, and occasional breaks of sunshine, more than two dozen participants joined in today's field trip of the Mascoma Chapter of New Hampshire Audubon to the Champlain Valley, VT, including the Dead Creek area and the shores of Lake Champlain. This is a partial summary of finds; detaila are in eBird reports cited below. With Spencer Hardy leading, more than 45 species were recorded by the group. Highlights were numerous, but Snow Geese, numbering 3700 in one estimate, were a premier attraction. Among other waterfowl were many Green-winged Teal, 3 species of scoters, Long-tailed Ducks, Common Goldeneyes, and Common Merganser. Other waterbirds included Red-throated and Common Loons and Horned and Red-necked Grebes.
Raptors included Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawks, Rough-legged Hawk, and a Peregrine Falcon at close range. Shorebirds, seen at close distances, included a remarkable 3 species of plovers, Black-bellied, Semipalmated, and Killdeer, as well as a White-rumped Sandpiper. All 4 of the regular gull species were seen well as were a Pileated Woodpecker and a Golden-crowned Kinglet. Flocks of Horned Larks and Snow Buntings added to this splendid day of birding.
Our special thanks go to leader and list compiler Spencer Hardy, whose eBird entries with all species found by the group in Addison County, VT, on November 5 are Checklists S32384621, S32384603, S32384589, S32384582, and S32384571.
George Clark
Norwich, VT
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