Photos of the Tundra Swans discussed below are now posted here:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/36866981@N03/5192791481/>
Beautiful birds!

The flock took off at 10:24, heading upstream. Gaining altitude they 
arced barely into Vermont and then veered back toward the NE before 
disappearing from sight.

Flocks were also seen today in Massachusetts on the Quabbin Reservoir 
(19 swans) and on Lake Sherman in Brimfield (29 swans). No other Tundra 
Swans have been reported to eBird in 2010 for VT, NH, or MA (except 2 in 
Nantucket).

Thanks again to Bill Shepard for getting word out this morning!

Doug & Spencer Hardy
Norwich


On 11/20/2010 12:23 PM, spencer hardy wrote:
> Great some one else got to see the swans, Bill Shepard called us about 9 am.
> When we arrived at ~9:40 we counted 10.  We happened to have a camera with
> us and got some decent pictures. We were there when they took off heading
> north????, they did not look like they were going to land again.
>
> We will post the pictures some time today.
>
>
> Good Birding,
> Spencer
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Bob Heitzman<[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Morning Birding along CT River in Norwich.
>>
>> Ledyard Bridge/Montshire
>> 8:00 - 8:45am
>> Hooded Merganser - 7
>> American Crow - 6
>> Black-capped Chickadee - 20
>> Blue jay - 4
>> Hairy Woodpecker - 3
>> American Tree Sparrow - 2
>> White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
>> American Goldfinch - 8
>>
>> Patchen's Point&  Pond
>> 9:00 - 9:25am
>> Canada Goose - 70
>> Mallard - 15 (3 in pond, 12 in CT River)
>> Chipping Sparrow - 2
>> Black-capped Chickadees - 26
>> American Crow - 2
>> jWhite-breasted Nuthatch - 3
>>
>> CT RIVER adjacent to Ompompanoosuc Railway Bridge
>> 9:35-9:45am
>>
>> TUNDRA SWAN - 9
>> [beautiful against the tan marsh vegetation on the NH side, with morning
>> sun
>> on them.  Definitely not Mute swans; slim black bill against white head,
>> bill
>> about same length as head.]
>> Unfortunately, the swans had flown off by my return (with camera) at 10:45.
>> Checked up to Cedar Circle and down to Ledyard Bridge... no luck.
>>
>> Bob Heitzman
>> White River Jct VT
>> [log in to unmask]

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