In view of a likelihood of adverse travel conditions early tomorrow,  
the Vermont Counting Birding Quest walk originally announced for  
tomorrow morning has been postponed until Saturday November 5, 2011.  
Our apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change in schedule.  
An announcement for the rescheduled walk follows.

 From 8:00 to 10:30 AM on Saturday November 5, 2011, Vermont County  
Birding Quest is to hold a bird walk in Windsor, VT (road and  
carpooling instructions below). Chris Rimmer and George Clark are to  
lead. This walk is free and open to the public. Children accompanied  
by an adult are welcome. Participants should be prepared to walk as  
much as two miles over uneven terrain. Dress warmly. Bring binoculars  
and scopes if available. We'll be seeking all kinds of birds including  
migrant waterbirds and possible winter finches. This walk will be  
canceled in the case of steady precipitation. After birding near Lake  
Runnemede, it is planned to continue to the area of the Windsor  
Industrial Park, where plant food crops for birds have recently been  
excellent.

Road and carpooling instructions: From Exit 9 off I-91, turn south on  
Route 5 towards Windsor. After going about 3 miles southward on Route  
5, look for the Back Forty guns and ammo store on the left, with a  
Price Chopper supermarket just beyond, also on the left. This walk  
will begin at 8:00 AM by the entrance to a long driveway directly  
across Route 5 from the Back Forty store. Please do not drive into  
that driveway, vehicular use of which is reserved for local residents.  
Parking is available along Route 5, but be sure your site is legal.

Carpoolers from towns around the Hanover/Norwich area are to leave  
from the River Road commuter parking lot in Norwich by the Ledyard  
Bridge at 7:30 AM on that morning (Saturday Nov. 5).

George Clark
Norwich, VT

P.S. A Fox Sparrow in the backyard here in Norwich village this  
morning provided my first sighting of that species for this fall.