A group of >20 birders met at Runnemede this morning for an excellent 
Windsor County Quest outing.  The weekend grebe fallout continued, all 5 
swallows were seen, and we enjoyed the spring's first real influx of 
Yellow-rumped Warblers.  Highlights:

Ring-necked Duck  1 male
Horned Grebe  4 in full breeding plumage
Double-crested Cormorant  7
Great Egret  1
Bald Eagle  1 adult
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  12
Tree Swallow  80, probably undercounted
Barn Swallow  6
Cliff Swallow  1
Bank Swallow  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  8
Northern Waterthrush  1 singing
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  35
American Tree Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  3 singing
White-throated Sparrow  2
Eastern Meadowlark  2 along border of pumpkin field
Rusty Blackbird  1 male
Evening Grosbeak  2 heard calling across lake

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S18111686

Chris

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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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