*Vermont

 

*Statewide

12.5.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for December 5, covering the period
November 29 – December 4, 2008.  

 

In addition to three SNOWY OWLS, the birding highlights of the week include
a NORTHERN GANNET seen off Thompson’s Point in Charlotte on 12/3; a GREAT
CORMORANT observed 12/4 near Porter Bay on Lake Champlain and a DICKCISSEL,
heard singing in Brandon on 12/1.

 

A very late GREAT EGRET was seen at the north end of Dead Creek along Slang
Road on 11/29 and along Basin Harbor Road on 11/30.

 

Six BLACK SCOTERS were observed at the Tri-town Water District Plant on
11/29.

 

A PEREGRINE FALCON was spotted in Addison on 11/29.

 

Three SNOWY OWLS were present in Vermont this week.  One has been seen for
several days (11/30 – 12/4) along Dana Hill Road, 1.2 miles from Rte. 105 in
West Charleston.  Two SNOWY OWLS were seen near Whiting on 12/4 by the same
observer, one at the junction of Route 30 and Shoreham/Whiting Road and
another 1 ½ miles west of this intersection, along the Shoreham/Whiting
Road. 

 

A SHORT-EARED OWL was sighted at Button Bay State Park on 11/30.

 

NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen in Middlebury, Brattleboro, New Haven and
Waitsfield this week.

 

Four YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS were observed at Button Bay State Park on 11/30.

 

PINE SISKIN numbers are increasing weekly, with sightings in Grafton,
Vergennes, Waitsfield, Saxton’s River, Howeville, Essex Junction, Brandon,
Middlebury and Button Bay State Park this week.

 

This weekly Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies (VCE).  VCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
understanding and conservation of birds and other wildlife.  With a reach
extending from northern New England through the Caribbean to South America,
our work in wildlife research and population monitoring unites people and
science for conservation.  Our offices are located in White River Junction.
Please visit VCE's web site at www.vtecostudies.org . 

 

Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VCE, or email
reports to [log in to unmask]  Better yet, enter your sightings on
Vermont eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.

 

Mary Holland

Chris Rimmer

Kent McFarland

Roz Renfrew

Vermont RBA Compilers,

Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)

802-649-1431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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