En route back from an errand in WRJ, I stopped at the Wilder Dam at 4:45 
pm to observe the influx of roosting waterfowl that congregate there on 
an apparently nightly basis this time of year.  By the time I left at 
5:05 pm, birds seemed to have stopped arriving, and I counted 86 
individuals, though lighting was poor, and I could have missed a few.  
These included 2 male Green-winged Teal (a surprise), 29 Hooded 
Mergansers, and 55 Common Mergansers.

I was unable to locate a Bald Eagle and wonder where they roost at 
night.  Does anyone know?  I remember back in the late 1980s when the 
Wilder Dam adult roosted regularly on the wooded hillside west of I-91 
across from the bus terminal, just north of the southbound WRJ exit.

Chris

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
http://www.vtecostudies.org