*Vermont

 

*Statewide

3.5.07

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for March 5, 2007 covering the period
February 26 - March 4, 2007.

 

            Highlights this week include the continuing presence of a male
TUFTED DUCK and a BARROW'S GOLDENEYE among several hundred COMMON
GOLDENEYES, GREATER and LESSER SCAUP and RING-NECKED DUCKS observed from
Allen Point in South Hero on 2/28, the season's first reported KILLDEER at
Bromley Mt. on 3/3, a THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Moose Bog on 2/25 and 3/4, A
BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER IN Moose Bog on 2/27 and 2 on 3/4, the first
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD reports of the season in Rutland (3/4) and East Dorset
(3/5)  and a pair of RED CROSSBILLS seen late last week at Victory Basin on
2/25.

 

            A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK continues to be seen intermittently in
Westminster. 

 

Two MUTE SWANS were sighted on the Connecticut River south of the Vernon Dam
on 2/28.

 

            An AMERICAN KESTREL was seen in Addison on 2/27 and 3/1.

 

            A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was at a Pownal feeder on 3/3.

 

            NORTHERN SHRIKES were seen in Hardwick, Rutland Town and
Williston this week.

 

            CAROLINA WRENS were spotted in Brattleboro, White River
Junction, Woodstock, Montpelier and Burlington this week.

 

            A large number of AMERICAN ROBIN sightings were reported from
all over the state.

 

            The Vermont Institute of Natural Science offers natural history
trips, lectures and programs.  To receive a copy of our program calendar,
stop at one of our centers, call the office during business hours at
802-359-5000 or visit the VINS' web site at http://www.vinsweb.org
<http://www.vinsweb.org/>.

 

            This Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont
Institute of Natural Science.  VINS is a non-profit, membership organization
located in Quechee with a  regional center in Manchester.  Founded in 1972,
VINS' mission is to protect our natural heritage through education and
research. Your membership supports these goals and this reporting service.
Updates are typically made on Fridays.  Please report your sightings of rare
or

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            If you have any interesting birds to report, you can send your
sightings to the RBA via e-mail at:  [log in to unmask]  Or enter your
sightings on Vermont eBird at http://www.ebird.org/VINS/.

 

 Mary Holland

 

Chris Rimmer

 

Kent McFarland

 

Roz Renfrew

 

Vermont RBA Compilers

 

Conservation Biology Department

 

 


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