--- spencer hardy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
A quick birding trip up the Connecticut River this afternoon did not produce many  
surprises. Between the Ledyard bridge and Kendal Station Rd, there were a few  
Mallards, Common Mergansers, and Canada Geese on the river. Also my first Brown-headed  
Cowbird on Kendal Station Road.

However, one section of Campbell Flats Road did have some nice birds. The highlights  
being the previously reported Rusty Blackbird and 2 Bald Eagles.  I was able to  
get a few digiscope pictures of the blackbird, which will be posted on the VTebird  
flicker page shortly. My first impression was an adult
female.  As for the eagles, there was one full adult and a 4th year bird. We meet  
a couple walking on the road who said that they had been there for several days  
now.
--- end of quote ---

	I took a very hasty outing this afternoon that included a stop at Campbell Flats  
Road, and saw some of the same birds and met presumably the same couple.  I didn't  
find the Rusty Blackbird (congratulations to Spencer for managing to digiscope  
it!), but I did see the eagles, and I got a great look at a Sharp-shinned Hawk,  
both perched under the interstate bridge and hovering against the wind.  There  
was also a pair of Hooded Mergansers at Mink Brook.

				David Webb
				Hanover

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