The first, chapter-sponsored event of the 2018 calendar year took place
today at Wilder Dam in Wilder, VT. A dozen birders participated under
favorable weather conditions; mostly sunny skies, a light breeze and
temperature readings that moved from the mid-20s to the low 30s during the
course of the two hour event.

Early arriving participants were immediately rewarded with an adult bald
eagle sighting. The bird was on the ice above the dam, mid-river, working
on a small carcass. George Clark had no sooner stepped out of his car and
set up his scope when he spotted the bird. The eagle remained at the
carcass for about ten minutes before flying to the New Hampshire shore
where it perched briefly in a tree before flying off done river accompanied
by three harassing crows.

Unfortunately, that was the only bald eagle observation for the remaining
time at the dam, even though there is a nesting pair nearby. Our bird
likely was one of them.

In general it was a quiet morning for sightings. The only waterfowl seen
was an adult female merganser swimming in the open water below the dam. The
resident rock pigeons numbered 23 this morning. Up at the parking area a
male cardinal was heard singing in the adjacent woods, three chickadees
were observed feeding in a nearby birch and a white-breasted nuthatch could
be heard "whinnying" in the woods. Also seen/heard were three house finches.

A complete eBird list can be seen at:
https://ebird.org/vt/view/checklist/S42890945

Thanks to George Clark and Blake Allison for co-leading. Thanks to Blake
for recording the sightings.

The next Mascoma Chapter-sponsored birding event will be a trip up the
Vermont side of the Connecticut River on Saturday, March 24. Visit
www.mascomabirds.org for full details on this and other Mascoma Chapter
activities
-- 
Mascoma Chapter of NH Audubon


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