Despite the hypothermic weather, it was a good day to be out. I checked
several favorite haunts between the Wilder Dam and Pompy Flats. Highlights:
Location: Kilowatt North park
Observation date: 4/23/11
Number of species: 20
Brown Thrasher 1 singing
American Tree Sparrow 2 (late)
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 singing
White-throated Sparrow 3
Common Redpoll 45
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Location: Kilowatt boat access
Observation date: 4/23/11
Number of species: 19
Ring-necked Duck 5 (numbers are dropping)
Tree Swallow 35 (moving south fast and low over water, seemed like reverse migration)
Vesper Sparrow 1 (in sumacs on bank just below entrance gate)
Savannah Sparrow 4
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Location: Pompy Farm oxbow
Observation date: 4/23/11
Notes: Bonaparte's Gull in nonbreeding plumage
Number of species: 21
Canada Goose 85
Green-winged Teal (American) 2
Ring-necked Duck 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Osprey 2 (possibly in courtship)
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Pine Warbler 1
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Location: Ledyard Bridge
Observation date: 4/23/11
Number of species: 19
Bald Eagle 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1 (foraging on exposed flats in Montshire cove)
Chipping Sparrow 8
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)
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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
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