Lots of Juncos here at home too- maybe 20+. Also saw a Brown Creeper today,
and my daughter found 3 Ruffed Grouse in the road. First Blue Jay,
otherwise have had regular chickadees (5+/-), Tufted Titmouse, (1), Hairy
WP (2), Downy WP (2) and goldfinches (5 +/-)

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On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Blake Allison <
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> Similar experience today and as reported here earlier this week. On
> today's drive up US Rt. 5 on the Connecticut River's VT side, I counted
> 80+/- juncos. Crossing into NH and traveling the three miles back to our
> place via E. Thetford and Dorchester Roads, I tallied another 50+/- .
>
> Blake Allison
> Lyme, NH 03768-3400
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> On Sunday, December 24, 2017, 4:07:47 PM EST, Donna Nelson <
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> Sent from my iPad
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> *From:* Donna Nelson <[log in to unmask]>
> *Date:* December 24, 2017 at 4:06:04 PM EST
> *To:* Mark Council <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject:* *Re: [UVB] Junco explosion!*
>
> Not that crazy, but we have definitely had more juncos this year than any
> previous years.
> They are really fun to watch.
> Donna Nelson
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> On Dec 24, 2017, at 3:25 PM, Mark Council <[log in to unmask]>
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> Because irruption doesn’t adequately describe what’s going on...
> I don’t put out a lot of feeders/feed, but the past couple of days I have
> seen unprecedented junco numbers. Easily 50 plus at my place, and on a
> drive up to Wells River and back on I-91 this afternoon there were groups
> of  a dozen or (many) more that would take flight from the shoulder of the
> road every couple of miles. I’m sure I saw over 200 on a twelve mile drive.
> Are other folks seeing crazy numbers like this?
> Mark Council
> Fairlee
> (Right in the river valley)
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