*Vermont

 

*Statewide

2.18.08

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for February 18, 2008 covering the
period February 11 - 17, 2008.

 

Highlights this week include a COMMON LOON at Charlotte Town Beach on 2/17,
a DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT at the Charlotte Ferry Landing on 2/16; a
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER in Berkshire 2/10 and 2/12; and the first sightings of
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS - a pair in Danby on 2/11 and 2 in East Dorset on 2/17 and
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS ( 2 in Danby on 2/11). 

 

Five MUTE SWANS were still on Lake Wantastiquet in Vernon as of 2/16.  

 

A PEREGRINE FALCON was seen along Route 7 north of Middlebury perched on top
of a roadside telephone pole on 2/12, in Burlington chasing a flock of
pigeons on 2/16 and in Weybridge on 2/17.

 

A BELTED KINGFISHER was seen and heard in Hartland on 2/12.

 

A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER and a NORTHERN FLICKER were seen repeatedly
throughout the week at a Brandon feeder.  

 

BOHEMIAN and to a lesser degree CEDAR WAXWINGS continue to be reported
throughout Vermont.

 

PINE GROSBEAKS and COMMON REDPOLLS are also still being spotted regularly
throughout the state.

 

Six RED CROSSBILLS visited a feeder in Newport on 2/12.

 

This weekly Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Center for
Ecostudies (VCE).  VCE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the
understanding and conservation of birds and other wildlife.  With a reach
extending from northern New England through the Caribbean to South America,
our work in wildlife research and population monitoring unites people and
science for conservation.  Founded in 2007 as an outgrowth of VINS, our
offices are located in White River Junction.  Please visit VCE's web site at
www.vtecostudies.org . 

 

Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VCE, or email
reports to [log in to unmask]  Better yet, enter your sightings on
Vermont eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.

 

Mary Holland

Chris Rimmer

Kent McFarland

Roz Renfrew

Vermont RBA Compilers,

Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)

802-649-1431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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