Water levels at Pompy Flats were the lowest I've seen them in recent 
weeks, just enough to expose some vegetation and very small areas of 
mud.  If they continue to drop, migrant shorebirds might finally 
appear.  It has been intriguing, but frustrating, to hear all summer 
about the Champlain Valley's tremendous shorebird diversity, while 
Connecticut River levels have stayed so high!  Only 2 Solitary 
Sandpipers were at Pompy at 8:15 am this morning, but levels seemed to 
be dropping then.

Ompompanoosuc River flats, Windsor, US-VT
Sep 7, 2012 8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments:     flats slightly exposed
9 species

Wood Duck  1
American Black Duck  2
Mallard  75
Blue-winged Teal  2
Green-winged Teal  12
Bald Eagle  1     adult on flats
Solitary Sandpiper  2
Belted Kingfisher  1
American Crow  8

Campbell Flats was very quiet until I encountered an active migrant 
flock in the far SW corner of the corn field, exactly where several of 
us found a spectacular flock on Monday morning.  This one was much 
smaller, but it didn't move much in the 20 minutes I watched, and many 
birds were low, providing great views.  Highlights:

Campbell Flats, Windsor, US-VT
Sep 7, 2012 8:35 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
28 species

Canada Goose  41
Eastern Phoebe  3
Warbling Vireo  2     1 singing
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
House Wren  1
Gray Catbird  4
Cedar Waxwing  14
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  4
Northern Parula  3
Magnolia Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Black-throated Green Warbler  5
Song Sparrow  15
White-throated Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)

-- 
Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
http://www.vtecostudies.org