*Vermont

 

*Statewide

4.17.09

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for April 17, covering the period April
10-16, 2009.  

 

The birding highlights of the week include a GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW (a first
state record) sighted in Orwell on 4/13 and last reported there on 4/16, two
BLACK VULTURES (1 in Pittsford on 4/10 and 1 I New Haven on 4/12) and three
CASPIAN TERNS (1 at Shelburne Bay on 4/10 and 2 on Grand Isle on 4/11).

 

Four SANDHILL CRANES were seen at several different times on 4/11 at or near
Bristol Pond.

 

MERLINS were spotted at North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier (1 on
4/16), Wilder Dam (2 on 4/10), West Rutland Marsh (1 on 4/12), South
Starksboro (2 on 4/10), Burlington (1 on 4/14) and Huntington (1 seen
several times over the past two weeks).

 

The season's first reports of VIRGINIA RAILS came from West Rutland Marsh (2
on 4/10) and just north of Rutland (1 on 4/15).

 

A pair of FISH CROWS was seen flying across the Connecticut River towards
White River Junction on 4/15.

 

The first ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS made an appearance in Putney (2 on 4/10) and
Grand Isle (1 on 4/14).

 

BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were seen in Starksboro (37 on 4/12) and Burlington (50 on
4/14). 

 

A YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER was observed in Woodstock on 4/11.  The season's
first PINE WARBLER was spotted in Norwich on 4/16 and the first PALM WARBLER
of the season was seen in Brattleboro on 4/12.

 

The first SCARLET TANAGER of the year was seen in Bennington on 4/16.

 

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.  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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