*Vermont

 

*Statewide

2.12.07

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for February 12, 2007 covering the
period February 5-11, 2007.

 

            Highlights this week include 2 GADWALLS in Button Bay on 2/11,
an immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in Westminster on 2/11, a 3-TOED WOODPECKER
at Moose Bog, an EASTERN PHOEBE singing in Brattleboro on 2/9, a HERMIT
THRUSH along a trail near Button Bay on 2/11, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at a
Woodstock feeder on 2/10 and a FOX SPARROW at a Huntington feeder on 2/6.

 

            Two HOODED MERGANSERS were seen in Button Bay on 2/11.

 

            A driving survey of raptors in Bridport, Addision and Panton
west of Rte. 22A on 2/7 included the following sightings:  25 RED-TAILED
HAWKS, 34 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER and 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK.

 

            An ICELAND GULL was spotted off Grand Isle on 2/10.

 

            A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen in Cambridge on 2/10, a male
and female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were seen at Moose Bog this week and a
NORTHERN FLICKER was sighted in South Burlington on 2/6.

 

            The first reported sighting of a BOHEMIAN WAXWING this winter
occurred in Burlington on 2/4.

 

            Thanks to the following contributors whose observations were
cited:  Eric Cannizzaro, Thomas Carrolan, Shawn Donovan, Steve Hagenbuch,
David Hoag, Alan Keitt, Jeff Nadler, Julie Nicholson, Darlene Palola, Julie
Waters, Matt Weiner, the Winslows and Aaron Worthley. 

 

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lectures and programs.  To receive a copy of our program calendar, stop at
one of our centers, call the office during business hours at 802-457-2779 or
visit the VINS' web site at http://www.vinsweb.org
<http://www.vinsweb.org/>.

 

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Institute of Natural Science.  VINS is a non-profit, membership organization
located in Quechee with a  regional center in Manchester.  Founded in 1972,
VINS' mission is to protect our natural heritage through education and
research. Your membership supports these goals and this reporting service.
Updates are typically made on Fridays.  Please report your sightings of rare
or

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            If you have any interesting birds to report, you can send your
sightings to the RBA via e-mail at:  [log in to unmask]  Or enter your
sightings on Vermont eBird at http://www.ebird.org/VINS/.

 

 Mary Holland

 

Chris Rimmer

 

Kent McFarland

 

Roz Renfrew

 

Vermont RBA Compilers

 

Conservation Biology Department

 

Vermont Institute of Natural Science

 

6565 Woodstock Road

 

PO Box 1281

 

Quechee, VT 05059

 

802-359-5001 

 


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