So here's my eBird list from Lake Morey.   I just returned.  Amazing birds.

See details below.  Bonapart's Gulls were delicious !  Redhead was still at the north end, with Ring-necks.

Loons everywhere !



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Subject: eBird Report - Lake Morey - Fairlee (547 acres), Apr 19, 2019

Lake Morey - Fairlee (547 acres), Orange, Vermont, US
Apr 19, 2019 8:25 AM - 9:30 AM
Protocol: Traveling
5.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Amazing birds on the Lake !
23 species

Canada Goose  1
Redhead  1     1 male. Swimming with the 6 RNDU's, at the north end. Same male as before.
Ring-necked Duck  6     3  pairs.
Hooded Merganser  7
Common Merganser  61
Bonaparte's Gull  7     Fabulous looks !   4 were in breeding plumage.  Mid Lake.  They were feeding by "pecking" at the water.  A bit like the phalaropes do.  FUN !!
Common Loon  16     That's a lot !!!   Had 4 in one group. And saw 9 visible at one time.  Sprinkled generously throughout the Lake.
Double-crested Cormorant  1     Toward southern end.
Osprey  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  6
American Crow  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Evening Grosbeak  1     Heard.  Big "cheep"
Dark-eyed Junco  9
White-throated Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  8
Swamp Sparrow  1
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Northern Cardinal  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S55121023

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)


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