*Vermont
*Statewide
1.2.09
*VT0403.06
This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for January 2, covering the period
December 23, 2008 - January 1, 2009.
The birding highlights of the week include the following: a GREAT CORMORANT
in Ferrisburg off Fort Cassin Road on 12/29; a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
on the Rutland County CBC on 12/27; a REDHEAD in Kellogg Bay on 12/23; an
EASTERN TOWHEE in Proctor on 12/27 and two SAVANNAH SPARROWS near Ferrisburg
on 2/26.
A RED-NECKED GREBE was seen at Charlotte Town Beach on 1/1.
A NORTHERN PINTAIL was spotted in Button Bay on 12/28. A RING-NECKED DUCK
and 12 LONG-TAILED DUCKS were sighted at the Tri-town Water District Plant
on 1/1. An ICELAND GULL and a GLAUCOUS GULL were seen on the north side of
the Sandbar Causeway, from Sandbar State Park, on 12/28.
A PEREGRINE FALCON was sighted on the steeple of Grace Church in Rutland on
1/1.
A SHORT-EARED OWL was seen flying over a perched SNOWY OWL on the
Whiting-Shoreham Road, 1.5 miles west of the intersection with Route 30 in
Whiting on 12/23. The most recent sighting of a SNOWY OWL in Whiting took
place on 1/1. It was located along the Richville/Whiting Road between
Shoreham Center and Whiting, east of Cutting Hill Road and west of Webster
Road. There was an unconfirmed report of a SNOWY OWL in East Braintree in
the last week.
A NORTHERN FLICKER was seen in Brandon on 12/25 and 1/1 as well as in
Ferrisburg on 1/1. RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER winter sightings are becoming
commonplace, with many sightings this week; a total of three were found on
the Woodstock CBC.
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS were spotted in Plainfield (67 on 12/28) and in Barnard
(60 on 12/30). Several large flocks of CEDAR WAXWINGS were reported,
including two flocks of 100+ seen on the Woodstock CBC on 12/30 and a flock
of 100 in Brattleboro on 12/25.
A CHIPPING SPARROW was sighted in Londonderry on 12/26, in South Burlington
on 1/1 and four were reported in Brattleboro on 1/1.
Sightings of EVENING GROSBEAKS were more numerous this week, occurring in
South Starksboro, Victory Bog, Westmore, Norwich and Lyndonville. The
number of PINE GROSBEAK sightings was larger as well (8 in Waitsfield on
12/24 and 9 on 12/25, 3 in Lincoln on 12/26 , 17 in Orleans on 12/26, 6
in Morristown Corners and one in Woodbury on 1/1).
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were seen in Waitsfield (1 on 12/26), Hartland (30
on 12/27), Lincoln (6 on 12/26), Rutland (5 on 12/27) and Victory Bog (8 on
12/26).
COMMON REDPOLLS were sighted in Victory Bog (4 on 12/26), Middlesex Center
(15 on 12/26) Lyndonville (4 on 12/26), Middlebury (20 on 1/1), Woodbury (20
on 1/1), Canaan on 12/31 and at Hinesburg feeders all week.
PINE SISKINS, often in large flocks, were reported throughout Vermont this
week.
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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