I managed to get a few of the pictures up, I think.
Let me know if this link doesn't work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61161297@N08/

The bird was in a wet/marshy area just down the road from the Norwich end.
I would love any comments about the gender of this bird.

Spencer

2011/3/27 David L. Webb <[log in to unmask]>

> --- spencer hardy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> A quick birding trip up the Connecticut River this afternoon did not
> produce many surprises. Between the Ledyard bridge and Kendal Station Rd,
> there were a few Mallards, Common Mergansers, and Canada Geese on the river.
> Also my first Brown-headed Cowbird on Kendal Station Road.
>
> However, one section of Campbell Flats Road did have some nice birds. The
> highlights being the previously reported Rusty Blackbird and 2 Bald Eagles.
>  I was able to get a few digiscope pictures of the blackbird, which will be
> posted on the VTebird flicker page shortly. My first impression was an adult
> female.  As for the eagles, there was one full adult and a 4th year bird.
> We meet a couple walking on the road who said that they had been there for
> several days now.
> --- end of quote ---
>
>        I took a very hasty outing this afternoon that included a stop at
> Campbell Flats Road, and saw some of the same birds and met presumably the
> same couple.  I didn't find the Rusty Blackbird (congratulations to Spencer
> for managing to digiscope it!), but I did see the eagles, and I got a great
> look at a Sharp-shinned Hawk, both perched under the interstate bridge and
> hovering against the wind.  There was also a pair of Hooded Mergansers at
> Mink Brook.
>
>                                David Webb
>                                Hanover
>
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Spencer

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