I was surprised to hear a White-throated Sparrow singing on my 
neighborhood walk this morning.  It is early for migrants, so probably a 
winter resident from the area. 

I'd be curious to know whether other birders share my surprise at how 
few robins seem to be back.  Despite the good numbers that overwintered 
in the Upper Valley, I'm hearing and seeing very few birds back on 
territories now.

Chris

Location:     Warner Meadows
Observation date:     3/30/09
Number of species:     15

Mallard     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     13
Black-capped Chickadee     6
Tufted Titmouse     3
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Brown Creeper     1
Carolina Wren     1 singing
American Robin     1 singing
Song Sparrow     4 singing
White-throated Sparrow     1 singing
Dark-eyed Junco     7
Red-winged Blackbird     2
Pine Siskin     14

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)

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Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
P.O. Box 420
Norwich, VT 05055
802-649-1431 ext. 1
www.vtecostudies.org

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