I found another large group of sparrows in more or less the same spot
this morning (likely the same group). Today however, there was a
Vesper and 2 White-crowned Sparrow mixed in. Also a pair of Greater
Scaup on the NH side of the CT river seen from the Ledyard Bridge area
around 9:30 this morning.

Spencer Hardy
Norwich, VT

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 6:54 PM, spencer hardy
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> Along Bragg Hill Rd. this afternoon I found one of the biggest sparrow
> flocks I have seen this fall. From the car I flushed wave after wave
> of birds, with two groups that looked like they numbered more than 50
> individuals each. Almost all juncos, but a few others still mixed in.
> There easily could have been 300+ birds total.
>
> On a side note, the approaching weather system could make for some
> good birding tomorrow.
> This radar map shows what I think is a large movement of
> migrants--although it is updated frequently so might not show much in
> an hour or two.
>
> http://weather.rap.ucar.edu/radar/displayRad.php?icao=KGYX&prod=bref1&bkgr=black&endDate=20121018&endTime=-1&duration=0
>
> Spencer Hardy
> Norwich, VT
>
> Elmer Brook gully area, Windsor, US-VT
> Oct 18, 2012 4:26 PM - 4:36 PM
> Protocol: Stationary
> 9 species
>
> Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)  1     heard only, several call notes
> Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)  2
> Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  2
> White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)  5
> Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  200     Very conservative count, all
> throughout one of the yard
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)



-- 
Good Birding,
Spencer