*Vermont

 

*Statewide

2.13.09

 

*VT0403.06

 

This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for February 13, covering the period
February 6 - 12, 2009.  

 

The birding highlights of the week include a LONG-TAILED DUCK at Shelburne
Town Beach on 2/9 and the continued presence of a NORTHERN HAWK OWL in Eden,
last observed and reported on 2/9.

 

An AMERICAN KESTREL was spotted hunting over exposed fields in Highgate on
2/11.

 

SNOWY OWLS were seen in South Burlington (1 on 2/9) and Whiting (1 on 2/12).


 

A BELTED KINGFISHER was heard and seen at Lake Runnemede in Windsor on 2/12.

 

Flocks of waxwings, primarily BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS, were reported from South
Burlington (270), Waitsfield (100), Rutland (100), Montpelier (35) and
Poultney (30) this week.

 

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS were seen in Rutland Town (1 on 2/6) and in Rochester
(1 on 2/10).

 

PINE GROSBEAKS were observed in Danby (2 on 2/8) and Montpelier (35 on 2/7).

 

WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILLS were sighted in Williston (62 on 2/10), Woodstock (2
on 2/11), Danby (2 on 2/8) and in Hartford (1 on 2/6).

 

COMMON REDPOLLS (and one HOARY REDPOLL in Waitsfield) and PINE SISKINS were
plentiful throughout Vermont this week.  

 

A flock of about 40 EVENING GROSBEAKS visited feeders in South Starksboro
2/6 - 2/9 and 15 were seen in Ripton on 2/13.

 

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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