Around 5 PM today (July 28), a phone call from Ed Hack, who was at  
Pompy, alerted me to the presence of shorebirds there. Ed and I  
overlapped in our time at Pompy. He had to leave first, and I departed  
later after light began to fail with the arrival of rain in the area.  
The following counts from Pompy represent a combination of Ed's  
observations and mine, with the total numbers representing the highest  
counts of numbers of individuals seen for each species by either Ed or  
me or both of us. The water level at Pompy this evening was the lowest  
I have seen for several months.

Birds at Pompy on the evening of July 28, 2010:

Mallard   5 east of the I-91 overpasses; one hen with 7 ducklings to  
the west of the overpasses
Hooded Merganser    5
Kiilldeer   2
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Least Sandpiper  4

Other species at Pompy this evening included a Belted Kingfisher, an  
Eastern Kingbird, American Crows (4), Barn Swallows (10), an American  
Robin, and an estimated 25 Red-winged  Blackbirds. No Cliff Swallows  
were seen, but at least two nest chambers remain.

Elsewhere in Norwich, Ed saw 2 Great Blue Herons along Route 5 to the  
north of Butternut Lane; later, I saw only one Great Blue there.

Backyard highlights earlier today here in Norwich village included a  
Red-breasted Nuthatch, a Carolina Wren, two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,  
and two Purple Finches.

George

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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