Earlier today Ed Hack and I, seeking birds, visited Lake Runnemede in  
Windsor, the area around the Windsor Industrial Park, North Hartland  
including the North Hartland Dam, and Dewey's Pond in Quechee.

Among the 67 bird species we encountered in our searching, a pair of  
Blue-winged Teal at Dewey's Pond were our first of that species for  
this year. Our observations of the Blue-wings were substantially  
facilitated by a fisherman in boat, the movement of which led to the  
Blue-wings, together with 12 Green-winged Teal, moving out towards the  
center of the pond and away from their partial concealment along the  
distant shoreline.

The area around Lake Runnemede was productive, yielding 3 Gadwall,a  
male Surf Scoter, an adult Bonaparte's Gull, a Common Tern, a Cliff  
Swallow, a Gray Catbird, a Parula Warbler, a Northern Waterthrush  
(seen by Ed only), and a Common Yellowthroat.

Of the nine species of warblers today, Yellow-rumped Warblers were the  
most numerous; we saw at least 30 at Lake Runnemede. Other birds of  
special interest at Lake Runnemede included 2 Buffleheads, 28 Double- 
crested Cormorants, a female Red-breasted Merganser, 3 Common Loons, a  
Pied-billed Grebe, an Osprey, an adult Bald Eagle, a Sharp-shinned  
Hawk, a Spotted Sandpiper, 5 Ring-billed Gulls, 2 Yellow Warblers, a  
Black-throated Green Warbler, and a Black-and-white Warbler.

After my return this afternoon to Norwich, thanks to a report from  
Susan Green via Chris Rimmer, I was able see the male Northern  
Shoveler in the temporary pool next to the driveway of St. Francis of  
Assisi Catholic Church on Beaver Meadow Road. A Carolina Wren was  
singing nearby.

George Clark
Norwich, VT

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