The tern was still present at 12:45 PM today and, as seen from the  
point near the Kilowatt Park South boat launch in Wilder, VT, was  
flying about over the water
on the NH side of the Connecticut River in the direction of the Sunset  
Motor Inn motel.

George Clark
Norwich, VT

On Sep 2, 2014, at 6:27 AM, Spencer Hardy wrote:

> The tern is still present as of 6:25 this morning, although easy to  
> miss.
>
> Spencer Hardy
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:51 PM, Chris Rimmer  
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> This evening, while watching for nighthawks at Kilowatt South (8  
>> passed by together at 6:55 pm), I was surprised to see what I first  
>> thought was a lone nighthawk over Wilder Dam, swooping and swerving  
>> as it hawked insects.  The bird moved steadily north towards me,  
>> and it soon became clear that I was watching a tern of some kind.   
>> Light was low, and I had no reference for size, but the bird  
>> finally flew within ~100 yards, then landed on one of the floating  
>> mats of vegetation near the NH shoreline.  At that point I realized  
>> it was a an immature Black Tern, the first I have ever seen in the  
>> Upper Valley outside of spring migration.  At 7:30 pm it was still  
>> roosting on the mat of vegetation, so perhaps it will linger until  
>> morning.
>>
>> Just before heading to Kilowatt, I stopped at Ledyard Bridge, where  
>> I was treated to a concentrated frenzy of passerine feeding in the  
>> strip of vegetation (a mix of native and planted trees and shrubs)  
>> on both sides of the path that passes from Route 5 under the  
>> bridge.  Highlights included 7 Eastern Kingbirds, 2 Red-eyed  
>> Vireos, 4-5 Pine Warblers (possibly a family group?), 10+ Yellow- 
>> rumped Warblers, 2 Scarlet Tanagers, 2 Baltimore Orioles, and a  
>> Purple Finch.  Interestingly, I walked from this spot under the  
>> bridge, across the park and onto the railroad tracks down to  
>> Montshire, but it was dead quiet everywhere else.  All the activity  
>> - and there was a lot of it - was concentrated in that small area,  
>> with a few birds also in the row of spruces and pines that borders  
>> the south side of park-and-ride lot.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> -- 
>> 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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