Kyle Jones, Sarah Carline and I visited Foxstand this morning, wading 
through the dense weedy patch at the farm's north end in search of 
sparrows, which were abundant but exceedingly difficult to identify as 
they bolted from view.  We probably identified <20% of the sparrows we 
encountered.  Highlights included:

Turkey Vulture  20 in one kettle, apparently coming off a roost
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Palm Warbler (Western)  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  30
Wilson's Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  30
Field Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  15
Song Sparrow  44
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  8
White-throated Sparrow  4
White-crowned Sparrow  12
Indigo Bunting  16
Purple Finch  8
American Goldfinch  41

View this checklist online athttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20012354

A late morning stop at Kilowatt showed significant turnover since 
yesterday.  The Surf Scoter was gone, but in its place were 24 American 
Black Ducks, 4 Green-winged Teal, 4 Ring-necked Ducks, and 7 D-c 
Cormorants, among the usual characters.

Chris

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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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