*Vermont *Statewide 2.12.07 *VT0403.06 This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for February 12, 2007 covering the period February 5-11, 2007. Highlights this week include 2 GADWALLS in Button Bay on 2/11, an immature RED-SHOULDERED HAWK in Westminster on 2/11, a 3-TOED WOODPECKER at Moose Bog, an EASTERN PHOEBE singing in Brattleboro on 2/9, a HERMIT THRUSH along a trail near Button Bay on 2/11, a YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at a Woodstock feeder on 2/10 and a FOX SPARROW at a Huntington feeder on 2/6. Two HOODED MERGANSERS were seen in Button Bay on 2/11. A driving survey of raptors in Bridport, Addision and Panton west of Rte. 22A on 2/7 included the following sightings: 25 RED-TAILED HAWKS, 34 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1 NORTHERN HARRIER and 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. An ICELAND GULL was spotted off Grand Isle on 2/10. A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was seen in Cambridge on 2/10, a male and female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER were seen at Moose Bog this week and a NORTHERN FLICKER was sighted in South Burlington on 2/6. The first reported sighting of a BOHEMIAN WAXWING this winter occurred in Burlington on 2/4. Thanks to the following contributors whose observations were cited: Eric Cannizzaro, Thomas Carrolan, Shawn Donovan, Steve Hagenbuch, David Hoag, Alan Keitt, Jeff Nadler, Julie Nicholson, Darlene Palola, Julie Waters, Matt Weiner, the Winslows and Aaron Worthley. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science offers natural history trips, lectures and programs. To receive a copy of our program calendar, stop at one of our centers, call the office during business hours at 802-457-2779 or visit the VINS' web site at http://www.vinsweb.org <http://www.vinsweb.org/>. This Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. VINS is a non-profit, membership organization located in Quechee with a regional center in Manchester. Founded in 1972, VINS' mission is to protect our natural heritage through education and research. Your membership supports these goals and this reporting service. Updates are typically made on Fridays. Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VINS, or email reports to [log in to unmask] If you have any interesting birds to report, you can send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: [log in to unmask] Or enter your sightings on Vermont eBird at http://www.ebird.org/VINS/. Mary Holland Chris Rimmer Kent McFarland Roz Renfrew Vermont RBA Compilers Conservation Biology Department Vermont Institute of Natural Science 6565 Woodstock Road PO Box 1281 Quechee, VT 05059 802-359-5001 **************************************************************** To post messages, send e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Set your e-mail application to PLAIN TEXT ONLY to post messages. To contact the list owner: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html ****************************************************************