Yesterday (Sunday) I had my first VT record of a Red-bellied Woodpecker, calling from the oak-maple-beech woods around my house in Norwich. It stayed only briefly before flying off to the south. Being that this is the final year of the VT Breeding Bird Atlas, all Upper Valley birders are encouraged to make a special effort to document the nesting status this northward-expanding species. I also had 2 singing Pine Warblers and the season's first 3 Tree Swallows, plus a male E. Bluebird investigating a next box. Today at VINS in Quechee, single Yellow-rumped and Pine warblers singing. Chris ************************************* Chris Rimmer Conservation Biology Dept. Vermont Institute of Natural Science 6565 Woodstock Road P.O. Box 1281 Quechee, VT 05059 802-359-5001 ext. 230 www.vinsweb.org/cbd/index.html **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************