*Vermont *Statewide 9.17.07 *VT0403.06 This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for September 17, 2007 covering the period September 10 - 16, 2007. Highlights this week include the following sightings: WHIMBREL (Charlotte Town Beach, 9/9, South Hero, 9/14); BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER (Lake & Greenfield Roads, Charlotte, 2 on 9/12-14, 1 on 9/16); RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (Dead Creek, 3 on 9/9, 2 on 9/10); Charlotte Town Beach, 4 on 9/13; PARASITIC JAEGER (Charlotte Town Beach, 2 on 9/13); JAEGER sp. (Charlotte Town Beach, 9/16); BLACK-HEADED GULL (Grand Isle, 1 on 9/15); SABINE'S GULL (Charlotte Town Beach, 9/12 and juvenile on 9/16); BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Grand Isle, 2 on 9/15; CASPIAN TERN (Grand Isle, 1 on 9/15, 2 on 9/16); BLACK TERN (Charlotte Town Beach, 9/12,13 and 9/16). Two HORNED GREBES were observed at Charlotte Town Beach on 9/16. A RED-NECKED GREBE was spotted at Lake Iroquois 9/10 and at Charlotte Town Beach on 9/13 and 9/16. Several hundred BLUE-WINGED TEAL, GREEN-WINGED TEAL and MALLARDS were present at Dead Creek on 9/12. Four NORTHERN PINTAILS, one GREATER SCAUP and 5 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS were seen at Charlotte Town Beach on 9/13, plus one WHITE-WINGED SCOTER on 9/14 and 6 on 9/16. The Putney Mt. Hawk Watch had the following high counts this week: 24 OSPREY on 9/12, 79 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS on 9/13 and 651 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS on 9/13. At Mt. Philo, 3006 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS passed overhead on 9/10. Other shorebird highlights include AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (Dead Creek, 4 on 9/9; Charlotte, 1 on 9/16); SANDERLING (Charlotte Town Beach, 9/9) and BAIRD'S SANDPIPER (Dead Creek, 1 on 9/10; Charlotte, 3 juveniles on 9/12 & 9/13 and 1 on 9/14). A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen in Brandon on 9/11. Two AMERICAN PIPITS were observed at Charlotte Town Beach on 9/16. Warbler migration has produced sightings of the following warblers this week: TENNESSEE, NASHVILLE, NORTHERN PARULA, YELLOW, CHESTNUT-SIDED, MAGNOLIA, BLACK-THROATED BLUE, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GREEN, PINE, PALM, BAY-BREASTED, BLACKPOLL, BLACK-AND-WHITE, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, WILSON'S and CANADA. 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 802-359-5000 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 ****************************************************************