Birdathon May 18th 2008 Herrick's Cove, Allens Marsh, XXX Road (new site ! details w/ map) and around Thetford Fine day for some birding. Had to "go it alone" this year, except for the local Thetford adventures w/ family. I was up at 3:45 and started birding~ 4:45. With a Sora. Always amazed what I/we do not get abroad, and do find at home: Hummer, Ea Bluebird, Hermit Thrush, Pileated, Indigo Bunting. Local walks are always productive (at a new CRBT site). BTBW, Winter Wren. usu more new ones. Solitary (2) in Thet. Highlights: Certainly the Blue-winged Warbler was the best. I watched it for quite awhile. This is at a new CRBT site in Windsor. Really an excellent site. This male was very patient, fed slowly, was prominent and visible in an old orchard. He sang his beeee-zzzz. When his did the zz, his tail sputtered !! Way rad (cool). Prairie W nearby, also Wilson's Snipe. Herrick's Cove is always a must ! ~300 Least Sandpipers !! 24 Semi-palm Plovers, 4 Lesser Yellowlegs. Yell-thr Vireo (good looks), BGGnatcatcher, Marsh Wren, Canada W, Pine W, WC Sparrow. No Waterthr. Louisiana WT and a bank of BASwallows near Herrick's. (the cut and paste list in philo order) American Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Wood Duck,, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, American Kestrel, Ruffed Grouse, Killdeer, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Wilson's Snipe, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker Willow Flycatchers, Least Flycatcher, Eastern Phoebe, Great-crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Yellow-throated Vireo, Red-eyed, and Warbling Vireo, Common Raven, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Boreal Chickadee, Winter Wren, Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Hermit Thrushes, Wood Thrush, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, Nashville, Yellow, Chestnut-sided, Magnolia, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Yellow-rumped, Blackburnian, Pine, Black-and-white, Canada Warblers, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager, Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Bunting, Bobolink, Baltimore Oriole. Good day (slightly tired) 97 species. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.20/1453 - Release Date: 5/18/2008 9:31 AM **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************