Highlights below Ledyard Bridge and at the Wilder Dam boat access this morning: Location: Ledyard Bridge Observation date: 4/8/09 Number of species: 12 Canada Goose 37 Wood Duck 5 American Black Duck 2 Mallard 18 Ring-necked Duck 33 Common Merganser 4 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Location: Wilder Dam - outflow overlook Observation date: 4/9/09 Number of species: 16 Canada Goose 12 Wood Duck 3 Mallard 9 Ring-necked Duck 7 Bufflehead 2 Double-crested Cormorant 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 9 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt) Feeding on crab apples by the Norwich PO at 1:00 pm was a flock of 170+ Bohemian Waxwings and at least 2 Cedars. Another large flock of >200 Bohemians was outside the VCE office on 20 Palmer Court at 5:45 pm. Chris -- **************** Chris Rimmer Vermont Center for Ecostudies P.O. Box 420 Norwich, VT 05055 802-649-1431 ext. 1 www.vtecostudies.org **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************