Beaver Pond, Tigertown Rd. Norwich: 4/21/09 Yellow-Rumped Warbler Hawk-probably Red-Tail (photo here if you want to i.d.) http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~cindy/hawk.ttr.b.pond.jpg 4/25/09 Great Blue Heron Wood Duck-pair (Hooded Mergansers are still there-2 pairs plus 4 Canada Geese) Canada Geese like to sit (nest?) on top of the Beaver Lodge. Frogs are in full chorus Note: there are 3 lodges on this Pond now. Home-Tigertown Rd. Norwich 4/26/09 Northern Flicker-female Yellow-shafted-have not seen a flicker here for several years 4/27/09 Rose-Breasted Grosbeak-pair Male Rose-B was eating suet- not seen before. White-Throated Sparrows-small flock-5-6 singing 4/28/09 Wood Thrush singing-1 Black-Throated Green Warbler -1 Also here: Barred Owls very noisy at dusk Evening Grosbeak-flock of 8 Noisy! Pine Siskins-4-5 stiil here. Are they going to stay??? Chickadees-8-10 Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers-4-5 Noisy! Hairy Woodpeckers-2 Downy Woodpeckers 2 Juncoes 5-6 Red-Breasted Nuthatches-2 White-Breasted Nuthatches 2 Robins 3-4 singing Brown Creeper-2-4 Purple Finch 4-5 Goldfinch 4-6 Cowbird (heard) AND pregnant Red Squirrel(!) Chipmunks Hepatica Trout Lily Yellow Violet Bellwort Cynthia Crawford P.S.Bird listings reported to ebird I take down all my feeders and suet at dusk. No bears -- Creature Kinships and Natural Affinities Animal and Nature Paintings, Portraits and Prints www.creaturekinships.com Photos: http://pbase.com/creaturekinships **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************