Wilder boat access produced a nice surprise this morning -- 5 Surf Scoters (4 adult males, 1 immature male) with 3 female scaup sp. They were tight together on the water about 100 yards from the point, just south towards dam. The scoters were a first for me in the Upper Valley. Location: Wilder Dam - boat ramp Observation date: 10/16/09 Number of species: 17 Mallard 4 Greater/Lesser Scaup 3 Surf Scoter 5 Ring-billed Gull 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 2 Carolina Wren 2 American Robin 60+ European Starling 10 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 1 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 8 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 18 White-crowned Sparrow 5 Northern Cardinal 1 American Goldfinch 2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt) -- **************** 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 ****************************************************************