The fifth in the series of Norwich 2010 Birding Quest walks began this morning with a two mile walk along Hogback Road and then continued with a series of addenda including a short walk on Campbell Flats Road, and visits to Pompy, Kendal Station Road, the Pompy Farms area, and the Foley Park area, all in Norwich. The bird species total for this morning was 61. The weather was mainly cloudy, windy, and cool. Among highlights were: Solitary Sandpiper 1 along Campbell Flats Road near Patterson Road Greater Yellowlegs 1 at Pompy Eastern Kingbird 4 together along Hogback Road Swallows: More than 60, including at least Tree, Bank, Cliff, and Barn Swallows, were flying around over the cove and adjacent Connecticut River in the Foley Park (Ledyard Bridge) area. Smaller numbers of Barn Swallows were seen in two locations along Hogback Road. Veery 1 spotted by Ed Hack along Hogback Road Cedar Waxwings 34 in a flock along Hogback Road Warblers: 9 species, of which Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, and Blackburnian were among warbler species along Hogback Road Scarlet Tanager 1 singing along Hogback Road White-crowned Sparrow 2 seen at close range, with at least one singing, along Kendal Station Road Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 spotted by Cindy Crawford on Kendal Station Road Indigo Bunting 1 brilliant male at a sunflower seed feeder along Hogback Road Baltimore Oriole at both Kendal Station Road and Foley Park Special thanks to Doug Hardy, who reported, as of 3:38 PM today, that the total number of bird species found from Norwich so far this year stands at 133, including three first-of-the-year sightings in this posting (solitary, yellowlegs, and veery). George George Clark Norwich, VT **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************