Despite the hypothermic weather, it was a good day to be out. I checked several favorite haunts between the Wilder Dam and Pompy Flats. Highlights: Location: Kilowatt North park Observation date: 4/23/11 Number of species: 20 Brown Thrasher 1 singing American Tree Sparrow 2 (late) Fox Sparrow (Red) 1 singing White-throated Sparrow 3 Common Redpoll 45 ------------------------- Location: Kilowatt boat access Observation date: 4/23/11 Number of species: 19 Ring-necked Duck 5 (numbers are dropping) Tree Swallow 35 (moving south fast and low over water, seemed like reverse migration) Vesper Sparrow 1 (in sumacs on bank just below entrance gate) Savannah Sparrow 4 ------------------------ Location: Pompy Farm oxbow Observation date: 4/23/11 Notes: Bonaparte's Gull in nonbreeding plumage Number of species: 21 Canada Goose 85 Green-winged Teal (American) 2 Ring-necked Duck 3 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Osprey 2 (possibly in courtship) Bonaparte's Gull 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Pine Warbler 1 ----------------------- Location: Ledyard Bridge Observation date: 4/23/11 Number of species: 19 Bald Eagle 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2 Palm Warbler (Yellow) 1 (foraging on exposed flats in Montshire cove) Chipping Sparrow 8 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 5 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 http://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 ****************************************************************