Once a summer aka June 18, I drive a specified route, 50 stops, 3 minutes each. Tallying each individual, visually or audibly. USBS is the US Biological Survey. Yesterday was the 8th year I have done this census route, something like the 40th year the route has been surveyed. Route starts in Post Mills and meanders around L Fairlee, down Rt 5, Godfrey in Thetford which turns into Hogback and then out past Huntley Meadows in Norwich. This is a breeding bird survey. There are routes all over the US. 72 species. One new for the year: Mourning Warbler with its slurry, churry song in tangly-berry cover. Highlights aside from our wonderful regular birds: 1 Green Heron 1 Be Kingfisher 12 other warbler species: No Waterthrush a first for the census, Bl-thr Blue, many Am Redstarts, Blaackburnian, Pines !. Alder, Least, Ea Kingbirds 1 NR-w Swallow, 1 Bank. 16 TuVu. 1 Ba Oriole. 1 ScTanager. Not one Rb Grosbeak, or GC Flycatcher. 3 Tree Swallows. No Hawks. 1 Monarch, I Silver-spotted Skipper, and a bunch of Eu Skippers around the Thetford dooryard yest. Bill Shepard. Bill Shepard Project Coordinator CT River Birding Trail 2360 Academy Road Thetford Center, VT 05075 Home: 802 785-2855 **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************