I had a 40-50 robin flock this morning grazing on various foods in the yard. I like invading flocks of birds in the yard, we've planted loads of foods for them. Dave Merker Etna, New Hampshire > Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:54:31 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [UVB] Weekend Migrants > To: [log in to unmask] > > The September Quest walk happened here on Saturday. It was a beautiful day, > but the birds were rather disappointing. One bird of note was a dead > Ovenbird. It was found in the road, just below a power line. Given that it > was still limp and no cars had driven the road all morning, we guessed that > it collided with the lines on its way down from last nights migration. It > also happens the be the latest Ovenbird I have seen in Vermont. > > This morning was better, but still seemed a little slow. No one flock with > more than a few species, but a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was great to see. > This species was long over due. The last couple years I have found this > species by the end of August. I did have YBFL on this same date last year. > > The Hummingbird also ties my all time latest. > > Spencer Hardy > Norwich > > Tucker Hill Beaver Pond, Windsor, US-VT > Sep 18, 2011 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM > Protocol: Area > 10.0 ac > 23 species > > Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X heard only > Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 1 migrating due south > Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 flyby, seen briefly > Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 1 > Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) 1 Seen well, solid > orange lower mandible, uniform face, and overall very greenish > Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 3 > Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 10 > Common Raven (Corvus corax) 1 > Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 10 > White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2 > Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) 6 > Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) 1 > Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 1 > > Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) 1 > Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina) 1 > Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 2 > Magnolia Warbler (Setophaga magnolia) 2 > Black-throated Blue Warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) 2 > Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) (Setophaga coronata coronata) 3 > Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 3 > > Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 3 1 immature, 1 breeding, 1 > non-breeding > Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1 > White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 1 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://ebird.org)