With dark skies to the north and rain to the south, today's birding was kept to Thetford & Fairlee. Observed and digiscoped a female Ruddy Duck near the north end of Lake Morey, in the vicinity of Camp Lanakila, from 11:40 - Noon; she was keeping close company with a family(?) of Double-crested Cormorants. Parked on the east shore of the lake, near the north end, where there's a pull-off on both sides and a lot missing its house. This was my first attempt at digiscoping, and was done without proper mounts, so the image quality is not great; I will post to Vermont eBird group on Flickr. When I returned to my car at 1:30, only 1 cormorant could be seen. Lake Morey, 10:40am - 1:30pm 5 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Ruddy Duck (female) 1 Common Loon 5 Blue Jay 1 Common Raven 2 American Crow 12 Black-capped Chickadee 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Cedar Waxwing 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 White-throated Sparrow 2 American Goldfinch. Union Village Dam - Mystery Trail & North end, 8:50-10:50am 4 Blue Jay 2 Common Raven 8 American Robin 1 Ruffed Grouse 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Blue-headed Vireo 20 Black-capped Chickadee 4 Pine Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 female Common Yellowthroat 8 White-throated Sparrow 1 American Goldfinch. Submitted to eBird. Regards & Good birding, Bob Heitzman Hartford