In the Connecticut River near the mouth of the Ompomanoosuc River as seen this morning around 11 AM from the Norwich, VT, side was a female Black Scoter. There were also, farther north in that vicinity, 11 Ring- billed Gulls. Other birds in the northeastern part of Norwich this morning included 16 Green-winged Teal at Pompy and at least 25 American Pipits and an American Tree Sparrow at Campbell Flats. George Clark Norwich, VT