Ed Hack and I visited a few localities today. Some of the highlights were as follows: Hoyt's Landing, Springfield: 29 Hooded Mergansers, 15 Common Mergansers, a Ring-billed Gull, and a male Belted Kingfisher. Springfield Meadows (area of Route 5 and Old Connecticut River Road): about 400 Canada Geese in the Connecticut River, 8 American Black Ducks, 50 Mallards, 7 Common Goldeneyes, 4 Hooded Mergansers, a Common Merganser, an adult Red-tailed Hawk, a Carolina Wren seen at close range, about 20 Snow Buntings, 6 American Tree Sparrows, a Song Sparrow, and about 25 Dark-eyed Juncos. Lake Runnemede, Windsor, VT: 40 Canada Geese, 10 American Black Ducks, 11 Mallards, 4 Common Mergansers, an adult Bald Eagle, a Northern Flicker, a Winter Wren, 7 American Tree Sparrows, and a Song Sparrow. The Bald Eagle was perched in a deciduous tree on the south side slope above Lake Runnemede and near houses in Windsor village. For some minutes, 2 American Crows noisily mobbed the eagle, with one crow approaching the eagle along its perching limb to within a distance estimated at only 2 crow lengths away. Despite the provocations, the eagle held its position, and eventually the 2 crows abandoned their effort to drive away the eagle and flew off. George Clark Norwich, VT **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************