Ed Hack and I found a few nice birds at Campbell Flats this morning, after the fog lifted ~9:30 am. Overall sparrow diversity was lower than yesterday, but White-throats were abundant. Highlights among 36 species: Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 19 Northern Harrier 1 immature Red-tailed Hawk 1 Northern Flicker 4 Merlin 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Philadelphia Vireo 1 House Wren 1 Winter Wren 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Blackpoll Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow (leucophrys) 1 adult White-throated Sparrow 65 abundant along edge of corn field; birds passing repeatedly into and out of corn; Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 30 Lincoln's Sparrow 5 Swamp Sparrow 3 Eastern Towhee 1 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 60 in corn View this checklist online athttp://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25211161 -- Chris Rimmer Vermont Center for Ecostudies P.O. Box 420 Norwich, VT 05055 802-649-1431 ext. 1 www.vtecostudies.org **************************************************************** 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 ****************************************************************