Ventured off to Bradford VT to walk the tracks this am.  Great spot to bird, as you are at “tree top” height, and there is water, marsh etc about.

 

As I stepped onto the tracks, I heard an odd sound, I wrote it off to some froggy/ amphibian sound. And continued my stroll.  Rather chilly and quiet.  May be good day for BGGN, and there they were.

 

A pair of Blue Gray Gnatcatchers….big as life.  Busy and not very vocal.     As I was about to leave the tracks for my car I heard I rich musical song:  BAOR   (Balt. Oriole)

 then I heard my “frog” again….this time I knew I weren’t no frog.  And I’d better go find it.

 

I wandered out into the nearby corn field and lo-and-behold there was a SaCr as big as life.  This is a bird I have seen in FL, UT and AK…..very distinct “bugley” sound.  Not a bird you are going to miss:  Sandhill Crane.

 

Campbell Flats had 6 Solitary Sandpipers and 1  Lesser Yellowlegs in the wet grass.

 

Oh, (cool) happy day…May-day.

 

BiSh

 

 

 

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