What started out as a very quiet walk in the rain at Campbell Flats turned into a fairly active 45 minutes, with some obvious migrant fall out. Conditions that favor concentrations of migrants here seem to be low overcast, if not drizzle, usually in association with warm temperatures and southerly air flow -- not the classic autumn cold fronts that get boreal migrants on the move. As often happens in these conditions, low light and fast-moving birds in treetops make for challenging identifications. Highlights: Canada Goose 18 Great Blue Heron 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 House Wren 3 Gray Catbird 5 Cedar Waxwing 2 Tennessee Warbler 2 Mourning Warbler 1 in corn, calling in view with 2 yellowthroats Common Yellowthroat 8 Magnolia Warbler 2 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 4 Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler 1 Palm Warbler (Western) 1 Pine Warbler 1 Singing Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Wilson's Warbler 1 Savannah Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 26 Lincoln's Sparrow 4 sparrow sp. 10+ (probably Songs) Scarlet Tanager 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Indigo Bunting 24 Definitely undercounted Red-winged Blackbird 20 in corn View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/ checklist/S39174000 ________________________ Chris Rimmer Vermont Center for Ecostudies PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055 802.649.1431 x202 http://vtecostudies.org/ <http://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] To unsubscribe: E-mail this command to [log in to unmask] UNSUBSCRIBE UV-Birders To change your e-mail address: E-mail this command from your old address to: [log in to unmask] CHANGE UV-Birders [new e-mail address] Web based archives and subscription management are available at: http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/Archives/uv-birders.html