A varied and wonderful fall-out of backyard birds  in Burlington this 
morning was highlighted by what at first appeared to be a hawk--huge 
reddish flash of wings among the robins,juncos,etc. Lo and behold it was 
a Rhode Island red rooster! Soon joined by a couple of hens. Ahh-city 
living in Vermont. Getting along together were at least 8 cardinals: 4 
males, 3 females and at least one juvenile,feeding along with 15 or so 
robins, 2 downy woodpeckers,a  w-b nuthatch and a N.flicker all in the 
same crabapple tree;, chickadees, house finches (about 12),blue jay and 
juncos. Don't know what became of the fowl; when last seen they were 
foraging under the blue spruce. Nancy Goodrich, Burlington