Add to Nancy's shorebird list at Brilyea: 3 Pectoral Sandpipers
Greg
Vergennes


On 7/22/07, Nancy A. Brown <<a href="/cgi-bin/wa?LOGON=A3%3Dind0707%26L%3DVTBIRD%26E%3D7bit%26P%3D220876%26B%3D--%26T%3Dtext%252Fplain%3B%2520charset%3DISO-8859-1" target="_parent" >[log in to unmask]</a>> wrote:
>
> The water in the western impoundments has been low all summer.  Spring
> migration  had showing of Dunlins, Semipalmated Plovers & Black-bellied
> Plovers.  Lets hope for a fabulous August shorebird turnout.
>
> > Location:     Dead Creek WMA IBA - Brilyea Access
> > Observation date:     7/22/07
> > Number of species:     50
> >
> > Canada Goose     X
> > Wood Duck     X - with young
> > American Black Duck     X
> > Mallard     X
> > Great Blue Heron     28
> > Turkey Vulture     2
> > Osprey     2
> > Bald Eagle     1- first year bird
> > Killdeer     X
> > Greater Yellowlegs     1
> > Solitary Sandpiper     2
> > Spotted Sandpiper     X
> > Semipalmated Sandpiper     4
> > Least Sandpiper     8
> > American Woodcock     1
> > Ring-billed Gull     X
> > Mourning Dove     X
> > Black-billed Cuckoo     2
> > Belted Kingfisher     1
> > Red-bellied Woodpecker     3- adult and 2 begging young
> > Downy Woodpecker     2
> > Northern Flicker     4
> > Eastern Wood-Pewee     X
> > Willow Flycatcher     2
> > Great Crested Flycatcher     3- I think 1 maybe 2 of group was young
> > Eastern Kingbird  7-   pair and 4 young in one location, single bird in
> > other
> > Yellow-throated Vireo     5- its a family 2 adults and 3 very hungry
> young
> > Blue Jay     X
> > American Crow     X
> > Tree Swallow     X
> > Black-capped Chickadee     3
> > Red-breasted Nuthatch     3 -  at least 1 of this group appeared to be
> > following adult for feeding.
> > Marsh Wren     X
> > Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     3-   this was a group also with 2 young
> > Wood Thrush     1
> > American Robin     X
> > Gray Catbird     X
> > European Starling     X
> > Cedar Waxwing     X
> > Yellow Warbler     5-   1 adult with 4 young
> > Yellow-rumped Warbler     1- adult
> > Scarlet Tanager     1- male singing
> > Savannah Sparrow     X
> > Song Sparrow     X
> > Swamp Sparrow     X
> > Bobolink     4-   apair and 2 young ( meadow by bird boxes)
> > Red-winged Blackbird     X
> > Common Grackle     X
> > Baltimore Oriole     1- male
> > American Goldfinch     X
> >
> > This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(
> http://ebird.org/vins)
> >
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