On a less than desirable day, 10 brave, soaked souls ventured out for our monthly bird walk at Hildene here in Manchester- actually,  not a bad list, though only about 2/3 of what we normally would have seen on a walk this time of May. 

Our next walk is Saturday, June 15th.

Randy Schmidt
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch
Manchester Center, VT

Canada Goose  26
Wood Duck  2
Hooded Merganser  1
Virginia Rail  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  2
Black-capped Chickadee  1
Eastern Bluebird  2
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  10
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  1
Ovenbird  9
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
Chestnut-sided Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  3
Swamp Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Baltimore Oriole  2