Does anyone know where the blue-winged warblers were
seen in Saxtons River?

Mitch Harrison
Wardsboro
--- Mary Holland <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> 5.19.08
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> *VT0403.06
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> This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for May 19, 2008
> covering the period May
> 12-18, 2008.  (* = first of year sightings)
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> The highlights of the week were a SANDHILL CRANE at
> Ompompanoosuc Flats in
> Norwich on 5/18; a LITTLE GULL in Grand Isle on
> 5/13; a male and female
> ORCHARD ORIOLE* at the Farrell Access at Dead Creek
> WMA on 5/15 and 2 RED
> CROSSBILL sightings in central Vermont on 2/15, 2 in
> Norwich and 2 in
> Hartland.
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> A HORNED GREBE was sighted off Grand Isle on 5/18.
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> A BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, an unusual sighting in
> central Vermont, was
> seen at the Ledyard Bridge in Norwich on 5/18.
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> Two CASPIAN TERNS were sighted at Delta Park in
> Colchester on 5/13 and at
> Donahue Sea Caves in Burlington on 5/13.
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> A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO* was spotted at the West
> Rutland Marsh on 5/15 and in
> Norwich on 5/18.
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> WHIP-POOR-WILLS were heard in Goshen and Brandon on
> 5/17.
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> A PHILADELPHIA VIREO* was observed in South
> Starksboro on 5/16.
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> A SWAINSON'S THRUSH* was seen in Middlebury on 5/16
> and in Rochester on
> 5/18.
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> BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS were sighted in Saxton's River
> on 5/13 and 5/17, West
> Rutland Marsh on 5/15, Proctor on 5/17 and in
> Monkton on 5/18.  A BREWSTER'S
> WARBLER (hybrid) was seen and heard at Snake Mt. on
> 5/17 and in Monkton on
> 5/18. A BLACKPOLL WARBLER* was spotted in Rochester
> on 5/18.  A MOURNING
> WARBLER* was observed in Charlotte on 5/17 and a
> WILSON'S WARBLER* was
> spotted in Monkton on 5/18.
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> A lingering AMERICAN TREE SPARROW was seen in
> Saxton's River on 5/13.
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> Please report your sightings of rare or unusual
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> Vermont eBird at http://ebird.org/content/vt/.
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> Mary Holland
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> Chris Rimmer
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> Kent McFarland
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> Roz Renfrew
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> Vermont RBA Compilers,
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> Vermont Center for Ecostudies (VCE)
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