Hello all,

To answer Eric's question about how many times an Acadian Flycatcher has 
been confirmed in Vermont, the answer is seven previous times -- 
including twice last year; once in Moretown and once in Danby.  The 
others are:

Pownal   1904
Shelburne  1973
Winhall   1981
Guilford   1991
Addison 1992

The location of where the bird was this morning is reached with a short 
walk through my property.  I was gone all day today, but checked upon 
return and did not find the bird.  I will seek it again early tomorrow 
morning.  If I find it I'll put a posting on VTBird.

Anyone who wants to search for the bird tomorrow is welcome to come any 
time after 9:00am, and I'll take you to the location.

Find your way to Middlebury.  Take Route 125 westbound (toward 
Bridport).  Go about five miles and there will be a small cemetery on 
the right, at the corner of Snake Mountain Road.  Turn right on Snake 
Mountain Road and go one mile.  You will see a mailbox numbered 1101.  
Go just north of the mailbox and turn left into a field for parking.  
Come to the house if you don't see me out and about.

By the way, the viewing location for the pair of Upland Sandpipers is 
only five minutes drive from my house.

Ian
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On 5/18/2013 2:49 PM, Eric Hynes wrote:
> Hello Vermont Birders:
>
> I left Hinesburg this morning at 0330 in hopes of hearing an Eastern
> Whip-poor-will. Wilson's Snipe and American Woodcock were easy to come by
> but no luck finding a whip before sunrise.
>
> As luck would have it, I met up with Ian Worley, Barbara Bronsan, and John
> Chamberlain (apologies if I misspelled any names) around sunrise and birded
> some private property. Access to the site may or may not be made public but
> it is not for me to say at this time (sorry).
>
> Nearing the completion of the walk, we were all celebrating hearing a
> *Black-billed
> Cuckoo* sing repeatedly when an even "better" bird spoke up. Much to our
> surprise, an *Acadian Flycatcher *started to sing! It's explosive cries for
> "pizza" rained down from about half way up in some mature hardwoods. It
> sang long enough for me to get a cluttered audio recording but within
> minutes it went quiet. We were never able to pick it out of the foliage. Oh
> how I miss baby leaf season already. Whether we caught it passing through
> or its setting up shop is impossible to say.
>
> Check out the link below to hear the recording. You have to tease it out of
> the more boisterous Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Ovenbird, Yellow-throated Vireo
> and others. It punctuates the chorus at 2.5 seconds and 5.5 seconds but the
> most conspicuous song burst occurs at 9.0 seconds.
>
> https://soundcloud.com/erichynes/acadian-flycatcher-i
>
> Other than the famous bird at last year's gathering, how many records are
> there for VT?
>
> Switching gears, the pair of *Upland Sandpipers* is still off Lemon Fair
> Road in Weybridge. They were in the field on the north side of the road and
> west of the river.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Eric Hynes
> Hinesburg