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 http://www.flickr.com/photos/60611812@N05/7909845582/in/pool-929116@N20

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Ron Payne
Middlebury, VT

On Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:40:25 -0400, "Ian A. Worley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Thanks to an early posting by Dan Huber, Ron Payne and I went to the end
> of the west trail at Brilyea Access in Addison to search for 
> shorebirds.  A slight rise in water levels has returned a small area 
> of open, shallow water to the area completely grown-in by plants 
> during the June and July drawdown. 
>
> Among many Lesser Yellowlegs and some Greater Yellowlegs there were 
> other sandpipers, notably a Stilt Sandpiper, a Pectoral Sandpiper, 
> and three Dunlins.   There were nine shorebird species in total. 
>
> We also surveyed a number of locations along the shore of southern 
> Lake Champlain from Orwell to Addison.  Not unexpectedly there were 
> few shorebirds, and no noteworthy species.  We did come upon 11 
> Horned Larks on a short farm road leading to a manure pile at a farm 
> on Lake Street in Bridport. 
>
> The full Brilyea list is below. 
>
> Ian
> ===============
>
>
> Brilyea Access, Addison, US-VT
> Sep 1, 2012 2:12 PM - 5:26 PM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 1.8 mile(s)
> Comments:     Ron Payne and Ian Worley.    Took west trail to dam, 
> then east along shore, then north along shore to beginning of west 
> trail.  Most shorebirds and waterfowl were at the end of the west 
> trail east to the main body of open water --- an area mostly grown in 
> since the drawdown began a month or two ago, but with a few shallow, 
> wade-able waters. 
> 39 species
>
> Wood Duck  10
>
> Mallard  6
>
> Blue-winged Teal  32
>
> Green-winged Teal  19
>
> Great Blue Heron  13
>
> Northern Harrier  1
>
> Spotted Sandpiper  2
>
> Solitary Sandpiper  5
>
> Greater Yellowlegs  11     One group of five, otherwise generally 
> mixed with Lesser Yellowlegs.  Intermittently calling. 
>
> Lesser Yellowlegs  52     Actively foraging and moving about; 
> occasionally short flights.  Usually silent.  Carefully counted by 
> individuals. 
>
> Least Sandpiper  1
>
> Pectoral Sandpiper  1     Mixed in with Lesser Yellowlegs. 
>
> Dunlin  3     A close-knit group of three foraging amid water lilies 
> and Yellowlegs.   Size of a largish peep, short legs, down-turned 
> bill noticeably longer than that of Least, Baird's, White-rumped, and 
> Semipalmated Sandpipers.  Supercillium minimal at best.  These birds 
> did not appear especially rotund.  While the neck did not appear 
> exceptionally short, it was never extended far from the body.  Mostly 
> gray, though possibly with some brownish tint on upper parts of body 
> and in chest area.  Either juvenile or nonbreeding; breast tinted or 
> streaked carrying up into shoulder area.  Belly light to white. 
>
> Stilt Sandpiper  1     Obviously smaller than adjacent Lesser 
> Yellowlegs with long, slightly down-turned bill often carried mostly 
> perpendicular.  Bill black and moderately stout at base, evenly 
> tapered to tip.  Yellowish to yellow-green legs, strikingly less 
> yellow than legs of Yellowlegs. Legs long, though not as long as 
> those of Yellowlegs.   Probing/feeding up-and-down motion more like 
> Dowitchers than Yellowlegs; body well tipped-up during probing. 
> Evident supercilium.  Breast lightly tinged.  Seemed overall light 
> enough to be a first winter bird.  Mixed with Lesser Yellowlegs; 
> stayed in shallow water in and around emergent grasses. 
>
> Wilson's Snipe  1     Flushed from ditch or weedy place along trail. 
>
> Ring-billed Gull  3
>
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
>
> Northern Flicker  2
>
> Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
>
> Eastern Phoebe  2
>
> Eastern Kingbird  6
>
> Blue Jay  5
>
> American Crow  2
>
> Common Raven  1
>
> Tree Swallow  3
>
> Bank Swallow  1
>
> Barn Swallow  11
>
> Black-capped Chickadee  1
>
> White-breasted Nuthatch  1
>
> American Robin  3
>
> Gray Catbird  2
>
> European Starling  7
>
> Cedar Waxwing  4
>
> Common Yellowthroat  1
>
> Song Sparrow  3
>
> Red-winged Blackbird  3
>
> Common Grackle  11
>
> Baltimore Oriole  1
>
> American Goldfinch  2
>
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)
>
>

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