While the Bank Swallows have gone missing from the area, it was good to record a nice variety of bird activity along the Otter Creek.

Cheers Roy Pilcher


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Subject: eBird Report - Kendall Hill Road, Pittsford, May 10, 2013


Kendall Hill Road, Pittsford, Rutland, US-VT
May 10, 2013 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.25 mile(s)
Comments:     Priority was to check sandpit for nesting Bank Swallows.  No Bank 
Swallows but plenty of bird activity!
40 species

Canada Goose  2
Wood Duck  4
Mallard  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1     Perched above the Otter Creek.
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Wilson's Snipe  1     Winnowing.
Mourning Dove  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Least Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Warbling Vireo  2
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  4
Common Raven  1
Bank Swallow  0     This former nesting site was silent today, no sign of Bank 
                  Swallows. Pit is being actively excavated.
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  3
Gray Catbird  2
Ovenbird  1
Northern Waterthrush  2
Common Yellowthroat  3
American Redstart  2
Yellow Warbler  4
Song Sparrow  6
Swamp Sparrow  3
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Bobolink  1
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  3

View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S14061763

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)