Photos for many of the birds listed below at:

	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/_2008-05-10.php

This morning, I birded the Hinsdale setback and had some nice 
sightings: two kinds of flycatchers (not sure which kind yet, but I 
got photos) blue-gray gnatcatchers, a scarlet tanager, common 
yellowthroats, yellow warblers, yellow-rumped warblers, one great 
blue heron, many red-winged blackbirds and grackles, multiple 
orioles, several canada geese and one eastern kingbird.  The kingbird 
photo, by the way, is a real treat: I got it just as it was 
swallowing a bug:

	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/3357.php

Later, in Brattleboro, there were -many- chipping sparrows chasing 
one another around, as well as a savannah sparrow and FOY bobolinks. 
Again, multiple grackles & red-winged blackbirds, plus many starlings 
and house sparrows.  In that group, I got a very nice photo of one 
chipping sparrow flying towards another:

	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/3359.php

We then checked out Krif Road in Keene in search of pipits.  No luck 
with the pipits but we got a sparrow I can't seem to figure out. 
White eye ring and pink legs, streaking on chest and sides under 
wings, (but not stomach), mostly white throat with two dark streaks 
coming from the beak down and outwards.  Got two very clear photos of 
the bird, and after looking through my books, I decided it was best 
to consult a panel of experts (that's where all of you come in):

	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/3363.php
	http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/3362.php

Finally, at home, some nice feeder birds.  Orioles, pine siskins, 
american goldfinches, hairy woodpecker, a -huge- flock of tree 
sparrows flying all over the neighborhood, a red-tailed hawk flyover, 
a cooper's hawk flyover, grackles, red-winged blackbirds, mourning 
doves, cardinals, rose-breasted grosbeaks, a ruby-throated 
hummingbird, black-capped chickadees, blue jays.

Also, at Allen Brothers Marsh, there was an Eastern Kingbird which 
couldn't be budged standing in the same tree where they nested last 
year, so I suspect there will be another nest, plus the Sora is still 
calling, though from further away than yesterday and still not 
visible.

If anyone can help me out with the mystery flycatchers and sparrow, 
I'd appreciate it.  The sparrow did not vocalize.

--julie
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