The Pipeline East is still the 'hot spot' for birding Victory this spring. Met up with Sandy & Mark Turner for early am birding followed by Dory & Kate from Woodstock as we worked the pipeline. Along the Victory rd. warbler species are starting to arrive with Magnolia, Black & White, N. Parula, Palm, Yellow rumped, Nashville, Oven on site. Happy to find a Lincoln's and a lone Pine Siskin. Add Beaver to the mix of Mink and Moose along that route. List follows.

Victory Basin WMA IBA--Pipeline east of River Road, Essex, US-VT May 7, 2013 5:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
46 species

Canada Goose  4
Wood Duck  5
Mallard  1
Ruffed Grouse  3
Wild Turkey  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Wilson's Snipe  3
Mourning Dove  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Black-backed Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Gray Jay  2
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  X
Common Raven  1
Tree Swallow  3
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
Brown Creeper  2
Winter Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Hermit Thrush  2
American Robin  X
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  X
Magnolia Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  X
Song Sparrow  2
Lincoln's Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  X
White-throated Sparrow  X
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  2
Purple Finch  3
Pine Siskin  1