Thanks once again to the Rutland County Audubon group for hosting a fun and educational walk at the West Rutland Marsh. It is a beautiful area as well as an IBA and I am happy to have been present on the walk that completed one full year of monitoring and when the 100 species mark was broken! The American Bittern and the Yellow-throated Vireo were life birds for me - thanks! You are a friendly group and I hope I can continue to join you in this important project from time to time.
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Mona Bearor
South Glens Falls, NY
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  From: Susan Elliott
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  Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 4:39 PM
  Subject: West Rutland Marsh - July 18


  14 turned out for the 12th consecutive monthly
  monitoring walk of West Rutland Marsh today
  (including 2 junior birders and 2 birders named
  Mona).

  47 species were tallied with two new species for
  the walk: scarlet tanager (1) and yellow-throated
  vireo (3).