At 06:53 AM 7/26/02 EDT, you wrote:
>This weekend I've finally decided to take the long drive to go to Brilyea.
>After seeing some great shorebirds, I was hoping to try to fill in some other
>gaps in my statelist.  Can anyone out there give me some advice for finding
>the following birds in VT -
>
>Black-billed cuckoo - There have been quite a few around this summer,
particularly in scrubby areas around farm  fields.  Can't give any
particular areas off the top of my head.
>Orchard oriole - 1 first year male near the farm barn at Shelburne Farms
in June
>Merlin - Follow the shorebirds
>Fish crow - One in the Price Chopper Parking lot on Shelburne Road, S.
Burlington, a couple days ago.
>
>Thanks in advance -
>
>
>Mike Resch
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>Pepperell, MA
>
>
Allan Strong


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Allan M. Strong
University of Vermont
School of Natural Resources
341 Aiken Center
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-2910
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