A walk this morning down the old railroad bed at Tabor Road had the
following highlights:
Canada Goose - 3 V formations of about 40, 40, and 60, all headed north
Northern Harrier - male
Black-billed Cuckoo - had a long look at very close range; eating tent
caterpillars
Willow Flycatcher - many
Easter Wood-Pewee
Bobolink - plentiful
Veery
Baltimore Oriole
Savannah Sparrow
Also had a brief glimpse of a warbler with an olive green back (no
other details) and a song that sounded to me like "churreet" repeated 3
or 4 times. The closest I can come up with after listening to the
Stokes tape is a KENTUCKY WARBLER, though I realize this would be quite
unusual, especially so far north in VT. Interestingly, my
transliteration of the song in my field notes turns out to be a
combination of Stokes' "churry, churry ..." and Sybley's "prrreet
prrreet..." It was somewhat like an Ovenbird's song, though not nearly
so forceful and long. It was also similar to the Mourning Warbler on
the Stokes tape (not a species that I have heard personally), though it
definitely didn't have the final "cho" syllable (churry, churry, churry,
cho, according to Stokes). Any other possibilities?
Ken Copenhaver
Fairfax VT
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