Mike's and Heather's post of 3 Caspian Terns at Shelburne Pond yesterday  was 
sufficient reason to waive reports and inclement weather  and seek them out.
Included among the birds observed at the pond were: Canada Goose (12) and  
about a dozen goslings, Double-crested Cormorant (~150), Black-crowned  
Night-Heron (4), Bald Eagle (1), Ring-billed Gull (50+), Herring Gull (X),  Caspian 
Tern (2), Black-billed Cuckoo (1), Great-crested Flycatcher (2) and  Savannah 
Sparrow (1).
Of interest: "catch and release" game played by industrious cormorants  and 
pesky gulls; two families of Canada  Geese apparently not  intimidated by the 
presences of an immature Bald Eagle scrutinizing them  from the advantage point 
of a tree above them; at least one of the  Black-crowned Night-Herons 
exhibited a metal leg band; the Caspian Terns were  first observed patrolling the 
pond but to the observer's surprise were seen a  second time (assuming the same 
two), among a large group of Ring-billed Gulls  and a handful of Herring Gulls 
lazing on an adjacent cultivated field; a  pair of Herring Gulls were seen 
flying north, one of which had a beak full of  nesting material; the black-billed 
Cuckoo was heard calling.
Cheers,
Roy Pilcher
Proctor, Vermont

Speaking the same  language.