Spent the afternoon at Dead Creek. The Brilyea Access about 50% thawed below
the causeway giving good open water for ducks including displaying Hoodies,
some Ring-Necks and a very active Coot. A flock of about 250 Snow Geese were
feeding at the very eastern edge of the viewing area, the rest I observed
were flying overhead including a single flock of 400.

And for mammal lovers, I saw a Mink and watched an Otter devour about half
of a Carp before it decided it didn't like me looking at it while it ate and
carried it off to a more private spot.

Ron Payne
Middlebury, VT


>
> Location: Dead Creek WMA IBA
> Observation date: 3/27/07
> Number of species: 20
>
> Snow Goose 1122
> Canada Goose 330
> Wood Duck 13
> Mallard 83
> Northern Pintail 3
> Ring-necked Duck 7
> Hooded Merganser 6
> Great Blue Heron 2
> Northern Harrier 3
> Red-tailed Hawk 3
> Rough-legged Hawk 6
> American Coot 1
> Killdeer 4
> Ring-billed Gull X
> Pileated Woodpecker 1
> American Crow X
> Horned Lark 1
> Tree Swallow 1
> American Robin X
> Song Sparrow X
> Red-winged Blackbird X
>
> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2
> (http://www.ebird.org/vins)
>