Greetings,

Four of us from GMAS went on a quest for migrating shorebirds at Delta Park
IBA this hazy, humid am.  Despite more exposed shoreline than we have seen
there in a long time, we almost struck out, seeing only an adult and
juvenile Spotted Sandpiper.  We had a small bonanza of gulls and terns
though, most resting on snags in the mouth of the Winooski River.  The list:

2   D-c Cormorant
6   Canada Goose
8   Wood Duck
13  Common Merganser - 2 females, each with young of different ages
3   Great Blue Heron
2   Spotted Sandpiper - adult and juv.
2   Herring Gull - juv.
14  Ring-billed Gull - adult and juv.
3   Great Blacked-backed Gull - juv.
3   Bonaparte's Gull - juv.
18  Common Tern - adult and juv.
1   Caspian Tern - adult
3   Cooper's Hawk - family unit, adult and juv.
1   Merlin - our first at DP
1   Osprey
1   No. Flicker
1   Warbling Vireo
10  Am. Crow
4   B-c Chickadee
3   Tufted Titmouse
1   White-breasted Nuthatch
2   Am. Robin
3   Redwing Blackbird
2   No. Cardinal
4   Song Sparrow
2   Am. Goldfinch

Carl