Location: West Rutland Marsh IBA Observation date: 9/20/07 Notes: Seventy-fourth consecutive monthly monitoring. Abundant crop of wild fruits and berries observed. Number of species: 40 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Rock Pigeon 11 Mourning Dove 45 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Downy Woodpecker 4 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 3 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Eastern Phoebe 7 Blue-headed Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 3 Blue Jay 67 American Crow 3 Black-capped Chickadee 27 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Marsh Wren 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 American Robin 24 Gray Catbird 25 European Starling 215 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Song Sparrow 4 Swamp Sparrow 20 White-crowned Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 4 Red-winged Blackbird 164 Common Grackle 4 Purple Finch 8 American Goldfinch 20 House Sparrow 9 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vins) Cheers, Roy Pilcher Proctor, Vermont Speaking the same language. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com