Sterling, Kent, and Russ Ford conducted the first annual Solstice Bird  
Count in Northern Franklin County this afternoon. Species confirmed by  
at least two team members:

Downy Woodpecker
Blue Jays
American Crows
American Kestrel (1, Highgate)
Rock Doves
Eu Starlings
American Tree Sparrows (5, Highgate)
Horned Larks (~40, Highgate Springs)
Snow Buntings (10, Sheldon or Highgate)
Black-capped Chickadee
Common Raven
Red-tailed Hawk (pair in tree)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (downtown Swanton)

The very youngest of our team also reported a Flamingo near Missisquoi  
Bay that could not be confirmed by a second member. However any other  
Vermont reports of the species (presumably Phoenicopterus ruber rather  
than P. roseus) would add an interesting twist to this winter's list  
of irruptive species  ;-)   Russ