4-26-08  I started out birding on Lake Pauline at our house then went up to 
Colby pond in Plymouth where I had the best bird of the day,  three Northern 
Pintails.  I followed Rt 100 north along the lakes looking for Loons, no luck yet. 
Then up Rt 4 to Kent pond and on to West Rutland Marsh. The weather made 
for an interesting birding day, clouds, wind  or sunshine all in a 5 minute 
period  (VT) even had the birds a little confused. 
Saturday morning list 43 species’ :
Lake Pauline:

Cardinal   2   m  f
White Throated Sparrow   1
Purple Finch   5   3m 2f
Red Breasted Nuthatch   1
Tufted Titmouse 2 m+ f
American Goldfinch   6  5m 1f
Brown headed Cow bird   7
Grackles   18
Redwing Black Birds   22
Chipping Sparrow   3
Song Sparrow   2
Dark eyed Junco   15
Chickadee   7
Robins   12
Crows   3
Blue Jay   1 only the second or third one this year
Morning Dove  3
Downy woodpecker   2
Hairy woodpecker   3  1m  2f
Mallards   5  3m  2f
Common Merganser   1  fly by  male
Canada Goose   2
Morning Dove   3

Non  Avian
Beaver
Red Squirrel
Chipmunk

Colby Pond   Plymouth  

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   1
Ruffed Grouse   1 drumming
Hooded Merganser   5   3f   2m 
Northern Pintails   3   2m  1f  surprise of the day
Pileated   woodpecker   2

Kent Pond   Killington

Killdeer   1
Mallard   3m
Crow   1
Spotted sandpiper   1

West Rutland Marsh  

Tree Swallows   9
American Goldfinch  1
Kestrel    1
Pheobe   1
Redwing Black bird   12 ++
House sparrow   6
Belted Kingfisher   1
Cardinal   2   m  f
Swamp Sparrow   2
Downy woodpecker   1
Crow   3
Turkey Vulture   5  kettling over Grandpa’s Knob   
Mallard   1
Canada goose   7 ++
Sora   heard
Marsh Wren   heard

Non  Avian  
Musk rat    1
Deer   2  

Good Birding
Peter Manship
Ludlow Vt
http://carol and petes.blogspot.com