Seen yesterday at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (most of
the species seen while walking the well-maintained trail loop at the
Stephen J. Young Marsh):
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Osprey - including two on a nest very close to Route 78
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe - great views through the scope!
Mourning Dove
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow - many! - several couples going in and out of nesting
holes
Black-capped Chickadee
American Robin
European Starling
EASTERN TOWHEE - This was the Bird of the Day for me - a real surprise!
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
Also - many painted turtles, lots of diverse frog noises, and the odd
sight of a large leech apparently feeding on frog eggs.
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Maeve Kim
Jericho Center
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