April 10: Vermont - Birding at Allen Brothers Marsh and at home feeders:

Nice looks at wood ducks, hooded mergansers, common mergansers, song 
sparrows and killdeer + some amazing looks at a belted kingfisher. 
At home, nice looks at a northern cardinal + a song sparrow.

Photos at:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/_2008-04-10.php

April 11: Vermont - Birding at Allen Brothers Marsh, Herricks Cove 
and other spots, with photos at:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/_2008-04-11.php

At Allen Bros. Marsh, Canada geese and hooded merganser.  Also, 
really nice look at a full adult bald eagle, photographed through a 
thicket of branches

April 12: Vermont: Home feeders & Allen Bros Marsh, NH: Krif Road in Keene:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/_2008-04-12.php

First Fox Sparrow photograph this year at home, hidden in bushes, but 
definite a fox sparrow.  Also, spotted the resident 
red-shouldered/mystery hawk, and got some nice pictures of it, plus a 
really nice shot of a downy woodpecker with nut in mouth.

A visit to Krif Road in Keene didn't yield much except for mallards, 
canada geese, but it did yield quite a few Wilson's snipe, and a 
couple nice looks at them.

Today (4/13), Allen Bros Marsh (VT) and Lower Meadows (Charlestown, NH):

The road into the Allen Bros. Marsh is currently FLOODED, so access 
is limited, though you can still park before the causeway and walk in 
part  of way.  Didn't yield a lot, though got some very nice looks at 
a pair of killdeer plus a really nice FOY sighting: a small group of 
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS.  Kinglets were too fast to get good (or any) 
photos, but the killdeer were mostly staying in one place.

This was followed by a brief visit to Charlestown which yielded a 
small group of green-winged teal (all standard, no Eurasian), some 
black ducks and mallards, but the real treat there was no fewer than 
-sixteen- Wilson's Snipe, finally getting me a decent photo of a pair 
of them:

http://juliesmagiclightshow.com/_2008-04-13.php

Enjoy,

--julie
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