Scratch that Hawk ID at the end of list...  it was a drive-by ID of a perched bird with dark head and very white breast/belly.  Looked smaller than Red-tail and no belly band readily visible - so short of a Swainson H, I suspect it was a Red-tail.  

 

Ruth Stewart

e Dorset,  vt

 


 
> Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 23:02:14 -0500
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> Subject: [VTBIRD] Bald Eagles!
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> I, too, birded the Champlain bays from Shelburne Bay S to Chimney Point today, Sun. Who can remember the days when we got REALLY EXCITED about just seeing a Bald Eagle in VT? Well, today, I was excited about the shear number of BAEG I saw.... 25 in all... I felt as if I was in Homer, AK! What a glorious weekend to be out. 
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> Besides the birds listed below, I encounter robins and crows everywhere & 1 'fly across' Horned Lark
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> Shelburne Point - 9am
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> 75 C Goldeneye
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> 7 Black Ducks
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> Charlotte Town B
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> 200 C Goldeneye
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> 8 Bufflehead
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> 1 Crow
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> 1 Black-backed Gull
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> 1 Ringbill Gull
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> 6 mallards
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> Long Point - 10:30
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> 2 BAEG
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> Fort Cassin
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> 1 BAEG
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> McNeil Cove - Ferry Crossing
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> 16 mallard
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> 14 Bufflehead
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> 8 C Goldeneye
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> 1 CAGO plus others heard flying overhead
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> 18 C Mergansers
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> Crows
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> Button Bay boat Access
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> 3 BCCH
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> 1 Sparrow whose unfamiliar song attracted my attention. While I can't be positive about my ID, I did have the bird in my binos briefly and it sure looked like this guy had a reddish tail!! Fox??? Besides the tail, I saw only profile and turned head enough to notice cheek pattern, white throat and streaking on sides. 
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> Tri - Town - 2 pm
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> 15 BAEG!!! - only 2 were sub-adults
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> Lots of gulls at edge of ice
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> Black Ducks, C Goldeneye
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> Chimney Point - 2:20 
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> 7 BAEG. I missed the Canvasbacks and didn't spend time counting gulls, mergs, etc there - Just too overwhelmed by the eagles!! First time I have visited this area since the bridge went down. Those ferries sure were busy.
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> RT 4 Bomoseen 
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> 1 Roughlegged Hawk
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