Hello all,

I was at Delta Park again this morning and while looking at 4 Dunlin, Nikolas 
Kotovich showed up. We birded together for about 4 hours. We tried with a 
considerable effort to relocate the Ipswich Sparrow but could not. We did 
however find many great birds and had a super outing. My complete list:

Delta Park, Colchester, Chittenden, US-VT
Sep 30, 2012 6:56 AM - 10:57 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)

61 species


Canada Goose  257
Wood Duck  37
American Black Duck  5
Mallard  15
Green-winged Teal (American)  11
Greater Scaup  3     Flying north with 5 Surf Scoters.
Surf Scoter  5     Flying north with 3 Greater Scaup.
Hooded Merganser  4

Common Merganser  12
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  25
Great Blue Heron  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  1

Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Black-bellied Plover  4
American Golden-Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  4
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  3
Semipalmated Sandpiper  3
Dunlin  4
Red-necked Phalarope  1     Found in the water next to the Black-bellied 
Plovers & 1 American Golden-Plover. The plovers were on a sand bar. It had a 
dark cap, and patch behind the eye. Thin bill and dark back. It stayed for no 
more than 20 seconds after I found it. It flew and we did not see it again. I 
found it at 10:26 a.m. This is the 3rd one I've seen at Delta Park this year. 
The other 2 were found on August 25th & August 28th.
Bonaparte's Gull  4

Ring-billed Gull  12
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  1
Mourning Dove  2

Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
American Crow  2
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  1
Winter Wren  2
Carolina Wren  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  16     There were most likely many more so this is a 
conservative count.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
American Pipit  1

Cedar Waxwing  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1

Palm Warbler (Western)  5
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2

Savannah Sparrow  10     Many birds using chip notes all around us. There 
were probably more than 10.
Song Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  1

Enjoy Birds,

Jim Mead