It had been exactly 1 week since I last visited Delta Park. There were no
Goose hunters this morning and some shorebirds were taking advantage of it.
The water level is back almost to the low point that it had been, making it an
easy walk out there with regular shoes on. My complete list:
Delta Park, Colchester, Chittenden, US-VT
Sep 13, 2012 6:47 AM - 8:38 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.75 mile(s)
28 species
Canada Goose 265
Wood Duck 20
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 9
Green-winged Teal 2
Common Merganser 41
Common Loon 1 flying south
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 6 2 on a sandbar, the other 4 flying by.
Sanderling 16
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1 A nonbreeding bird hanging with the Sanderlings.
Ring-billed Gull 15
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Common Tern 9 flying south but not too far out
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 5
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 16 All in one group flying around and dropping into grassy areas.
Enjoy Birds,
Jim Mead
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