A nice mini wave of warblers along with a merlin and juvenile loon, the latter preparing for take-off in the not too distant future.  

The area experienced an horrendous thunderstorm the previous evening.

Cheers, Roy Pilcher.




Kent Pond - Killington (99 acres), Rutland, US-VT
Sep 12, 2013 8:15 AM - 9:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
Comments:     Following thunderstorm previous evening.
24 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  4
Common Loon  2     Including one juvenile that was observed to be 
exercising/strengthening its wing muscles by flapping and running/flapping trial 
take-offs.
Belted Kingfisher  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Merlin  1     Observed first on power line cable then flushed to a tamarack tree 
where it was harassed by two jays that caused the bird to depart the area.
Empidonax sp.  1     No song!  Well observed in Alder shrub.
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue-headed Vireo  1     Song.
Blue Jay  7
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  4
American Robin  12
Gray Catbird  2
Cedar Waxwing  14
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Orange-crowned Warbler (celata)  1     Observed in Alder shrub in response to 
"pishing".  Common Yellowthroat and American Redstart also  present.
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  1
Magnolia Warbler  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Song Sparrow  2
American Goldfinch  8

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