I know a few folks were asking about the arrival of the Snow Geese at
the Dead Creek Goose Viewing station - as of today there were roughly 300
of them, so it would appear that the arrival has begun. As of now the
western end of the Viewing platform still has corn stalks, so you'd only be
able to see the geese on the eastern side where the corn has been cut. You
may also see a glimpse of white from Rte 22A heading south, just past the
intersection of 22A & Rte 17.

Dave Hof and I saw them from Gage Rd, but a scope was required to see them
well & count them. [Gage Rd is located on the right hand side of the
road, about an 1/8th of a mile south of 22A & 17.]

So if you're in the general area I'd start checking weekly to see the
numbers climb. While there we also had the following birds:
 a flock of about 25 American Pipits,
1 Northern Harrier,
1 Eastern Meadowlark,
3 American Kestrels,
lots of Turkey Vultures & Canada Geese,
4 Rock Pigeons,
6 American Crows,
1 Bald Eagle,
2+ Savannah Sparrows,
Song Sparrow(s)
White-throated Sparrow
Despite the strong winds the birding was quite nice (but then when isn't
birding nice?)!


Enjoy birds,

Isis Erb
Burlington, VT