Spent a good part of the birding in Cornwall. A pretty impressive flight of birds headed north, mostly before 10am. Below are combined totals from several locations, and don’t included the hundreds of birds seen between stops.

1 Turkey Vulture — my first
670 American Crows — almost all appeared to be migrating north, and I probably missed most of them. It was hard to keep up with counting.
3 Common Ravens — probably locals
32 European Starlings — mostly locals, a few with migrating blackbird flocks
130 Red-winged Blackbirds
236 Common Grackles
223 Unknown Blackbirds — probably Red-wings

Also a decent showing of waterfowl
757 Canada Geese
49 American Black Ducks
58 Mallards
3 Northern Pintails
33 Green-winged Teal
1 Ring-necked Duck
3 Common Merganser


The flood gates are open!
Spencer Hardy
Middlebury, VT