Despite the wind, there was a nice mix of birds at Shaw Mountain, the Nature Conservancy property in Benson this morning.
Shaw Mountain, Benson, Rutland, Vermont, US
May 7, 2018 8:18 AM - 12:19 PM
Protocol: Traveling
2.25 mile(s)
43 species
Mallard 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 1
Virginia Rail 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Least Flycatcher 3
Eastern Phoebe 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Yellow-throated Vireo 6
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Common Raven 1
Tree Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Ovenbird 9
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 21
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6
Baltimore Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 9
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45425904
On Money Hole Road, just east of Shaw Mountain, we saw and heard a Blue-winged Warbler, a Bobolink was singing on Park Hill Road and two Prairie Warblers were singing on Best Road in West Haven.
Sue and Marv Elliott, Sue Wetmore
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