Birds were busy in the West Rutland Marsh this morning.
Sur Wetmore 

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> West Rutland Marsh IBA, Rutland, Vermont, US
> Oct 4, 2020 7:40 AM - 11:00 AM
> Protocol: Traveling
> 1.5 mile(s)
> 37 species (+2 other taxa)
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> Canada Goose  7     Flocks were heard overhead but were in the fog so no numbers counted.
> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
> Mourning Dove  1
> Turkey Vulture  1
> Cooper's Hawk  1
> Accipiter sp.  3     Too far to determine species, the three were migrating and harassing the unidentified hawk.
> Red-tailed Hawk  1
> hawk sp.  1     Probable red-shouldered hawk due to size when compared the the harassing 3 accipiters.
> Belted Kingfisher  1
> Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
> Downy Woodpecker  1
> Pileated Woodpecker  1
> Northern Flicker  4
> Eastern Phoebe  2
> Blue-headed Vireo  1
> Blue Jay  11
> American Crow  12
> Common Raven  2
> Black-capped Chickadee  6
> Tufted Titmouse  3
> Ruby-crowned Kinglet  6
> White-breasted Nuthatch  1
> Gray Catbird  6
> American Robin  19
> Cedar Waxwing  1
> White-throated Sparrow  2
> Song Sparrow  3
> Swamp Sparrow  2
> Eastern Towhee  1
> Red-winged Blackbird  10
> Rusty Blackbird  1
> Common Grackle  28
> Tennessee Warbler  2
> Orange-crowned Warbler  1     No wing bars, broken eye ring, faint blurry breast streaks, dull greenish yellow color over all .
> Nashville Warbler  1
> Common Yellowthroat  1
> Magnolia Warbler  1
> Blackpoll Warbler  1
> Yellow-rumped Warbler  15
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> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S74436275
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)