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42 species on a walk around Leffert's Pond in Chittenden today. It was pretty quiet vocally except for the red-eyed vireos, white-throated sparrows, hermit thrushes and whiny mosquitoes. Highlights of the walk included wood duck (1), great blue heron (3), great egret (1, new for us at Leffert's), great horned owl (1, young making an awful noise), alder flycatcher (1), belted kingfisher (2), winter wren (2), and scarlet tanager (1). Warblers included: common yellowthroat (1), black-throated blue (9), ovenbird (1), northern waterthrush (2), yellow-rumped warbler (1), Canada warbler (2), black-and-white warbler (2), chestnut-sided warbler (1), and blackburnian warbler (1). There was ripe fruit everywhere and the robins, blue jays and cedar waxings were going crazy over it. Even saw a black-throated blue warbler with a cherry in his mouth. Guess it looked too good to pass up. Sue Elliott www.rutlandcountyaudubon.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com