Pipits were also on top of Mt. Hunger on Saturday. Matthew David Medler wrote: > As I walked out of work yesterday (20 Sept 2004), I heard the >strident "pipit" call of an AMERICAN PIPIT. I looked up to see first >a single bird flying from a recently-cut cornfield, then another. >And another. Then a group of ten, followed by a group of twenty. >Altogether, I estimated a loose flock of 50+ pipits. These birds >flew up from a field that is just south of the Vermont Teddy Bear >parking lot. Looks like I'll have to check the field more closely >next month, for possible buntings, larks, and longspurs. > Also, while driving west on Ferry Road in Charlotte, I spotted a >GREATER YELLOWLEGS flying north, near the Waldorf School. > >Good birding, >Matt Medler >Charlotte, VT > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ernest W. Buford Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 (802) 656-3324 http://www.uvm.edu/envnr/sal/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~