Kim, I am very interested in directions - I have never seen this species in Vermont, only out west in Wyoming and Colorado! Fred Pratt [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "- Maeve Kim" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 5:47 PM Subject: [VTBIRD] NEK life list bird! > For today's Loon Watch, I was assigned two lakes in the Northeast Kingdom. > No > loons, unfortunately - BUT I spent a while watching three three-toed > woodpeckers, getting a very good look at one adult from less than 12' away > and then > watching this bird feed one of two others that stayed in deep shadow. None > of > the birds seemed concerned at all about my presence, and I watched for > many > minutes before they all flew back a bit farther into the woods. > > If anyone wants directions, let me know. It was pretty much the back of > beyond, right near New Hampshire, surrounded by nothing but deer camps > (and deer > flies). In the mud where I was standing were the tracks of deer, moose, > bear, > some weasel-y thing, and a large canid - no marks of tires or Tevas! > > Maeve Kim > Jericho Center