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*Vermont *Statewide 8.6.07 *VT0403.06 This is the Vermont Rare Bird Alert for August 6, 2007 covering the period July 30-August 5, 2007. This week's highlights include Vermont's first confirmed SANDHILL CRANE fledgling which was observed with parents at Bristol Pond on 8/2 and 8/5, a WHIMBREL flying overhead in Westmore on 8/2, several CASPIAN TERN sightings (1 in Grand Isle on 7/31 and 8/4, 1 at Delta Park on 8/3, 2 at Sandbar State Park on 8/5 and 2 along northern Lake Champlain on 8/5) and a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT in Vernon on 7/30. A MERLIN was sighted in Delta Park on 8/3, in Northwood Park in Rutland Town on 8/4 and at Sandbar State Park on 8/5. The following shorebirds were seen this week: 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS at Brilyea Access and 1 at McCuen Slang on 8/5, 73 KILLDEER at Brilyea Access on 8/5, 1 GREATER YELLOWLEGS at Dead Creek on 8/1 and 9 on 8/5, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS in Grand Isle on 7/30, 6 at Dead Creek on 8/1 and 36 at Brilyea Access on 8/5, 1 SOLITARY SANDPIPER at Brilyea Access and one along northern Lake Champlain on 8/5, 5 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS at Brilyea Access on 8/5, the season's first migrating WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER in Grand Isle on 8/4, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Dead Creek on 8/1, 10 LEAST SANDPIPERS at Dead Creek on 8/1 and possibly several hundred on 8/5 and 3 at McCuen Slang on 8/5, and a PECTORAL SANDPIPER at Brilyea Access on 8/5. An estimated 1,500 to 2,000 TREE SWALLOWS were gathered together in Orwell 7/29 and 50 - 100 in Whiting on 7/31. The Vermont Institute of Natural Science offers natural history trips, lectures and programs. To receive a copy of our program calendar, stop at one of our centers, call the office during business hours at 802-359-5000 or visit the VINS' web site at http://www.vinsweb.org <http://www.vinsweb.org/>. This Vermont birding report is a service of the Vermont Institute of Natural Science. VINS is a non-profit, membership organization located in Quechee with a regional center in Manchester. Founded in 1972, VINS' mission is to protect our natural heritage through education and research. Your membership supports these goals and this reporting service. Updates are typically made on Fridays. Please report your sightings of rare or unusual birds to VINS, or email reports to [log in to unmask] If you have any interesting birds to report, you can send your sightings to the RBA via e-mail at: [log in to unmask] Or enter your sightings on Vermont eBird at http://www.ebird.org/VINS/. Mary Holland Chris Rimmer Kent McFarland Roz Renfrew Vermont RBA Compilers Conservation Biology Department Vermont Institute of Natural Science 6565 Woodstock Road PO Box 1281 Quechee, VT 05059 802-359-5001