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Greg, can you give directions to this area from Silver Street/Hinesburg? Are you just walking the road? Thanks, Miriam Lawrence ________________________________ From: Vermont Birds on behalf of Gregory Askew Sent: Sun 5/10/2009 2:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VTBIRD] Piney Woods, Monkton Seen and heard this morning: 1. Canada goose 2. Sharp-shinned hawk 3. Red-tailed hawk 4. Ruffed grouse 5. Wild turkey 6. Spotted sandpiper 7. Mourning dove 8. Barred owl 9. Yellow-bellied sapsucker 10. Hairy woodpecker 11 Downy woodpecker 12. Pileated woodpecker 13. Least flycatcher 14. Eastern phoebe 15. Yellow-throated vireo 16. Blue-headed vireo 17. Blue jay 18. American crow 19. Tree swallow 20. Barn swallow 21. Tufted titmouse 22. Black-capped chickadee 23. Red-breasted nuthatch 24. White-breasted nuthatch 25. Brown creeper 26. Winter wren 27. Ruby-crowned kinglet 28. American robin 29. Wood thrush 30. Veery 31. Gray catbird 32. Starling 33. Cedar waxwing 34. Blue-winged warbler song 35. Golden-winged warbler song Golden-winged warbler singing a perfect blue-winged song 36. Nashville warbler 37. Yellow warbler 38. Chesnut-sided warbler 39. Magnolia warbler 40. Blackburnian warbler 41. Yellow-rumped warbler 42. Black-and-white warbler 43. Ovenbird 44. Common yellowthroat 45. WILSON'S warbler 46. Scarlet tanager 47. Cardinal 48. Rose-breasted grosbeak 49. Chipping sparrow 50. Savannah sparrow 51. White-throated sparrow 52. Song sparrow 53. Swamp sparrow 54. Bobolink 55. Brown-headed cowbird 56. Red-winged blackbird 57. Common grackle 58. Baltimore oriole 59. American goldfinch I include the full list because I find the diversity around this mile or so stretch of road to always be impressive. There were some notable absences, which may have been overlooked or perhaps haven't returned yet (indigo bunting and Louisiana waterthrush were the most conspicuous). Does anyone know who owns the property around there? It's such a beautiful area but the wooded ravine unfortunately compels some idiots to treat it like a dump. I'm hoping that expressing a some interest might persuade the property owner to do more to protect the place. Greg Vergennes