Location:     Lake Bomoseen-Castleton (2360  acres)
Observation date:     3/15/10
Notes:   Observations made from 5 stations around the lake.  Lake still  
frozen over except for some open water along the shoreline.
Merlin observed  from overlook at Kehoe Fishing access.  Bird was perched 
on a prominent  snag.
Number of species:     11

Common Merganser   4
Merlin     1
Ring-billed Gull   6
Blue Jay     5
American Crow   10
Black-capped Chickadee     2
Tufted  Titmouse     1
White-breasted Nuthatch      2
European Starling     12    [Pair  investigating nesting cavity.]
Red-winged Blackbird      3
Common Grackle     2

This report was generated  automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)


Cheers,
Roy Pilcher
The Gables at East Mountain, Rutland,  Vermont

Speaking the same language.