This morning I made a trip to Wenlock WMA in Fernand with the mission of seeing 4 boreal species: Spruce Grouse, Gray Jay, Boreal Chickadee and Lincoln's Sparrow. I suceeded in getting 3 out of the 4; the grouse was not despite a major effort. The jays were in the thick woods among the numerous blow downs east of the WMA road and parking area (just north of the Moose Bog trailhead). The chickadee was about a third of the way down Moose Bog Trail heading west; and the sparrows were at Moose Bog as usual. Another less used trail south of the wetland by the Moose Bog trailhead was walked until it petered out. Most of the trail goes through spruce forest with a heavier component of northern hardwards tha occurs along Moose Bog Trail. It ends in northern hardwood forest and a patch cut that is several years old. Birds listed below preceeded by an * were seen in these hardwoods. Time: 0815-1355. 30 sp. Osprey 1 flyover the pond *Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue-headed Vireo + *Red-eyed Vireo + Blue Jay + Gray Jay 2 American Crow 1 Black-capped Chickadee + Boreal Chickadee 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch + Winter Wren 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet + Hermit Thrush + American Robin 2 Nashville Warbler + Northern Parula 2 *Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler + Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler + Blackburnian Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 *Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 3-4 Canada Warbler 1 Lincoln's Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow + Dark-eyed Junco 2 -- Kenneth Cox South Reading, VT http://northernwingsbirder.blogspot.com/