Location: East Creek Wildlife Management Area Observation date: 7/14/10 Notes: Of the 6 Wood Duck, 5 were ducklings. Of the 11 Mallard, 9 were ducklings in two families. One duckling was almost black with a white neck patch going down to the water line. Eastern Kingbird [FY] and Common Grackle [FY]. Number of species: 29 Canada Goose 75 Wood Duck 6 Mallard 11 Hooded Merganser 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 2 American Kestrel 2 Ring-billed Gull 6 Belted Kingfisher 1 Willow Flycatcher 2 Eastern Kingbird 3 American Crow 5 Common Raven 1 Tree Swallow 8 Barn Swallow 4 Marsh Wren 4 American Robin 2 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 2 Northern Cardinal 1 Bobolink 4 Red-winged Blackbird 13 Eastern Meadowlark 2 Common Grackle 3 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 1 Location: Dead Creek WMA IBA - Brilyea Access Observation date: 7/14/10 Notes: Peregrine Falcon, both adults perched in the same dead tree. [No bands observed.] Flyover of 6 shorebirds, possibly dowitchers. Of the 15 Mallard, 4 were ducklings. Number of species: 34 Mallard 15 Great Blue Heron 6 Green Heron 1 Osprey 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 2 Killdeer 13 Spotted Sandpiper 4 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 18 Short-billed Dowitcher (Prairie) 1 Ring-billed Gull 2 Caspian Tern 1 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Willow Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 2 American Crow 1 Tree Swallow X Barn Swallow 6 Marsh Wren 6 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 2 Brown Thrasher 2 Cedar Waxwing 9 Common Yellowthroat 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 Swamp Sparrow 3 Red-winged Blackbird 8 Baltimore Oriole 1 American Goldfinch 8 Location: Shoreham Observation date: 7/14/10 Notes: Route 22A, wetland just south of Shoreham/Bridport line. Of the 9 Wood Duck, 8 were ducklings. Number of species: 4 Wood Duck 9 Killdeer 7 American Crow 1 Red-winged Blackbird 5 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.