Seven Soggy Souls joined us for our monthly survey of birds at Hildene here in Manchester yesterday. Despite a couple of heavy downpours, a pretty good list was observed. Our next walk will be on August 21st! 

Randy Schmidt
The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch
Manchester Center, VT 



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> Subject: eBird Report - Hildene - Lincoln Family Home , 7/10/10
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> Location:     Hildene - Lincoln Family Home
> Observation date:     7/10/10
> Notes:     Also, had one shorebird flyover down at the wetlands and a Monarch butterfly in the meadow. 
> Number of species:     35
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> Great Blue Heron     2
> Green Heron     1
> Killdeer     3
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1     Hummingbird was feeding from Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers sap holes, along with 3 Yellow-bellied sapsuckers, of which at least 1 appeared to be juvenile
> Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
> Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     3
> Downy Woodpecker     2
> Eastern Phoebe     3
> Blue-headed Vireo     1
> Warbling Vireo     1
> Red-eyed Vireo     5
> Blue Jay     1
> American Crow     10
> Northern Rough-winged Swallow     1
> Tree Swallow     2
> Barn Swallow     5
> Black-capped Chickadee     4
> Tufted Titmouse     2
> Eastern Bluebird     6     Four babies in the nesting box, both parents feeding. 
> Veery     1
> Gray Catbird     7
> Cedar Waxwing     3
> Ovenbird     1
> Common Yellowthroat     7
> Chipping Sparrow     8
> Song Sparrow     5
> Swamp Sparrow     5
> White-throated Sparrow     1
> Northern Cardinal     2
> Rose-breasted Grosbeak     4
> Indigo Bunting     1
> Bobolink     2
> Red-winged Blackbird     7
> Common Grackle     4
> American Goldfinch     9
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> This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
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