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This morning (0820-1115) 35 species were tallied. Connecticut River water level was up with no mud flats exposed to attract shorebirds. Out by the island at the mouth of the cove a Merlin and Cooper's Hawk were observed giving one another grief. There was a nice assortment of warblers (8 spp.) but overall numbers were low. Canada Goose 25 Great Blue Heron 1 Great Egret 4 Cooper's Hawk 1 Merlin 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Ring-billed Gull 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 1 Eastern Phoebe 4 Eastern Kingbird 2 Warbling Vireo 3 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 6 Black-capped Chickadee 10 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Gray Catbird 7 Cedar Waxwing too many erratic birds flycatching to get a count Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 American Redstart 1 Common Yellowthroat 4 Canada Warbler 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Song Sparrow 6 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Baltimore Oriole 4 American Goldfinch X -- Kenneth Cox South Reading, VT http://northernwingsbirder.blogspot.com/