As Randy Schmidt reported the Rufous Hummingbird in Arlington continues - I saw it around 10:30 this morning. It was calling frequently, and often chasing chickadees and other feeder birds. Also had a Carolina Wren calling from behind the homeowner's yard. Many thanks to the Derosia's for their hospitality! On the way back home I hit several water bodies across southern VT in search of waterfowl, with few birds but 1 good one - Harriman Reservoir, Wilmington - No waterfowl seen from stops along Rt 9 and Boyd Hill Rd Sadawga Pond, Whitingham - 2 Hooded Mergs 1 Common Merg Lake Raponda, Wilmington - 17 Common Mergs 3 Hooded Mergs Brattleboro Retreat - 1 Cackling Goose ~600 Canada Geese including several smalller Parvipes 14 Common Mergs 2 Hooded Mergs 16 Mallards Lake on Rte 142 just south of Brattleboro - 12 Common Mergs 4 Hooded Mergs 1 Herring Gull Connecticut River, above Vernon Dam - 2 Coots Mike Resch Pepperell, MA www.statebirding.blogspot.com