Weather for the most part was not too inviting but birding was good along Wild Cat Road bordering Lefferts Pond. Cheers, Roy Pilcher Lefferts Pond - Chittenden (55 acres), Rutland, US-VT Sep 26, 2013 8:25 AM - 9:30 AM Protocol: Traveling 0.75 mile(s) Comments: Most of the birding was done walking along Wild Cat Road. 25 species Canada Goose 6 Landed while observing. Wood Duck 8 Mallard 2 Arrived while observing. Ring-necked Duck 1 Single resting male with beak tucked under wing but wide awake checking surroundings as indicated by yellow watchful eye! Common Loon 1 Heard calling. American Bittern 1 Flushed. Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Dislodged and harassed by a phalanx of jays. The hawks did attempt to turn the tables. Red-tailed Hawk 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Phoebe 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Observed. Blue Jay 46 Including a loose group of 28 moving south. Birds were ubiquitous and vocal. American Crow 2 Black-capped Chickadee 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Single bird in same group with Hermit Thrushes. This bird had prominent white "spectacles", showed no buffy coloration. Back and wings were smoky/olive green as were the breast and belly spots/smudges but a shade lighter. Hermit Thrush 2 Two birds recognized in part by bodily gyration and reddish coloration of tail. American Robin 5 Song Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 American Goldfinch 4 Evening Grosbeak 4 Heard the shrill call of two birds. Later saw a group of four birds flying, not visually observable as grosbeaks, except for one that was calling. View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15261073 This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/vt)