A midday walk (10am to 1:00 pm) at Delta Park yielded 29 species including 1 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Semipalmated Plover 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Virginia Rail 1 Black-throated Green Warbler I did not see the Black-bellied Plover. Michele Patenaude 172 Woodbury Road Burlington, VT 05408 802-862-4085 Begin forwarded message: > From: [log in to unmask] > Date: September 4, 2013, 3:11:43 AM EDT > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: eBird Report - Delta Park IBA, Sep 3, 2013 > > Delta Park IBA, Chittenden, US-VT > Sep 3, 2013 9:49 AM - 1:07 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.0 mile(s) > Comments: Goose hunters collecting their decoys off the northwest point when I arrived. > 28 species (+1 other taxa) > > Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 25 Flyovers > Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) 11 > Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) 3 > Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) 2 > Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) 1 Heard. "Kid dick", "kid dick" call, repeated several times. > Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) 2 > Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) 1 > Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) 54 > Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 2 > Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1 > Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) 1 > Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) 2 Seemed to be an aggressive encounter, one bird flying at the other and a chase . > Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 2 > Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus) 1 > Empidonax sp. (Empidonax sp.) 1 Broken eye ring. Two white wing bars. No vocalization. > Eastern Phoebe (Sayornis phoebe) 1 > Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) 1 Seen. Yellow chest. Rusty tail. Crested head > Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus) 4 All heard. Song was a bit odd. Louder and longer than usual with an emphasized final note. > Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) 2 > American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 1 > Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 8 > Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) 1 > White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 5 > Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1 Finally I SAW one. > Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) 1 > Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) 1 > Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 2 > Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 6 > American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) 4 > > View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S15089979 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)