Trees down in Brandon and a big pine across Hollow Rd. A new one for my walk was the flight call of a loon! A group of white-throated sparrows sounded like a choir as they sang. An empid remained silent prefering to remain anonymous. Sue Wetmore > > Brandon Hollow Road, Rutland, Vermont, US > May 5, 2018 7:15 AM - 9:40 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.0 mile(s) > Comments: Trees down due high winds last night. > 29 species (+1 other taxa) > > Ruffed Grouse 3 Two drumming, third flew by me. > Common Loon 1 Heard bird flight call did not see it. > Turkey Vulture 2 > Mourning Dove 1 > Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 > Downy Woodpecker 1 > Northern Flicker 2 > Empidonax sp. 1 > Eastern Phoebe 1 > Blue Jay 3 > American Crow 5 > Common Raven 2 Two birds softly conversing with each other after perched bird flew to join the other. > Black-capped Chickadee 6 > Tufted Titmouse 1 > House Wren 2 > Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 > American Robin 5 > Ovenbird 7 > Black-and-white Warbler 2 Female was on the ground and flew with a dead leaf in beak. > American Redstart 1 > Pine Warbler 2 > Chipping Sparrow 2 > Field Sparrow 3 > Savannah Sparrow 7 > Song Sparrow 1 > Eastern Towhee 3 > Northern Cardinal 3 > Brown-headed Cowbird 3 > House Finch 1 > American Goldfinch 5 > > View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S45291164 > > This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)