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Friday, January 27, 2017

{BIRD NOTES} ~ January 27, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bird Notes

 

 

I walked out to the Hinsdale bluffs this afternoon (1/22), just in time to see two adult Bald Eagles sitting side by side on a snag very close to the tree that contains the nest.  As I was watching them, the fog rolled in and they disappeared from view!  There were also 13 Common Mergansers in the river below the bluffs.
---Nori Howe, West Brattleboro, VT

 

Glaucous, Iceland, and Lesser Black-backed gulls continue to be reported

at Turners Falls, also a Greater Scaup

---RBA Western Mass..

 

2:30 PM  Friday 13 Jan.    SNOWY-the-unpredictable-OWL has returned to its   stone cave on Young Island's  east shore. It seems to be as cozy and sheltered    from the wind as is the Junco that sleeps nights in a phoebe nest above my cellar   doorway.

---David Hoag, Grand Isle, VT

 

I wanted to report a pair of Eastern Bluebirds on Pleasant Valley Rd in Saxton's  River. I had a hard time believing what I was seeing, but then the sun caught the  bright blue body. I think they are living off the rose hips in a great thicket of wild  climbers that is by the road.

Cheers,

---Sally Warren

 

There is a Tufted Duck being seen near the Champlain Bridge. Seems to me that it  was reported there last winter too.

 

Christmas Bird Count Results appear on next 2 pages.

 

 

2016—VTBR—Brattleboro Christmas Bird Count—Dec, 17 (page 1)

SPECIES

Rt.1

Rt.2

Rt.3

Rt.4

Rt.5

Rt.6

Rt.7

Retreat Meadow

Stone House

Vernon Dam

Total Species

Snow Goose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada Goose

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Mute Swan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood Duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Am. Black Duck

 

 

      3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Mallard

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

Green-winged Teal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canvasback

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ring-necked Duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lesser Scaup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greater Scaup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-tailed Duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bufflehead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Goldeneye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barrow’s Goldeneye

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hooded Merganser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Merganser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruddy Duck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ring-necked Pheasant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruffed Grouse

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wild Turkey

 

      24

      16

 

 

      8

 

 

 

 

      48

Northern Bobwhite

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-throated Loon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pacific Loon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Loon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bald Eagle

 

 

 

      2

 

 

 

 

 

 

      2

Northern Harrier

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

 

 

 

       1

 

 

 

 

 

1

Coopers Hawk

1

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Northern Goshawk

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

(CW)

Red-shouldered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-tailed Hawk

      1

 

     1

 

 

 

 

      1

 

 

      3

Rough-legged Hawk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Kestrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merlin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gyrfalcon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peregrine Falcon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Woodcock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ring-billed Gull

 

 

      3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      3

Herring Gull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iceland Gull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glaucous Gull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Black-backed Gull

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock Pigeon

 

 

      68

 

      26

 

 

 

 

 

      94

Mourning Dove

       2

      43

      13

      1

       2

      5

       4

 

 

 

      70

Great Horned Owl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snowy Owl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barred Owl

 

      1

 

 

 

 

       1

 

 

 

       2

Northern Saw Whet Owl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belted Kingfisher

 

 

 

 

 

 

       1

 

 

 

1

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

2

1

1

1

 

4

 

 

 

10

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Downy Woodpecker

2

10

      3

      2

       1

       2

       4

 

 

 

24

Hairy Woodpecker

2

 

2

3

 

 

       5

 

 

 

12

Northern Flicker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pileated Woodpecker

 

2

 

      2

 

       1

       1

       1

 

 

7

Eastern Phoebe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Shrike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Jay

5

      46

      10

32

18

28

14

       2

 

 

   155

American Crow

 

       8

      323

 

      14

      4

      6

       2

 

     

    512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016—VTBR—Brattleboro Christmas Bird Count—(page 2)

SPECIES

Rt1

Rt2

Rt3

Rt4

Rt5

Rt6

Rt7

Retreat Meadows

Stone House

Vernon Dam

Total Individuals

Common Raven

 

 

 

 

1

 

6

 

 

 

7

Horned Lark

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Black-capped Chickadee

6

26

21

35

35

40

33

 

 

 

196

Boreal Chickadee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tufted Titmouse

3

4

10

4

4

4

6

 

 

 

35

Red-breasted Nuthatch

1

2

 

       1

 

       2

       1

 

 

 

7

White-breasted Nuthatch

1

6

4

      4

      4

       4

2

 

 

 

25

Brown Creeper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carolina Wren

 

 

      3

       2

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Winter Wren

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden-crowned Kinglet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

 

 

       1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Eastern Bluebird

1

23

3

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

40

Hermit Thrush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Robin

 

 

1

      4

 

       2

       4

 

 

 

11

Gray Catbird

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern Mockingbird

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

Brown Thrasher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

European Starling

6

1

177

 

81

       12

 

1

 

 

474

Bohemian Waxwing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cedar Waxwing

 

      6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        6

Cape May Warbler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yellow-rumped Warbler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Yellowthroat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Redstart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green-tailed Towhee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Towhee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Tree Sparrow

 

      2

 

       15

       3

 

 

 

 

 

       20

Chipping Sparrow

 

 

 

       1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Field Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Savannah Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fox Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song Sparrow

       1

 

       1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        2

Swamp Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White-throated Sparrow

 

 

 

      2

 

 

       1

 

 

 

        3

Harris’s Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White-crowned Sparrow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark-eyed Junco

8

        8

      59

       33

       24

      1

       18

 

 

 

151

Lapland Longspur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snow Bunting

 

 

        1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        1

Northern Cardinal

 

 

       28

      12

      11

       3

       9

 

 

 

        63

Red-winged Blackbird

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Meadowlark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rusty Blackbird

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Grackle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown-headed Cowbird

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pine Grosbeak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purple Finch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Finch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Crossbill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White-winged Crossbill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Redpoll

 

       8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Hoary Redpoll

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pine Siskin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Goldfinch

 

       2

       28

       16

       8

       34

 

       12

 

 

        100

Evening Grosbeak

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House Sparrow

        30

       45

       57

       20

       65

       44

 

 

 

 

       261

TOTAL AREA SPECIES

16

20

30

20

22

19

16

 

 

 

42

CAR MILES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WALK MILES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUMBER IN FIELD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PEOPLE HOURS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                         

 

Red-bellied Woodpecker actually showing its red belly spot. Are any coming to your suet feeder?

 

 

 PLEASE share your birding news and photos with us so we

can all enjoy reading about your birds and birding

experiences.

 

Al Merritt  chpmnkx@sover.net

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