BIRD NOTES~~October 25, 2006
Bird Notes
The following is a comment from a friend in
“It was an incredible trip. From Cape May south through the
So you see my friends, good birding doesn’t always happen in good weather.
Crucial Legislation Signed Into Law
In the waning hours before Congress recessed, the Senate unanimously passed a revised Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement Act of 2006 (NMBCIA, H.R. 518). The legislation, originally authored by Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI) and Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), was added to H.R. 4957, the Tylersville Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act. The Act was signed into law by the President on October 17th.
NMBCIA is the only federal funding program designed specifically for migratory bird species throughout North America, and it also provides the only dedicated source of funds for migratory birds on their wintering grounds in Latin America and the
NMBCIA enables the only significant federal funding source for neotropical migratory birds to continue through 2010. For more information, see: www.fws.gov/birdhabitat/Grants/NMBCA/index.shtm
Darin C. Schroeder
Deputy Director of Conservation Advocacy
American Bird Conservancy
S I G H T I N G S
On Saturday Oct. 21st after checking out the water treatment path and tallying only a Great Blue Heron and a Mockingbird I drove to
---Dave Johnston, W.
Word from
Not many birds to speak of here - Hermit Thrush, Chickadees, a few Juncos, a confusing fall warbler, though I think it is a Myrtle, and very few woodpeckers. Maybe it’s the lull before the storm situation. Today after saying I had not many birds a little flock of Juncos arrived and two laggard Robins chirped from the treetops, and a Raven, but not much else.
---Barbara Cole,
Demise of the Hermits
I recently found a dead Hermit Thrush in my yard. A short time later I found another. Neither appeared to have been mauled, every feather seemed to be in place. I am concerned that maybe there is a fatal disease that is taking a toll on them or just avians in general. Has anyone else out there experienced anything like this?
---Burt Tepfer, Putney
Area Birds
On Sunday we checked out the setback at the base of Cotton Mill Hill and tallied 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 16 Common Mergansers and a Double-crested Cormorant. At Peck’s Pond there were a dozen Green-winged Teal and many Mallards. Upon returning to Brattleboro a check of the Water Treatment Plant path gave us good looks at an immature White-crowned Sparrow, a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a couple of Dark-eyed Juncos and some Song Sparrows. On
Al Merritt
http://sevtaudubonbirdnotes.blogspot.com/
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