VTBIRD for Friday, January 25, 2002

Messages are displayed in the order they were received.  Subject  From  Time   kingfisher   Ruth Stewart (DOR)   10:44am   RBA Vermont - 01/24/02   Wayne Scott    3:29pm   RBA Vermont - 01/24/02   Wayne Scott    3:26pm   Juncos and Finches?   Debra Blake   7:37pm   [no subject]   Betty Holton   10:59pm

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Subject: kingfisher
From: rstewdor(AT)pop.k12.vt.us (Ruth Stewart (DOR))
Date: 25 Jan 2002 10:44am

Enjoyed watching a KINGFISHER try to down a 3" fish at nearby  (20%  open 
water and melting) pond 1/24/02.  My feederes are strangely inactive this 
winter - only a pair of titmice coming with half dozen or so chickadees and 
only an occassion fly in bluejay.    Lots of reports from friends of 
bluebird sitings in the area.

Ruth


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Subject: RBA  Vermont - 01/24/02
From: Wayne Scott <wsscottnh(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 3:29pm

- RBA
*Vermont
*Statewide
*01/24/02
*VTVT0201.24

- Birds of Special Note:

Red-throated Loon
Turkey Vulture
Gyrfalcon
Tundra Swan
Barrow=B9s Goldeneye
Bonaparte=B9s Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Flicker
Bohemian Waxwing

    While successfully looking for the Sandbar SNOWY OWL on Monday, the
21st, a birder reported a large, pale GYRFALCON, and described it as being
"...not quite pale enough to be a white phase bird, but light colored with
sparse streaking." On Sunday, in addition to the SNOWY OWL, there were 50
NORTHERN PINTAILS and 6 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. The SNOWY OWL has been reported
as recently as the 23rd.
    TUNDRA SWANS have been seen all week in the vicinity off Porter=B9s Point
in Colchester.
    On Saturday, the 19th, there were 13 Bald Eagles in the neighborhood of
Long Point. A SURF SCOTER and 500 GREATER SCAUP were seen at the Crown Poin=
t
Bridge. Four COMMON LOONS, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 2 RED-BREASTED
MERGANSERS were at Tri-Town Water plant on the lake in Addison.
    Also on Saturday, the Rutland County Audubon annual =B3Winter Regular and
Rarities=B2 trip to Dead Creek and the lake north to Shelburne Bay produced
the following highlights: 4 COMMON LOONS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 9 HOODED
MERGANSERS, a BUFFLEHEAD, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 30 WILD
TURKEYS, 5 BALD EAGLES, 7 ROUGH-LEGS and 7 RED-TAILS plus 1 AMERICAN
KESTREL. 60 HORNED LARKS were seen along Gage Road in Addison.
    Two BARROW=B9S GOLDENEYES were found at Shelburne Bay on the 20th.
    A mid-winter TURKEY VULTURE was spotted over Brandon also on the 20th.
    A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Potash Bay in Panton on the 20th. Two
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were also there. A flock of about 300 GREATER SCAUP
was at the Crown Point Bridge and 9 BALD EAGLES were counted At Long Point
in Ferrisburgh. Two BONAPARTE=B9S GULLS continued to linger in Town Farm Bay
near the Ferrisburgh =AD Charlotte town line. The numbers of COMMON MERGANSER=
S
and COMMON GOLDENEYES on the lake between Crown Point and Shelburne Bay was
described as being =B3remarkable.=B2
    A two-week census of wintering BALD EAGLES along the Connecticut River
from McIndoe Falls to Vernon produced 11 adults and 7 immatures, mostly in
the vicinity of the dams.
    Other reports include several large COMMON REDPOLL flocks, 2 EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS in Panton and 7 at McCuen Slang just south of the Crown Point
Bridge, a wintering WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Colchester, a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD in South Burlington, a NORTHERN FLICKER at VINS in Woodstock,
and 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at the north end of Shelburne Pond.

Wayne Scott
Compiler, VT Rare Bird Alert

416 Hanover Center Road
Etna, NH 03750
(603) 643-0179
wsscottnh(AT)earthlink.net
vtbirder(AT)hotmail.com

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Subject: RBA Vermont - 01/24/02
From: Wayne Scott <wsscottnh(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 3:26pm

- RBA
*Vermont
*Statewide
*01/24/02
*VTVT0201.24

- Birds of Special Note:

Red-throated Loon
Turkey Vulture
Gyrfalcon
Tundra Swan
Barrow=B9s Goldeneye
Bonaparte=B9s Gull
Snowy Owl
Northern Flicker
Bohemian Waxwing

    While successfully looking for the Sandbar SNOWY OWL on Monday, the
21st, a birder reported a large, pale GYRFALCON flying into a strong
headwind. On Sunday, in addition to the SNOWY OWL, there were 50 NORTHERN
PINTAILS and 6 EASTERN BLUEBIRDS. The SNOWY OWL has been reported as
recently as the 23rd.
TUNDRA SWANS have been seen all week in the vicinity off Porter=B9s Point in
Colchester.
    On Saturday, the 19th, there were 13 Bald Eagles in the neighborhood of
Long Point in Ferrisburgh. A SURF SCOTER and 500 GREATER SCAUP were seen at
the Crown Point Bridge. Four COMMON LOONS, 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 2
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were at Tri-Town Water plant on the lake in Addison=
.
    Also on Saturday, the Rutland County Audubon annual =B3Winter Regular and
Rarities=B2 trip to Dead Creek and the lake north to Shelburne Bay produced
the following highlights: 4 COMMON LOONS, 4 HORNED GREBES, 9 HOODED
MERGANSERS, a BUFFLEHEAD, 2 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 2 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, 30 WILD
TURKEYS, 5 BALD EAGLES, 7 ROUGH-LEGS and 7 RED-TAILS plus 1 AMERICAN
KESTREL. 60 HORNED LARKS were seen along Gage Road in Addison.
    Two BARROW=B9S GOLDENEYES were found at Shelburne Bay on the 20th.
    A mid-winter TURKEY VULTURE was spotted over Brandon also on the 20th.
    A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Potash Bay in Panton on the 20th. Two
RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS were also there. A flock of about 300 GREATER SCAUP
was at the Crown Point Bridge and 9 BALD EAGLES were counted At Long Point
in Ferrisburgh. Two BONAPARTE=B9S GULLS continued to linger in Town Farm Bay
near the Ferrisburgh =AD Charlotte town line. The numbers of COMMON MERGANSER=
S
and COMMON GOLDENEYES on the lake between Crown Point and Shelburne Bay was
described as being =B3remarkable.=B2
    A two-week census of wintering BALD EAGLES along the Connecticut River
from McIndoe Falls to Vernon produced 11 adults and 7 immatures, mostly in
the vicinity of the dams.
    Other reports include several large COMMON REDPOLL flocks, 2 EASTERN
BLUEBIRDS in Panton and 7 at McCuen Slang just south of the Crown Point
Bridge, a wintering WHITE-THROATED SPARROW in Colchester, a NORTHERN
MOCKINGBIRD in South Burlington, a NORTHERN FLICKER at VINS in Woodstock,
and 50 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS at the north end of Shelburne Pond.

Wayne Scott
Compiler, VT Rare Bird Alert

416 Hanover Center Road
Etna, NH 03750
(603) 643-0179
wsscottnh(AT)earthlink.net
vtbirder(AT)hotmail.com=20


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Subject: Juncos and Finches?
From: "Debra Blake" <dblake(AT)sover.net>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 7:37pm

What about juncos this year? Anybody seeing then So. Vermont (Bratt?) None
around my house . . .  Hardly any finches either, gold or house. -- Debra
Blake

----- Original Message -----
From: Ruth Stewart (DOR) <rstewdor(AT)pop.k12.vt.us>
To: <vtbird(AT)raven.csc.vsc.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: kingfisher

> Enjoyed watching a KINGFISHER try to down a 3" fish at nearby  (20%  open
> water and melting) pond 1/24/02.  My feederes are strangely inactive this
> winter - only a pair of titmice coming with half dozen or so chickadees
and
> only an occassion fly in bluejay.    Lots of reports from friends of
> bluebird sitings in the area.
>
> Ruth
>
>


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Subject: 
From: "Betty Holton" <birdl0vr(AT)earthlink.net>
Date: 25 Jan 2002 10:59pm

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