September at Missisquoi
Saturday was our monthly bird monitoring walk at the Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton, VT. As Friends of the MNWR, Ken Coppenhaver & I started these walks back in March. We rotate trails every month and this month we were at the Stephen Young Marsh on Tabor Road.
New species added to the list this month were Common Merganser, Wilson’s Snipe, Canada Warbler, and Blackburnian Warbler. After 7 months of bird monitoring walks, 88 participants have observed 83 species and 1179 individual birds.
Here’s our report to eBird:
Location: MNWR - Stephen Young Marsh
Observation date: 9/18/10
Notes: Monthly Bird Monitoring Walk. Walked clockwise around trail (usually walk counter-clockwise).
Number of species: 23
Canada Goose 11 flyover
Mallard 10 flyover
Common Merganser 1 flyover
Ruffed Grouse 1 flushed
Great Blue Heron 1 flyover
Wilson’s Snipe 2 flyover
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 3
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 7
Black-capped Chickadee 10
American Robin 2
European Starling 44
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 heard only
Blackburnian Warbler 1 probable
Common Yellowthroat 3
Canada Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1 heard only
White-throated Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 115
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org/vt)
