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at the corner of Route 522 and Route 647, Flint Hill. Sara Lowry, Walnut Grove, noted three uncommon birds: the Eastern Meadowlark, the Fox Sparrow, and the Common Snipe (I think uncommon)!
Jenks Hobson, Washington, noted the Black Vulture as one of our more common birds. We compared identification features of the Black Vulture vs. the Turkey Vulture: the Black Vulture has a faster wing beat, a shorter tail, and ghastly white legs.
The sightings from Long Mountain Road are: a Pine Warbler eating suet and a Bam Owl residing in a silo. Jim Bywaters, Flint Hill, contributed two nice species, both in the Swallow family. He saw a Tree Swallow on March 7 and on the 18th he saw his first Purple Martin of the year. Last year Jim noted he had 70 pairs of Martins.
And now that the ice is off the ponds, we received new sightings of water birds. Andy Platt called in Wood Ducks seen in the Rock Mills area and Hooded Mergansers on Carrigan’s pond in Washington.
Sara Lowry is really working this bird list! She added Canada Goose, Mallards, Hooded Mergansers, and Ring Neck Duck; Kent Hickman, a recent “full-timer” living on Lizzie Mills, Castleton, reported a Great Blue Heron that gives him daily pleasure.
Kent can view his pond from his house, so we hope to have more waterfowl reports. Alan Zuschlag called in the pretty Bufflehead duck. We on Long Mountain added the American Widgeon.
We are attempting to compile the entire list of birds seen since January, per many
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