Rather than head south toward Barton Cove and Turner's Falls, this morning I elected to go north hopeful of catching up with the large concentrations of sparrows reported by Don Clark and JoAnne Russo at Vernon on Oct 7th. Four days later, it looked like most of the sparrows had moved on and my personal tally probably totaled less than 35 birds. Certainly the 'hoped-for' Clay-colored Sparrows photographed by Don and JoAnne were not present, but towards the end of my session I did find a
Vesper Sparrow perched above the chain link fence close to my car. Other birds of interest included 45+
American Pipits in the organic fields, 3
Palm Warblers (2 eastern, 1 duller bird may have been intermediate), and one party of 7 first-winter
White-crowned Sparrows. The site, Millar Organic Farm in Vernon, is just 12 miles north of our home in Gill, MA.
Vesper Sparrow - Miller Organic Farm, Windham Co., Vernon, VT.
October 11th, 2013. Digiscope with Canon Powershot G10.
American Pipit - Miller Organic Farm, Windham Co., Vernon, VT.
October 11th, 2013. Digiscope with Canon Powershot G10.
Savannah Sparrow - Miller Organic Farm, Windham Co., Vernon, VT.
October 11th, 2013. Digiscope with Canon Powershot G10.
Palm Warbler (eastern) - Miller Organic Farm, Windham Co., Vernon, VT.
October 11th, 2013. Canon Powershot G10.
Palm Warbler - perhaps dull eastern or intermediate, Miller Organic Farm,
Windham Co., Vernon, VT. October 11th, 2013. Digiscope with Canon Powershot G10.
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