Glad you were around to notice that. This morning I had about 10 Robins.
Good to finally see some.
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> There are 3 messages totaling 64 lines in this issue.
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> Topics of the day:
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> 1. NEK during migration
> 2. Birds of the Second Half of Summer 2025 -- PHOTOS
> 3. More interesting bird activity ...
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> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 10:03:09 -0400
> From: Maeve Kim <maevekim7...>
> Subject: NEK during migration
>
> The northeast corner of the Northeast Kingdom is hopping during fall
> migration! Check out this trip report: https://ebird.org/tripreport/415219 > Unfortunately, Quimby Country (where we’ve stayed for the past half dozen
> Septembers) won’t be open in the fall next year, due to some
> reconstruction, but there are a few other places to stay in the
> Newport-Island Pond-Averill-northern NH area. We’re going to QC in June in
> 2026, hoping that spring migration will reward us as much as fall migration
> always has.
> Maeve Kim, Jericho Center
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> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 13:45:53 -0400
> From: Jim Block <jim...>
> Subject: Birds of the Second Half of Summer 2025 -- PHOTOS
>
> I put many bird photos from VT and NH in a blog post: birds in flight
> (nighthawks, kestrels, waxwings, hummingbirds, and others), waxwings
> feeding
> young, merganser with a huge fish, great blue herons, warblers (redstart,
> black-and-white, Blackburnian, black-throated green, blackpoll. common
> yellowthroat, magnolia, pine, Wilson's, yellow-rumped), sparrows, wrens,
> and
> others.
>
> If you wish you can see them here:
> https://jimblockphoto.com/2025/09/birds-second-half-summer-2025/ >
> Jim Block
> Etna, NH
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> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 18:10:27 -0400
> From: R Stewart <2cnewbirds...>
> Subject: More interesting bird activity ...
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> 65 - 70 deg. Mostly cloudy. Patches of blue. Rain showers sometimes.
>
> Interesting bird behavior. About 3:30 3 EABL came into yard - one to
> birdbath, 2 on lawn. Then one moved out of yard and began hovering over a
> brush pile. Then there were MANY birds doing the same thing. The HOFI which
> normally feed at my feeder all moved out front and were all around the
> brush pile. Also, many CHSPs. BLJAs were there, Phoebes. It all lasted
> about 15 min. There must have been a swarm of insects coming from that
> brush pile. I could see nothing after the birds left.
>
> --
> Ruth Stewart
> E. Dorset VT
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