Date: 5/16/26 9:11 am From: Ted Levin <tedlevin1966...> Subject: [VTBIRD] 16 May 2026: Hartford Conservation Commission Annual Spring Bird Walk
5:00 a.m., Hartford Town Forest. Leaders Tom Sherry and Ted Levin
Number of participants: 7 (not counting us) Number of species: 51, which includes 15 species of warblers, 2 vireos, 5 thrushes, 4 flycatchers, and 5 woodpeckers.
*Best looks:* magnolia warbler, scarlet tanager (bathed in early morning sunlight), Swainson's thrush *Best voice:* hermit thrush, winter wren *Loudest bird:* pileated woodpecker, overbird *Quietest bird:* blackburnian warbler, black-and-white warbler, brown creeper, golden-crowned kinglet *Most persistent bird:* red-eyed vireo (no contest) *Second most persistent:* ovenbird *One and done:* barred owl *Oddest occurrence: *fly-by mallard at 4:30 a.m.
