Date: 9/19/26 1:10 pm From: DIANA& JOHN KENTFIELD <00000c8a5508c4a8-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [VTBIRD] Friends of Upper Meadow Birding Walk
I wish you would do this on a Saturday!
> On 09/19/2026 3:04 PM EDT Coleen Lawlor <lawlor.coleen...> wrote:
>
>
> Friends of the Upper Meadows Birding Walk
>
> *Rockingham, Vermont*
>
> *Sunday, October 11 at 9:00 AM*
> *Rain Date: Sunday, October 18 at 9:00 AM*
>
> Come join the *Friends of the Upper Meadows* for a fall birding walk
> at the *Upper
> Meadows in Rockingham, Vermont*, one of the region’s important areas for
> birds and wildlife.
>
> We will meet in the *parking lot at Herrick’s Cove* and carpool from there
> to the Upper Meadows.
>
> The Upper Meadows encompass approximately *280 acres along the Connecticut
> River*, including floodplain forest, beaver ponds, freshwater marsh, vernal
> pools, and about *80 acres of open grassland*. Together with nearby
> Herrick’s Cove, the area has been designated an *Important Bird Area by the
> National Audubon Society*.
>
> The grasslands provide vital nesting habitat for species including *Eastern
> Meadowlarks, Bobolinks, American Kestrels, and Northern Harriers*. The
> meadows are bordered by the Connecticut River to the east, where a large
> colony of Bank Swallows nests; cottonwoods to the south with an active Bald
> Eagle nest; a cattail marsh to the west; and vernal pools to the north.
>
> By October, the breeding season will be behind us, but fall migration will
> be underway. We’ll take our time, see what birds we can find, and enjoy a
> morning together in the meadows.
>
> *We’d love to have you join us.*
> If you’re planning to attend, please email *<lawlor.coleen...>
> <lawlor.coleen...>* so we know to expect you.
>
> *Meeting place:* Herrick’s Cove parking lot
> *Date:* October 11, 9:00 AM
> *Rain date:* October 18, 9:00 AM
