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The Christmas Bird Count
The Barnet Vermont Christmas Bird Count (count circle VTBA) takes place every year on January 1. This count circle is centered on the Comerford Dam area on the Connecticut River and includes parts of Waterford, St. Johnsbury, Danville, Peacham, Barnet and Ryegate in Vermont and Monroe, Littleton, Lyman and Lisbon in New Hampshire.
Nineteen intrepid observers ventured out in subzero temperatures and numbing wind chills on New Year's Day, 2009, to count the winter birds to be found from St. Johnsbury to Ryegate and from Peacham to Lyman, N.H. This count encompasses stretches of open water along the Connecticut River, windswept farmlands, dense conifer forests, frigid hollows, sugar woods, and busy bird feeding stations. This year some 44 species were counted and nearly 4000 individual birds. Highlights included Bohemian Waxwings and White-winged Crossbills in Waterford and a Northern Mockingbird in Passumpsic. This year Pine Siskins and American Goldfinches were abundant, Purple Finches completely absent, and raptors extremely scarce.
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