The full species list and a couple of pictures are below. A total of 58 species in the area - not bad for a frigid April day! I can't wait for the days when this kind of birdlife will be the norm again...

while hundreds more swirl around them












This is Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
For those interested, here is the full list of birds observed in the Colebrook River Lake area this morning:
Location: ACE Colebrook Reservoir
Observation date: 4/20/11
Number of species: 58
Canada Goose 10
Wood Duck 7
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Duck 4
Hooded Merganser 1
Common Merganser 8
Common Loon 5
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Great Blue Heron 5
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 7
American Crow 5
Common Raven 2 -- on nest
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 38
Tree Swallow 250
Barn Swallow 4
Black-capped Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 13
Eastern Bluebird 6
American Robin 21
Cedar Waxwing 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 120
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 3
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 9
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 13
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 27
Northern Cardinal 5
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 14
American Goldfinch 3
All photographs copyright Twan Leenders
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