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HINSDALE, N.H. â This time of the year is the perfect time for bird watching along the Connecticut River.
âAs birds migrate north, they often follow the Connecticut River,â said Cory Ross, a board member of Southeastern Vermont Audubon Society. âBirds looking to set down after a long overnight flight often land in the Hinsdale setbacks, which jut out into the river.â
Ross said many of the birds that migrate to the area and then spread out over the region often land first in the setbacks.
âThis is the place where we first see a lot of the arrivals,â he said.
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BRATTLEBORO â It was a brutally cold morning on Saturday, but that didnât keep die-hard birders from participating in the Audubon Societyâs 121st annual Christmas Bird Count.
In Brattleboro, 20 field observers, with another 16 birders at their feeders, counted a record 5,877 birds Saturday, representing 56 different species, said Cory Ross, the local coordinator for the citizen-science project. Ross said the temperature tipped to three below when he started Saturday morning on the West River near The Marina Restaurant.
Ross said Sunday that Saturdayâs record count was âhelpedâ by tallying 1,400 starlings.
He said that unlike other years, the coronavirus pandemic necessitated some changes, as observers out in the field maintained their social distance from others. The birders also had to postpone their traditional pot luck supper, and instead met Saturday night over Zoom to exchange their experienc