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Subject: CT Reports 03/05/06
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 5 Mar 2006 9:58pm
From CT Audubon Coastal Center staff via Ken Elkins:
3/01-03 - Milford, Milford Pt -- CLAPPER RAIL seen at high tide near feeder
station (we did have 2 on the Christmas Count here, and with limited Spartina to
feed in, this bird is coincidently skulking near our feeders)
From Gina Nichol:
3/05 - Milford, Merwin's Point -- NORTHERN SHOVELERS
West Haven, St. John's By the Sea -- EURASIAN WIGEON
From Meredith Sampson with "First Sundays" birding group:
3/05 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- GRASSHOPPER SPARROW continues in
southwestern picnic area amongst rocks.
From Brian O'Toole w/Meredith Sampson and birding group:
3/05 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- GRASSHOPPER SPARROW under picnic table and
on rocks at southwestern picnic area
From Nick Bonomo:
3/05 - Milford, Merwin Pt - 9 NORTHERN SHOVELERS, 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL (female)
From John Barriger:
3/05 - West Haven, St. John's-by-the-Sea -- EURASIAN WIGEON (male)
Milford, near Merwin's Point --- NORTHERN SHOVELER (male & female)
Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- WHITE-WING CROSSBILL
Westport, near Burying Hill Beach -- LESSER BLACK-BACK GULL
From Paul Fusco:
3/05 - Shelton, Housatonic River (9:30 AM) -- PEREGRINE FALCON flying north over
the Commodore Hull (RT 8) bridge.
From Steve & Charla Spector:
3/05 - West Haven, St. John by the Sea -- EURASIAN WIGEON, N. SHOVELER
Oyster River -- CANADA GOOSE X Anser genus hybrid
Migration (and otherwise) notes:
GREEN-WINGED TEAL -- (8) Milford Pt
AMERICAN KESTREL -- (1) East Haddam, Echo Farm, since Christmas
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Subject: Birds This Week 3/5 to 3/11
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 6 Mar 2006 9:26am
CT Birds This Week is a service of the Connecticut Ornithological Society.
The listing is generated by a program written by Peter R. Bono from data
compiled by
Jamie Meyers (6/1992-1/2004), Peter Bono (2/2004-3/2005), and Luke Tiller
(4/2005 - present).
The species reported are from the "Species Mention List" of the transcript
of the weekly CT Rare Bird Alert as published on BIRDEAST or the CT Daily Email
Reports.
CT Birds This Week Report for week 10 (the seven days starting on 3/5 and ending
on 3/11).
Red-throated Loon
1997; 1998; 2000;
Pied-billed Grebe
1996;
Red-necked Grebe
1993;
1996 -- Caswell Cove, Milford
1997 -- Shippan Point, Stamford
2000 -- Hammonasset Beach SP, Madison
2001 -- Oyster River, West Haven
2002 -- Ender's Island, Stonington (Mystic)
2003 -- many locations statewide
EARED GREBE
1996 -- Bradley Point, West Haven
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
1997 -- Hammonasset Beach SP, Madison
Northern Gannet
1995; 1997; 1998; 2000; 2002; 2003;
Double-crested Cormorant
2002;
Great Cormorant
2003;
Great Egret
1998;
TUNDRA SWAN
1995 -- Holly Pond, Stamford
1998 -- North Cove, Essex
1999 -- Riverview Cemetery, Essex
2002 -- Candlewood Lake, Brookfield
Greater White-fronted Goose
1997 -- McKenzie Reservoir, Wallingford
Snow Goose
1996; 1997; 2000; 2001; 2002;
2004 -- 12 Ellington, New Milford
Snow Goose (blue-morph)
2004 -- 20 Ellington
Wood Duck
1994; 1997; 1998; 2000; 2001;
EURASIAN WIGEON
1999 -- across from St. John's By The Sea, West Haven; Shippan Avenue,
Stamford
2000 -- across from St. John's By The Sea, West Haven
2002 -- across from St. John's By The Sea, West Haven
2004 -- West Haven, St. John's
2005 -- St. John's by the Sea
Green-winged Teal
1999; 2000; 2001;
Northern Pintail
1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2002; 2003;
2004 -- 25+ South Windsor
2005;
Northern Shoveler
1995; 2001; 2002;
Canvasback
1997; 2000;
Redhead
1998;
1999 -- West Hartford Reservoir 1, West Hartford
2000 -- Black Rock Harbor, Fairfield
2001 -- Veteran's Park, Norwalk
Ring-necked Duck
1996; 1997; 2000;
TUFTED DUCK
1994 -- Greenwich Harbor, Greenwich
1997 -- North Cove, Old Saybrook
Lesser Scaup
1994; 1997; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2005;
KING EIDER
1995 -- end of Neck Road, Madison/Guilford
Harlequin Duck
1996 -- Merwin Point, West Haven
2003 -- Shippan Point, Stamford
Black Scoter
1997; 2000;
Surf Scoter
2000;
White-winged Scoter
1997; 2000;
Barrow's Goldeneye
1997 -- Sherwood Island SP, Westport
1998 -- North Cove, Essex
2003 -- Shippan Point, Stamford
2005 -- East Shore Park & Lighthouse Point, New Haven
Common Merganser
1997; 2001; 2002;
Ruddy Duck
1997; 1999; 2000; 2002;
Black Vulture
1996; 1998; 2002; 2004; 2005;
Osprey
1995; 2000; 2002; 2003;
Bald Eagle
1993; 1997; 2000; 2003;
2004 -- 20 on CT River
Cooper's Hawk
2000;
Northern Goshawk
2000; 2002;
Broad-winged Hawk
2003;
Rough-legged Hawk
1996;
1999 -- Riverview Cemetery, Essex
2001 -- Elys Ferry Road, Lyme
2003;
2004 -- (dark phase) Deep River
GOLDEN EAGLE
2004 -- Deep River
Merlin
2002;
Peregrine Falcon
1994; 1997; 1998; 2003;
2004 -- several locations
2005;
Wild Turkey
2002;
Ruffed Grouse
2004 -- Durham
American Coot
1996;
American Oystercatcher
1994; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2004;
Black-bellied Plover
1996;
Killdeer
1994; 1997; 1998;
2004 -- several locations
American Woodcock
1993; 1994; 1995; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2003;
2004 -- several locations
2005;
Wilson's Snipe
1994; 1997; 2002;
Lesser Yellowlegs
2001; 2004;
Spotted Sandpiper
2004;
Purple Sandpiper
1996; 2001;
Glaucous Gull
1996 -- Stevenson Dam, Southbury
1999 -- Manchester Landfill, Manchester
2000 -- Green Harbor Beach, New London
2005 -- Holly Pond, Stamford
Iceland Gull
1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2003;
2004 -- Westport, West Haven, Milford, 1st winter Hartford
2005;
Lesser Black-backed Gull
1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2003;
2005 -- Beardsley Park, Bridgeport
Black-headed Gull
1995 -- Holly Pond, Stamford; South Cove, Old Saybrook
1997 -- Holly Pond, Stamford and adjacent areas
2000 -- South Cove, Old Saybrook
Bonaparte's Gull
1996; 2003;
2004 -- 30 Westport
Little Gull
1995 -- South Cove, Old Saybrook
2003 -- Hammonasset Beach SP, Madison
ROSS' GULL
1995 -- (NY)
RAZORBILL
2000 -- ** Ender's Island, Stonington (Mystic)
SNOWY OWL
2001 -- Seaside Park, Bridgeport
2003 -- Great Meadows NWR, Stratford
Short-eared Owl
1995 -- Silver Sands SP, Milford
2003 -- Great Meadows NWR, Stratford; Southport Beach, Fairfield; Silver
Sands SP, Milford
2004 -- several locations
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
1999 -- Daniels Road, East Haddam
2002 -- Elizabeth Park, West Hartford
2004 -- 1 juv. Somers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
2003; 2005;
Eastern Phoebe
1994; 1995; 1998; 2000; 2003;
Horned Lark
2000;
Tree Swallow
1994; 1995; 1998; 2004; 2005;
American Pipit
2000; 2001;
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
1994 -- Hageman-Sheen Road, Canaan
Winter Wren
1999; 2005;
Gray Catbird
2004;
Eastern Bluebird
1997; 1998;
TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE
1993 -- Newtown, location not given (one day bird)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
2004;
Brown Creeper
1999; 2003; 2004; 2005;
NORTHERN SHRIKE
1997 -- Station 43, South Windsor
2000 -- Vibert Road, South Windsor; Lot W, UConn campus, Mansfield
2001 -- Vibert Road, South Windsor
2002 -- Vibert Road, South Windsor
Common Raven
1994; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2001; 2004; 2005;
Pine Grosbeak
1994 -- Hageman-Sheen Road, Canaan
Purple Finch
2000; 2001; 2004; 2005;
Red Crossbill
1994 -- East Street North, Goshen
1998 -- Waterford, private property
Common Redpoll
1994; 1996; 2000;
2004 -- 200+ Branford
Pine Siskin
1994; 2004;
Evening Grosbeak
1994; 1996; 2000;
2004 -- 5 Winchester
Pine Warbler
1999;
Palm Warbler
1998;
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
1999 -- Chester Ferry Launch, Chester
Chipping Sparrow
1999;
Vesper Sparrow
1998;
LARK SPARROW
1998 -- Veteran's Park, Norwalk
Savannah Sparrow
1999 -- "Ipswich"
2003 -- "Ipswich"
Fox Sparrow
1994; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005;
White-crowned Sparrow
1993; 1994; 1998; 2000; 2001; 2003;
Lapland Longspur
2000; 2001; 2003;
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
2004;
Red-winged Blackbird
1993; 1994; 1995; 1997; 1998; 2003;
Eastern Meadowlark
1997; 2002; 2005;
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
1995 -- Niantic (Waterford, private residence)
1997 -- East Hartford, private residence
Rusty Blackbird
2004 -- Litchfield
Common Grackle
1993; 1994; 1998; 2003;
Brown-headed Cowbird
1993; 1994; 1997;
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Subject: CT Reports 03/06/06 Snowy Owl
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 6 Mar 2006 9:39pm
From Nick Bonomo:
3/06 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 SNOWY OWL (sandbar)
Stratford, Stratford Point (old gun club) -- 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS (scoped from
Milford Point)
From John Himmelman:
3/05 - Essex -- ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (LIGHT PHASE)
From John Maynard
3/05 - Middletown, Route 17 -- 2 BLACK VULTURES, fly over
From Dana Campbell:
3/06 - Lyme, Nehantic State Forest, Route 156 entrance -- 2 BLACK VULTURES
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/06 West Hartford, Reservoir #6 (route 44) -- 2 CACKLING GEESE (very dark
breasted, also calling and in flight).
From Ken Elkins:
3/06 - Milford, Milford Pt -- 1 female BLUE WINGED TEAL
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Leslie Miller:
3/03 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @
Chickadee Bridge) -- 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 21 Rusty Blackbirds
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Bob Stanowski, Daryl Nicholson, Mary Gendron, Max Shapiro,
et.al.:
3/04 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee
Bridge) -- 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 15 Rusty Blackbirds
(Museum Feeders) -- 1 Fox Sparrow
From Bob Stanowski:
3/04 -- Litchfield, Bissell Rd. (White Memorial's Duck Pond Trail) -- 1 Winter
Wren
Migration Note:
Greater Yellowlegs -- (1) Milford, Anderson Ave. marsh
American kestrel, female -- Stratford Airport, perimeter fence on Lordship Blvd
BALD EAGLES -- Essex, North Cove, 2 immature, sitting on the ice.
Gadwall -- (2) Bantam Lake; (15) Milford Pt
GREEN WINGED TEAL -- (20+) Milford Pt
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Subject: CT Reports 03/07/06
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 7 Mar 2006 10:07pm
From Bill Banks:
3/07 - Milford, Milford point -- EURASIAN "COMMON" TEAL with several GREEN-WING
TEAL to right of lower right observation platform
From Jerry Stage:
3/6 - Somers, Scantic Riparian Area -- 5 or 6 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS (in brush along
riverside trail)
3/7 - Somers, Scantic Riparian Area -- 1 RUSTY BLACKBIRD
From Gina Nichol:
3/06 - Litchfield, Bantam Lake, Point Folly -- BROWN CREEPER
From Libby Ross:
3/07 - Stamford, Cove Island former brush dump -- 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK
From Dave Rosgen:
3/06 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Red-breasted Nuthatches, 4 Purple Finches
Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's N. Shore Marsh) -- 15 Rusty
Blackbirds
3/07 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Pine Grove 2) -- 1 Brown
Creeper
From Margaret Sellers:
3/07 - Litchfield, Bissell Rd. (White Memorial's Pine Island) -- 2 Red-breasted
Nuthatches
From John Eykelhoff:
3/07 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's Pt. Folly) -- 1 Rusty
Blackbird
Migration notes:
COMMON GRACKLES, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS - Woodbridge yard
Stratford, Sikorsky Airport -- male and female AMERICAN KESTRAL
New Milford stream - pair of WOOD DUCK
Bald Eagle - 1 adult North Haven, Quinnipiac Marsh east of I-91, ½ mile south of
Exit 12
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Subject: CT Reports 03/08/06 YH Blackbird, N Shrike, B Goldeneye
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 8 Mar 2006 10:10pm
From Jan Collins:
3/08 - Somers, LaCrosse Field Complex on Pinney Rd -- 1 Yellow-headed Blackbird
3/08 - Somers, Hutton and Ninth District Rd --6 snow geese
3/07 - Somers -- backyard suet feeder daily past week, Brown Creeper
3/08 - Wilton, Allens Meadows -- 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, seen between 11.30am -
12.30pm at first in the community gardens area then later up in birch trees
within a small patch of wild grassy area next to ballfield #5. The bird was not
relocated after 12.30pm.
From Nick Bonomo:
3/08 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach SP -- BARROW'S GOLDENEYE (female - yellow
bill, classic Barrow's head+bill shape) seen with ~40 Common Goldeneye from the
very end of the Moraine Trail, 1 SHORT-EARED OWL Old Saybrook, North Cove -
several LESSER SCAUP
Old Lyme, Watch Rock - YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
From John Wagenblatt
3/08- Durham, Route 17 & 77 -- 1 Imature GOLDEN EAGLE 11:30AM flying south down
Rte. 17
From Dave Rosgen:
3/08 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 3 Purple
Finches
Burlington, Barnes Hill & Clearbrook Road -- 2 Purple Finches
Migration Notes:
Black-bellied Plover - 8 at Hammonasset Beach SP
Bonaparte's Gull - 110 at South Cove in Old Saybrook, 130 at Knollwood
Beach in Old Saybrook, and 150 at Hammonasset Beach SP in Madison
500+ mixed flock of COMMON GRACKLES and RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS - Woodbridge yard
Eastern Bluebird (34) -- Burlington, Barnes Hill Rd.
Adult Bald Eagle regularly visiting the Burlington Fish Hatchery, and is easy to
see.
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Subject: CT Reports 03/09/06 Northern Shrike
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 9 Mar 2006 10:25pm
Note: I missed including Luke Tiller as the one who found and reported the
Northern Shrike yesterday.
From Luke Tiller with Penny Solum:
3/09 - Wilton, Allens Meadows -- 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE. I relocated the shrike I
found yesterday between 8.25am - 8.35am, at first in the line of trees next to
the community gardens and later in the taller trees surrounding the pond. The
bird is very mobile - covering the lengths of the ballfields in one bound and
vanishes for periods. A little patience and some luck seems to be required (or
more people searching) and it took an hour to locate the bird this morning.
Hopefully more reports to come.
3/09 - Milford, Merwin Point -- 5+ Northern Pintails
3/09 - Milford, Caswell Cove -- 1 adult Iceland Gull
Paul Carrier, Dorothy Mathis:
3/09 - Harwinton -- pair COMMON REDPOLLS at feeder for 4 weeks, still coming
daily.
From Shelley Harms
3/09 - Norfolk, feeder -- 2 Common Redpolls
From Maria Stockmal:
3/09 - Ansonia, Ansonia Nature Center -- 2 Brown Creepers, 1 Fox Sparrow
From Robert Dixon:
3/09 - Old Mystic, Mill St -- NORTHERN SHOVELER (2 males )
Old Mystic, N. Stonington Rd -- BLACK VULTURE (3 in roost by old
mystic fire dept. 4:15pm)
Migration notes:
Reports of:
Green-winged Teal -- (4) Hanover Pond in Meriden
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Subject: CT Reports 03/10/06
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 10 Mar 2006 10:29pm
From Dennis Varza:
3/10 - Bridgeport, Beardsley Park (11:30 AM) -- Trumpeter Swan.
The bird was first observed standing on the ice with gulls by the dam. The large
size (even for a swan), neck shape and all black bill was very striking. The
process of getting out of the truck and setting up my scope made it nervous,
bobbing head up and down. The bird then flew off to the southwest before I could
get my camera out. Wild or Escape "You make the call".
NOTE: The question of where a Trumpeter Swan in CT might have come from is very
complicated. Not only have there been cases of them escaping from captivity,
but the nearest population is "hacked" - a project to restore them in an area
where they have not been breeding. To complicate relocation further, Tundra
swans can be passing through at this time of year.
From not sure who, via Mardi Dickenson:
3/10 - Wilton, Allens Meadows -- Northern Shrike seen early
From Tom and Ryan Sayers:
3/09 - Somers -- Thousands of mixed blackbirds in the Pinney Rd. area of
Somers. A Cooper's hawk crashed the party-NO yellow headed blackbird found.
From Carl Ekroth:
3/10 - Somers, Pinney Road -- 6 SNOW GEESE, no sign of yellow-headed blackbird
From Lorraine Gundersen:
3/09 - Guilford -- Eastern Phoebe, Brown Thrasher
From Ken Elkins via James Restivo:
3/10 - Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center - 1 Eurasian GREEN-WINGED
TEAL
From Shari and Val Guarino
3/10 - Southington, YMCA Camp Sloper -- BLACK VULTURE,
From Maria Stockmal:
3/10 - Ansonia, Ansonia Nature Center -- American Woodcock
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Eric Adam & Rich Kania:
3/10 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's N. Shore Marsh) -- 1 Peregrine
Falcon
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Eric Adam & Bob Stanowski:
3/10 - Litchfield: N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake -- Pt. Folly) -- 19 Northern
Pintails
White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Little Pond Trail) -- 1 Brown Creeper
From Eric Adam:
3/10 - Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial's Little Pond) -- 10 Blue-winged
Teal, 3 Northern Pintails
From Mike Doyle:
3/09 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake - Pt. Folly) -- 2 Redheads
3/08 - Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial's Little Pond) -- 3 Northern
Pintails
From Bob Stanowski:
3/10 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 1 Black
Vulture overhead
Migration Notes:
Wood Duck (total of 10) -- Bantam Lake & Little Pond
Green-winged Teal (total of 54) -- Bantam Lake & Little Pond
Ring-necked Duck (total of 284) -- Bantam Lake
Common Goldeneye (total of 11) -- Bantam Lake
Hooded Merganser (total of 64) -- Bantam Lake, Little Pond, & Bantam River
Bald Eagle (total of 3) -- Bantam Lake & Little Pond
Killdeer (3) - Little Pond
GREEN-WINGED TEAL -- (150+) Milford Pt
AMERICAN WIGEON -- (50+) Milford Pt
Killdeer - generally increasing
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Subject: CT Reports 03/11/06
From: CT Bird Report <CTBirdReport(AT)msbx.net>
Date: 11 Mar 2006 9:29pm
From Gina Nichol & Menunkatuck Audubon Group:
3/11 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 100+BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 5 AMERICAN
PIPITS
From Gina Nichol & Sunrise Birding Group:
3/10 - Westbrook, Steward McKinney Refuge - 6+ (possibly up to 10) displaying
AMERICAN WOODCOCK.
From Dori Sosensky with Lynn James:
3/11 - East Haven, Proto Drive/Ora Ave -- 6+ American Woodcock
From Nick Bonomo, Dori Sosensky, Lynn James, Roy Harvey:
3/11 - Milford, Milford Pt -- 1 hybrid American/Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Milford, Merwin Point -- 14 Norther Shovellers
From Eileen and Kevin Finnan:
3/11 - Goshen residence -- 3 FOX SPARROWS, BROWN CREEPER
From Ted Gilman:
3/10 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- American Woodcock, several males performing
in fields near Audubon Center and parking lot
3/11 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
From Glenn Williams w/Fred Norton and Phil Rusch:
3/11 - Old Mystic -- one drake NORTHERN SHOVELER (Mill Rd) and two BLACK
VULTURES (fire house) continue
w/family:
Groton - Haley Farm (lower fields and cove area only) -- ~20 AMERICAN WOODCOCK
From Ken Elkins with Paul Desjardins and Steffanie Liskey:
3/11- Milford Point- 1 Male Hybrid American X Eurasian Green Winged Teal- had 2
white lines, one vertical, and one horizontal, the horizontal line was a bit
beige, but clearly different than any Americans nearby; 5 Northern Pintail
Migration Notes:
Osprey -- (1) Milford
American Oysetercatcher -- (2) Milford Pt; Madison, Hammonasset SP
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