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Subject: CT Report 03/16/2008 Tundra Swans, Pine Grosbeaks
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 16 Mar 2008 9:58pm
From Peary and BK Stafford:
3/16 - Washington, Macricostas Preserve of the Steep Rock Association
-- Two PINE GROSBEAKS (in the heavily laden crabapple tree behind
interpretive trail signpost 8), 3 FOX SPARROWS
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/16 - Simsbury, Woodchuck Hill Rd/Route 309 -- 9 PINE GROSBEAKS.
3/16 - Canton, Canton feeder -- 60+ COMMON REDPOLL.
From Renee Baade:
3/16 Suffield -- 12:30 PM, 2 TUNDRA SWANS still present in farm field
pond on east side of Hwy 159, just south of Thrall Ave. Same field
pond where the '07 Pink-footed Geese had been found.
From Nancy Eaton:
3/16 - Suffield -- (9 a.m.) The two Tundra Swans I reported yesterday
continued this morning at the same location on East St. (159N) between
Bridge St. and Thrall Ave.
From Carole Donagher:
3/15 - Farmington backyard -- 3 COMMON REDPOLLS at sunflower hearts
feeder
From Peary and BK Stafford
3/16 - New Preston, South shore of Lake Waramaug - REDHEAD.
From Frank Mantlik & NHBC group:
3/16 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- several Wilson's Snipe,
1 Eastern Meadowlark.
Westport, Saugatuck River I-95 overpass -- 2 Peregrine Falcons.
Westport, Burying Hill Beach -- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
Westport/Southport, foot of Sasco Creek Rd., mouth of Sasco Creek,
Southport Beach -- Northern Pintail, Bonapart's Gulls.
From Chris Loscalzo:
3/16 - Hamden, on West Rock Ridge -- one pair of PEREGRINE FALCONS.
Fran and Tom Holloway
3/16 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park. We saw the immature GOSHAWK
again, this time at the traffic circle at around 2:20pm.
From Paul Carrier:
3/16 - ??????, yard -- 80+ Common Redpolls, 4 Pine Siskin.
From Joe Wojtanowski:
3/16 - Bloomfield, Reservoir # 3 -- 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK. (6:15-6:30
am)
From Joe Wojtanowski & Paul Desjardins:
3/16 - East Granby, East Granby Farms -- EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
From Janet Weisner:
3/16 - Storrs, Horsebarn Hill Rd -- 1 GREATER WHITE FRONTED GOOSE in a
flock of about 2 dozen canadas. Apparently had been seen a couple days
ago in Mirror Lake on campus too.
From Marty Swanhall
03/16 - Woodbury, home feeder -- one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
From Larry Nichols:
3/16 - Glastonbury, Wangunk Meadows (Glastonbury end) -- 7am, Male
Northern Pintail.
From John Marshall:
3/16 - Milford, Milford Point (CACC) -- at 8:00 AM,?18 COMMON REDPOLLS
Woodmont, Oyster River? -- at 10:00 AM, 1 ICELAND GULL
From Greg Hanisek et al.:
3/16 - Old Lyme, Great Island -- dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK.
Old Saybrook, Dock & Dine -- LESSER SCAUP
CHESTER, ferry landing -- 3 BLACK VULTURES
From John Marshall:
3/16 - Watertown, Sand Bank Rd. -- at 6:00 PM, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE
From Luke Tiller:
3/16 - Wilton, Allen's Meadows -- 2 Eastern Meadowlarks, 2 American
Woodcock displaying.
From Frank Gallo
3/16 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 5 Northern Pintail
flying past the point. 8 Bonaparte's Gulls.
From Christopher Lovell:
3/16 - Trumbull -- 40-50 Common Redpolls swarming the nyjer feeders,
sometimes overflowing onto the sunflower chip feeders and also the
ground below. There has been at least one here every day since
12/17/2007.
From Luke Tiller:
3/15 - ??????, Aspetuck Reservoir -- male REDHEAD.
??????, Ash Creek -- 1 male NORTHERN SHOVELER.
Bridgeport, Captains Cove Marina -- 30 LESSER SCAUP.
Westport, Burying Hill -- continuing Lesser Black-backed Gull.
From Andrew Dasinger:
3/15 - near Cabela's, East Hartford -- 1 Iceland Gull, with flock of
gulls at late afternoon roost in flooded field northwest of Cabela's.
Migration Notes:
First report of Piping Plover (Milford, Silver Sands State Park)
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Subject: CT Report 03/17/2008 LITTLE GULL
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 17 Mar 2008 10:13pm
From Greg Hanisek, Bill Banks, Randy Domina:
3/17 - Milford, Pond Point -- c 2:30 p.m. low tide 1 adult basic
LITTLE GULL, 1 adult BLACK-HEADED GULL with almost a full hood in
flock of 800 to 1,000 Bonaparte's Gulls. None of the Bonies
approached the head color of the Black-headed, so it's easy to find
(OK, relatively). We accessed the site from Platt St. Gulls were all
on beach to west, but later flew out onto water. Thanks Stacy Hanks
for info on this site. There was one Bonie at Oyster River and c 30
at Burwell Beach (Villa Rosa).
From Stacy Hanks
3/17 - Milford, Pond Point Beach towards BayView Beach -- 11 30 a.m.
Several hundred Bonaparte's. Can be Accessed from Pelham Ave.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/17 - Suffield, Route 159 -- 2 TUNDRA SWANS (3:30PM).
3/17 - Farmington, Batterson Pond -- 7 LESSER SCAUP.
From Janis LaPointe:
3/17 - Suffield, small pond off Rt. 159 -- Two Tundra Swans continue.
From Louise P. Tucker:
3/17 - Suffield, pond east of Rte. 159 between Thrall Ave and Bridge
St -- 2 Tundra Swans. Turn left on 159 from the bridge connecting
Enfield and Suffield. Pass Thrall St. and look left down the fields
toward the CT river. Swans are in a small pond with Canada Geese. If
you reach Bridge St. you went too far. Seen between 12:30 and 1:00 pm.
From Jack Swatt
3/17 - Suffield -- 2 Tundra Swans in small pond in fields between Rte.
159 and CT River (east of 159) between Thrall Ave. and Bridge St.
1:45-2:00 PM
From Jamie Meyers:
3/17 - Suffield -- Tundra Swans still present as of 4:15 PM this
afternoon.
From Mark Szantyr:
3/16 - Storrs, University of Connecticut, Horsebarn Hill and Mirror
Lake -- Greater White-fronted Goose.
Mansfield, Mansfield City Road, Stearn's Farm -- Cackling Goose.
Enfield -- two American Woodcock.
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Subject: CT Report 03/18/2008 LITTLE GULL
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 18 Mar 2008 9:40pm
-----> Important Reminder!
-----> COA Annual Meeting!
-----> Saturday, March 29!
-----> 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM!
The COA annual meeting is being held again at Middlesex Community
College in Middletown, Connecticut.
Do you find identifying shorebirds a challenge? Kevin Karlson,
co-author of The Shorebird Guide has a different approach that may
make the difference for you!
Do you care about bird conservation? Two presentations deal with it.
Jack Wells is the author of the recently published Birder's
Conservation Handbook, while Robert Askins relates our local
challenges to those seen in Japan.
Does the idea of travelling to the far reaches of the earth to see a
Black-and-white Warbler seem a bit odd? Julian Hough will talk on one
of the United Kingdon's most serious birding destinations.
There is more than just preseentations of course. There are faces to
put to names, frienships to make and renew, raffles, vendors selling
all sorts of birding items, and more. And it is a chance to support
the COA, sponsor of this daily report.
There is still time to pre-register if you act in the next couple of
days. (If you want the catered lunch you HAVE to pre-register!) The
form, and all the details of the meeting, are on the COA web site at:
http://www.ctbirding.org/08meeting.htm
http://www.ctbirding.org/08docs/08COAmeeting.pdf
Hope to see you there!
Roy Harvey
(Now we return to our regularly scheduled bird report.)
From Meredith Sampson w/ Penny Solum:
3/18 - West Haven, Woodmont Beach -- LITTLE GULL with at least 200
BONAPARTE'S GULLS feeding on plankton at about 1:00.
From John & Linda Clancy:
3/18 - Suffield -- 2 TUNDRA SWANS in same location as yesterday, off
rte 159 at 10:30 AM
From Tim Antanaitis:
3/18 - South Windsor, Newberry Road, Station 43 -- 6:15-7:25pm, 2
NORTHERN SHOVELER (m+f), 3 AMERICAN WOODCOCK
From Lorraine Gundersen:
3/18 -- Guilford, West Woods, near Peddler Lane entrance -- 2 American
Woodcock.
From Robert Batterson:
3/18 - Kent, Geer Mountain Rd -- pair COMMON RAVENS calling to each
other, flying south towards New Milford.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/18 - Hartford, Hartford Landfill -- 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS grappling
and screaming over the landfill. One bird went north and the other
headed back towards the Travelers tower.
3/18 - Wethersfield, Wethersfield Cove -- 1 first winter ICELAND GULL.
From Don Lukaszek:
3/17 - Middletown, near Arragone Bridge -- around noon, Peregrine
Falcon seen flying west toward Middletown
From Carolyn Cimino:
3/18 - Old Saybrook, North Cove -- 15 LESSER SCAUP.
CT River just north of Dock and Dine -- 19 LESSER SCAUP.
From Tim Antanaitis:
3/17 - Mansfield, intersection of Mansfield City Rd & Stearns Rd -- 1
CACKLING GOOSE (body mass half that of surrounding Canadas, neck very
short and thick when extended, bill tiny and stubby, breast not as
pale as most Canadas) 6:30 - 7:00 pm
From Dave Rosgen:
3/17 - Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial's Little Pond
Boardwalk) -- 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 14 American Woodcocks displaying, 13
Rusty Blackbirds.
White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Hamill Marsh) -- 3 additional
American Woodcocks displaying
15 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial) -- 1 Brown Creeper
80 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) - 4 Fox Sparrows
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
3/17 - Litchfield, Litchfield Town Beach -- 4 Common Redpolls
Pt. Folly Marsh -- 4 Rusty Blackbirds, 2 Common Redpolls
From Gerri Griswold, w/ James Fischer:
3/17 - Torrington, Rt. 272 & Marshall Lake Rd. -- 1 Common Raven
From Frank Mantlik, wth Mike Moccio
3/16 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 4:30pm, TUNDRA SWAN continues in salt
marsh, viewed with scopes from dune near end of parking lot. Also
present in marsh were a foraging flock of 22 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES.
And on the water (Sound) feeding on plankton were 2500 gulls (75%
Ring-billed, 25% Herring, only 6 Bonaparte's).
From Mike Doyle:
3/16 - Litchfield, Webster Rd. (White Memorial's Cranberry Pond Trail)
-- 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE, 1 Common Raven
N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1 SNOW GOOSE.
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Subject: CT Report 03/19/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 19 Mar 2008 9:52pm
Note 1: My sincere apologies to Dr. Jeff Wells, author of the recently
published Birder's Conservation Handbook, whose name I got wrong in
last night's item on the COA Annual Meeting. Thanks to all who
pointed out my mistake.
Note 2: The email address for reporting sightings is changing to
ctbirdreport(AT)ftml.net. The old address (ending in @msbx.net) will
continue to work for a while, but please start using the new address.
(Or send your sightings to the CTBirds open discussion list, which
would be even better.)
From Rick Gedney:
3/18 - North Madison -- approx 30 Rusty Blackbirds continue.
Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 1 American Bittern in the marsh to
beach side of nature center parking lot and to east of boardwalk.
From Ralph Amodei
3/19 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park Pond -- 1 Drake EURASIAN WIGEON.
From Carole Donagher:
3/19 - Farmington backyard -- BROWN CREEPER was here again on the suet
on the tree.
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Subject: CT Report 03/20/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 20 Mar 2008 9:48pm
From Steve Morytko:
3/20 - Ashford, Wormwood Hill Rd, Leander Pond (below Random Farm) --
juvenile Northern Shrike in the top of a tree next to the pond.
Ashford, 288 Varga Rd -- The Red-headed Woodpecker continues.
From Dennis Varza:
3/20 - Stamford, Holly Pond -- The Black-headed Gull (along with the
Bonaparte's) was still at Holly Pond at 3:30.
From Dennis Varza:
3/20 - Stamford, Holly Pond, area of the little parking lot on the
west side -- 350 Bonaparte's Gulls (3 imm.) roosting on the water and
even on the little grassy area. Because of the stream flow and the
north wind the birds kept drifting down stream, then flying back
upstream. In the flock was an adult Black-headed Gull with a nearly
complete black head.
From Andrew Dasinger:
3/19 - East Hartford, near Cabela's -- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (3rd
yr) and 1 possible CALIFORNIA Gull (near adult). In a mixed flock of
gulls congregating in a wet field, between Cabela's and United
Technologies Research Center. Viewed from rear parking lot and
perimeter driveway of United Technologies Research Center. Gull
activity had tailed off in the last few days as puddles dried up, but
the heavy rains yesterday brought in a flock that built up to around
150+ gulls in the late afternoon. (When I arrived in the morning,
there were zero gulls, so afternoon is definitely the time to look.)
3/20 - East Hartford, near Cabela's -- there were NO gulls present
(5:30 pm), so yesterday's flock must have been a result of the stormy
weather.
From Ralph Amodei
3/20 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park Pond - 1 Drake EURASIAN WIGEON
From Lorraine Gundersen:
3/20 - Guilford, Pinchbeck Gardens, Marsh area leading to greenhouse
-- American Bittern (1)
From Dave Rosgen:
3/20 - Litchfield, 71 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Office Feeders)
-- 1 Common Redpoll
From Don Morgan:
3/20 - ?????, Natchaug State Forest Beaver Dam Marsh -- 4 apparent
Tundra Swans.
From Paul DeGennaro:
3/20 - Naugatuck yard -- one Fox Sparrow.
From Ken Elkins:
3/20 - Milford, Milford Point -- 6 NORTHERN PINTAILS.
From Phil Asprelli:
3/20 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- American Woodcock
From Jan Collins:
3/19 - Somers Backyard -- 1 BROWN CREEPER on suet feeder
From Dave Rosgen:
3/19 - Winchester: 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary feeders)
-- 2 Purple Finches
3/20 - Litchfield, Rt. 202 (Litchfield Hills Nursery) -- 1 Common
Raven flyover
White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) - 8 Rusty Blackbirds
From Dave Rosgen:
3/18 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) --
1 Fox Sparrow
From Maryanne & Dean Rupp:
3/17 - Westbrook, Salt Meadow Unit -- 7-7:30 PM, 8+ AMERICAN WOODCOCK
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Subject: CT Report 03/21/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 21 Mar 2008 9:39pm
From Renee Baade:
3/21 - Stamford, Holly Pond -- 1 PM BLACK-HEADED GULL still present in
with many Bonaparte's.
From Meredith Sampson & Penny Solum:
3/21 - Stamford, Holly Pond -- BLACK-HEADED GULL with approximately
250 BONAPARTE'S GULLS. At one point, gull was quite near the wall
making for great viewing and photos!
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/21 - Farmington, Batterson Pond -- 1 immature NORTHERN SHRIKE. (this
bird has been here for almost two weeks hunting deep within the
thickets along the shore, very strange hunting habits).
3/20 - Farmington, Batterson Pond -- 5:00PM, 6 LESSER SCAUP, 7
NORTHERN PINTAIL, 1 first winter ICELAND GULL and 1 third year LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL. Gull concentrations getting very large in the late
afternoon.
From Rick Macsuga:
3/21 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 7 Wilson Snipe, 6 Rusty
Blackbirds, Blue -Winged Teal, Northern Shoveler.
From Ralph Amodei
3/21 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park Pond -- 1 Drake EURASIAN WIGEON
From Ken Elkins:
3/21 - Milford, Milford Point -- There's still a group of 15-25
redpolls visiting the feeders at the Coastal Center at Milford Point.
The center is open on Saturday, 10am-4pm, or try viewing them from the
observation tower. The thistle feeders are at the far right end of
the feeder station, hanging on the mulberry trees.
From Fran D'Amico:
3/21 - Wallingford -- A BLACK VULTURE seen this morning at 10:15 AM at
the intersection of Rt 68 and I-91 (exit 15)
From Peary and BK Stafford, Olaf Soltau:
3/21 - Washington, Macricostas Preserve of Steep Rock Association --
Three Black Vultures
From David Babington:
3/21 - Washington, feeders -- six Purple Finches (2 males and 4
females)
From Karen Fiske:
3/21 - Durham -- 7 PURPLE FINCHES (1 male, 6 females) at feeders
From Jayne Amico with Melissa Baston:
3/21 - Waterbury, I=84 "mixmaster" interchange -- Peregrine Falcon.
From Maria Stockmal:
3/21 - Derby, Naugatuck River Greenway -- Red-throated Loon in the bay
at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic Rivers. Also, Rusty
Blackbirds, Black Vultures.
From Frank Mantlik:
3/20 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 6pm, 1 NORTHERN GANNET (fly by).
3/18 - Milford, Merwin Point ("Anchor Beach") -- 1st-winter ICELAND
GULL, on rock.
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Subject: CT Report 03/22/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 22 Mar 2008 9:39pm
Note 1: I mentioned a couple of days ago that we have a new email
address for rare bird reports, ctbirdreport(AT)ftml.net. Unfortunately
the problems with the old address are getting worse. Reports to the
old address might be lost, so please use the new address. Thanks!
Note 2: Frank Mantlik posted a timely reminder over on the CTBirds
list that I think is worth repeating here.
"Just a reminder that March 23 marks the one year anniversary that
Larry Flynn photographed a SMITH'S LONGSPUR at Sherwood Is. S.P. (a
great rarity in CT). It may not be a bad idea to check some grassy
fields, coastal or inland, this weekend, given all the big west winds
of the past 2 days."
Note 3: When I visited Long Beach in Stratford today there weren't any
of the No Trespassing signs at the end of the parking area reported
about ten days ago, and there were people taking the long walk west.
From Karen Fiske:
3/22 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- pair of NORTHERN SHOVELER, 3 pairs
of NORTHERN PINTAIL, 9:00 - 10:00am.
From Paul Cianfaglione and Tom Sayers:
3/22 - Farmington, Farmington Meadows -- 1 SNOW BUNTING, 2 EASTERN
MEADOWLARK, 1 imm. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
3/22 - Canton, Canton feeder -- 32 COMMON REDPOLL.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/22 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 8 BLUE-WINGED TEAL (4 male, 4
female), 9 NORTHERN SHOVELER (7 male, 2 female), 1 female LESSER
SCAUP.
From Bruce Finnan:
3/22 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park -- Drake Eurasian Wigeon in the duck
pond.
Stratford, Long Beach -- Tundra Swan in the marsh behind Long
Beach. The Tundra Swan was not initially visible when I arrived at
Long Beach. I noticed it an hour or so later when I was leaving at
approx 2:30. Also at Long Beach were 12 Boat-tailed Grackles, and a
large flock of Bonaparte's Gulls too far out to discern anything mixed
in with them other than a few large gulls.
From Rick Macsuga:
3/22 - Madison, Hammonassett State Park -- Megs Point, Iceland Gull;
Nature center Field, Eastern MeadowLark;
Old Saybrook, North Cove -- Rough-Legged Hawk.
From Olive Wysocki:
3/22 - Milford, Audbon Centre -- Common Redpolls.
Stratford, Marshes (from Long Beach Car Park) -- Boat Tailed Grackles
(close to Sand Dunes), Tundra Swan
From Frank Mantlik:
3/22 - Westport, Hillspoint Rd., Sherwood Millpond from town Canoe
Launch (old Allen's), 4:20 pm -- at least 7 NORTHERN SHOVELERS (5
male).
3/22 - Stratford, foot of Cove Pl. (Park Blvd.) 5-6 pm -- 1000's of
gulls (3000?): 1000 BONAPARTE'S, 2000 Ring-billed, 1000 Herring -
swimming/feeding on ?plankton, as well as larger gulls using bills to
scape food (barnacle spat?) off recently-exposed rocks. Several
thousand more gulls resting on low-tide bars off Short Beach. Despite
looking through all this larid biomass, I could not find any unusual
species. But still quite a sight.
From Paul Nyhan:
3/22 - Orange, Club Rd -- 3 FOX SPARROW under my feeder. First
appeared about ten days ago.
From Paul Carrier:
3/21 - ?????, Nepaug reservoir -- 4 BLACK SCOTERS.
From Ted Gilman (for Brian Bielfelt):
3/20 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- COMMON RAVEN 2 flying over
Kimberlin Nature Center building.
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