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Subject: CT Report 03/23/2008 Bohemian Waxwings
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 23 Mar 2008 9:34pm
Note 1: In last night's report I suggested that the ban on going past
the end of the parking area at Long Beach in Stratford was over. It
is STILL IN EFFECT.
From Fran Zygmont:
3/23 - Pleasand Valley (Barkhampstead??), Pleasant Valley Store --
BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS in one of the apple trees at the store, with Cedar
Waxwings.
From Carol and Jim Zipp:
3/23 - Goshen -- 3 TUNDRA SWANS in pond directly across from Action
Wildlife Park on Rt 4. Less than 1/4 mile away at intersection of
East St and Rt 4 a NORTHERN SHIRKE. Both about noon today.
From Jan Collins with Paul Desjardins:
3/23 - South Windsor, Station 43, Newbury Rd marsh -- 9:30, 12-14
NORTHERN PINTAIL, pair NORTHERN SHOVELERS. Fly over 10-12
Wilson's Snipe over Vibert Rd.
From Neil Currie and Tom Hook,
3/22 - Southport, Southport Beach -- 4:00 p.m., Adult Black-headed
Gull with about 12 Bonnies.
From John Maynard:
3/22 - Portland, Portland Fair Grounds area on Rt. 17A -- 5 plus
WILSON'S SNIPE, in far northeast corner partially flooded.
From From Larry Nichols:
3/22 - Durham, White Farm (open space next to the fairgrounds) -- 1
RUSTY BLACKBIRD and 3 WILSON'S SNIPE
3/23 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and 3 NORTHERN
SHOVELERS (2 male, 1 female).
Portland, Portland Fairgrounds -- 19 WILSON'S SNIPE in the flooded
grassy area at the end of the skating pond.
From Tim Antanaitis:
3/22 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park -- 6-6:30pm, male EURASIAN WIGEON
along Sound shoreline.
Stratford, Sikorsky Airport entrance, 7-7:15pm -- 26 (21m+5F)
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES.
From Carole Donagher:
3/22 - Farmington yard -- 1 BROWN CREEPER continues to eat peanut
butter mix spread on tree trunk
From Scott Baron:
3/22 - Stamford, Holly Pond -- 6 Northern Shovelers
Stamford, Cove Island Park -- 1 Snow Bunting
From Marty Swanhall
03/23 - Woodbury, home feeder -- one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
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Subject: CT Report 03/24/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 24 Mar 2008 9:41pm
From Bill Banks:
3/24 - Stratford, Long Beach -- estimate seven thousand gulls feeding
off shore.
Milford, Court Street -- DOWITCHER species.
From Bill Yule:
3/24 - Durham, Durham Meadows -- 2-+ Wilson's Snipe, but be warned you
have to walk through the wet overgrown part of the field to flush
them.
Durham, Rt 68 skating pond -- more Wilson's Snipe
Northford, Rt 17 -- Broad-winged Hawk
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/24 - Farmginton, Batterson Pond -- 2 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 6 LESSER
SCAUP.
From Carl Ekroth:
3/24 - South Windsor, Station 43 - BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
SHOVELER. As I walked along the road between Sta. 43 proper and
Vibert Road a flock of 12 COMMON SNIPE were flying around over the
fields.
From Mike Warner:
3/24 - Wilton, Allen's Meadow -- 6:45-8:00 pm, 1 American Woodcock
peenting, no flight.
From Jim Harris:
3/24 - Columbia -- about 10 COMMON REDPOLLS.
From Scott Baron:
3/23 - Middlebury, Lake Quassapaug -- 1 male LESSER SCAUP (with 5
scaup sp.)
3/24 - Southbury, Southbury Training School -- 2 BLACK VULTURE
From Art Gingert:
3/23 - New Preston, Lake Waramaug -- 1600+ COMMON MERGANSERS (feeding,
flying, preening on remaining ice -- very active).
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Mike Doyle, John Eykelhoff, Daren Jacklin,
Courtney Jacklin, et. 13 al.:
3/22 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 4
Fox Sparrows, 1 Purple Finch.
(Office Feeders) -- 1 Common Redpoll
(Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee Bridge) -- 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2
Fox Sparrows, 4 Rusty Blackbirds.
From Dave Rosgen:
3/23 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary feeders)
-- 1 Purple Finch, 5 Common Redpolls
Barkhamsted, Rt. 318 (MDC's Saville Dam) -- 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK
feeding on the grassy dam face
(L. McDonough) -- 1 female Red-breasted Merganser (rare inland).
(Barkhamsted Reservoir) -- 1 Common Raven.
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Subject: CT Report 03/25/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 25 Mar 2008 9:41pm
From Kevin Burgio:
3/25 - Storrs, Pumping Station Rd -- 1 male RUFFED GROUSE; drumming
right off road past 1st pumping station.
3/25 - Storrs, HEEP Site -- 1 BROWN CREEPER; near new parking lot
construction.
From Jim Harris:
3/25 - Columbia yard -- 2 BROWN CREEPERS, 5 COMMON REDPOLLS
From Janet Mehmel:
3/24 - Goshen, Hageman Shean Road feeders - - 50+ COMMON REDPOLLS,
some males in breeding plumage.
From Annette Cunniffe:
3/25 -- Greenwich -- pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL mixed in with Mallards
in small pond on Pecksland Rd. by stop sign and Meadow Dr.
From Ralph Amodei:
3/24-25 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park Pond - 1 drake EURASIAN WIDGEON.
From Donna Lorello:
3/25 - Branford yard -- 1 male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1 Brown
Creeper.
From John Maynard
3/25 - Durham, Greenbacker farm pond, Route 68 -- 2 SNOW GEESE
standing out among flock of 200 CANADA GEESE.
From Peter Hornak:
3/24 - Orange, Turkey Hill School -- 3 BLACK VULTURES.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Frank Gallo, Rob Van Dyke, & John Eykelhoff:
3/24 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake, 5 p.m. 'til dark) -- 2
Northern Pintails, 1 Lesser Scaup.
(White Memorial's Pt. Folly Marsh) -- 9 Rusty Blackbirds
From Dave Rosgen:
3/24 - Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial's Little Pond at noon)
-- 13 Rusty Blackbirds.
White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) -- 1 Fox Sparrow
From Tom Cuchara:
3/22 - Hammonasset Beach State Park, Meig's Point -- 7pm, 1 Least
Bittern flew over the marsh, near the end of the big parking lot and
landed about 100 feet from the road that leads to the picnic benches.
Fired off a few record shots. He's hard to find even with
binoculars!!
From Arthur Shippee
3/25 - Hamden, North Lake Dr. -- 1 BROWN CREEPER
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Subject: CT Report 03/26/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 26 Mar 2008 9:45pm
Note: The latest word on access to Long Beach in Stratford is that
the No Trespassing rule applies ONLY to the area of the 40 remaining
cottages. So we are free to bird the long stretch from the parking
down, but have to stay away from the cottages.
From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer:
3/25 & 3/26 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- 1st year male Bullock's
Oriole at bird feeder.
Note: Bullock's Oriole is a review species, and there are only a few
state records for it. I am told it is something of identification
challenge, particularly first year birds. Until we get more detail
this should be considered unconfirmed (but I hope someone gets up
there to check it out!)
From Dennis Varza:
3/26 - Stamford, Cove Island Park, Holly Pond -- Black-headed Gull
From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/26 - Farmington, Batterson Pond - 1 first winter GLAUCOUS
GULL. Amazingly, almost all of the ducks have bolted from the pond!!
From Brian Hiller:
3/26 - Storrs, UConn campus, southern end of Horsebarn Hill Rd -- 4
Wilson's Snipe.
From Frank Mantlik:
3/26 - Stratford, Lordship Seawall -- 4pm, 1 NORTHERN GANNET, flying
west.
Oak Bluff Ave., Long Beach - 1500 gulls (60% Ring-billed, 40% Herring)
lining the beach, feeding on freshly washed up slipper shells.
From Jan Collins:
3/26 - South Windsor, Station 43 Marsh -- 10 AM, Pair BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, foraging in the thick vegetation.
From Mike Warner:
3/26 - Westport, Millpond -- 4 Northern Shovelers.
From Olive Wysocki:
3/26 - Durham Meadows - 3 Wilson's Snipe.
Greenbackers Farm pond on Route 68 (west side) -- 2 Snow Geese.
From Dana Campbell:
3/26 - East Hartford, Backyard -- 1 BROWN CREEPER
From Elaine Taylor:
3/25 - Bristol, Orchard Hill pond -- 4pm, LESSER SCAUP pair, ?stayed
most of the evening.
From Scott Williams:
3/25 - North Farms Reservoir, Wallingford -- a pair of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL along the eastern shore.
From Ernie Harris:
3/26 - Bolton backyard -- FOX SPARROW
From Joe Wojtanowski:
3/26 - Enfield, St. Patrick Cemetery -- FOX SPARROW.
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Subject: CT Report 03/27/2008 Bullock's Oriole
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 27 Mar 2008 10:35pm
LATE NOTE: I have just gotten a knowledgeable opinion that the photos
show a Bullock's Oriole! Of course everyone will be double checking
the bird itself too, but it looks good!
From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer :
3/27 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- 1st year Bullocks Oriole (to be
confirmed) continued throughout the day on and beneath the feeder in
the backyard. Feel free to come to the house to check it out. You
can park out front and walk down the driveway, and the feeder is on a
clothesline to your left, coming from the back porch. All are
welcome.
From Jim Dugan:
3/27 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- I saw the Oriole 3 times this AM
3/27, at 8:15, 9:05 and 9:25. It is feeding on a tube feeder with
platform base in the backyard, filled with hulled sunflower. Home
owner very gracious. No other birders present. Returned at 5:05 PM.
Bird briefly showed at 5:25 and 5:35.
Upper bill darker than lower. Lower bill has a circular dark spot at
base. Wing coverts are heavily streaked white. With broadest white on
greater coverts. Malar is the most orange part of the bird. Extensive
black throat patch. Yellowish undertail coverts. Paler belly.
About twice the size of the Golfinch and larger than P. Finches it was
feeding with. Black eye line appeared only barely present and not
really seen at times. Buffy yellow/orange breast. Mantle was mottled.
Some wear on tail feathers. In my opinion the little black spikes
were present.
From Kevin Finnan:
3/27 - Goshen, Route 4, pond across from Action Wildlife -- 3 TUNDRA
SWANS, 1 NORTHERN SHRIKE.
From Christopher Lovell:
3/27 - Stratford, Long Beach -- Many thousands of gulls, est 5K or
more off shore. Also 8 Boat-tailed Grackles at entrance to Long
Beach, in the pumping station trees.
From Hank Golet
3/27 - Old Lyme, Griswold Pt -- PEREGRINE FALCON JUV, SNOW GOOSE
(Goose was in water in front of "Gray House" at low tide)
From Carolyn Cimino:
3/27 - ?????, Camp Harkness -- 1 SNOW GOOSE (12:30PM)
From Dana Campbell:
3/27 - New Haven - East Rock Park near the covered bridge -- 4-5 BROWN
CREEPERS creeping and calling to one another.
From Patrick Comins:
3/27 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River -- immature
NORTHERN GOSHAWK flying over (not too often that we have one here).
From Milan Bull:
3/27 - Milford, Milford Pt, Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center
-- Up to four Common Redpolls persist at niger feeders visible from
the inside exhibit room windows.
From Christopher Lovell:
3/27 - Trumbull, Booth HIll -- 25-30 Common Redpolls
From John Maynard with Ellen and Lew Lukens:
3/27 - Durham, Greenbacker farm pond Route 68 -- 2 NORTHERN SHOVELERS,
2 SNOW GEESE grazing on hillside near farm buildings east of pull-off.
Meriden, Bishop's Pond, Research Parkway - 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL.
From John Maynard:
3/27 - Middletown, Brown Street feeder -- 1 PURPLE FINCH, female.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Melissa Brutting & John Eykelhoff:
3/27 - Litchfield, (White Memorial's Pt. Folly Marsh) -- 1 Rusty
Blackbird
From Ken Elkins and Frank Gallo:
3/27 - Milford, CT Audubon Coastal Center -- 16 COMMON REDPOLLS.
South Windsor, Vibert Road - 12 WILSON'S SNIPE.
South Windsor, Station 43 -- 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
11 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 NORTHERN SHOVELER (male), 3 WILSON'S SNIPE.
From Tim Antanaitis:
3/27 - Durham, Durham Meadows off Maple Ave -- 8 AMERICAN PIPITS, 2
RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 33+ WILSON'S SNIPE.
Durham, powerline cut to cattail marsh off Rte 147 -- 5 BLUE-WINGED
TEAL, 4 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE.
Durham, Rte 68 pull off by gate at Brookfield Game Club pond
(Greenbackers Farm pond?) -- 2 SNOW GEESE at 5:30pm
From Lukas Hyder:
3/27 - Litchfield, Rt. 202 (White Memorial's Barney Hill) -- 2
American Woodcock
From Jan Collins:
3/27 Batterson Pond, New Britain boat launch side -- 1 pair LESSER
SCAUP.
From Meredith Sampson:
3/27 - Stamford, Brown House Rd. -- 1 AMERICAN WOODCOCK peenting in
field behind Westie's Storage.
From Paul Carrier:
3/27 - Goshen, Rt 4 -- 4:00PM, three Tundra Swans.
East st north -- 12 Rusty Blackbirds.
From Randy Domina:
3/26 - North Farms Reservoir, Wallingford -- BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Durham Rt. 68 Pond -- 2 male NORTHERN SHOVELER
Durham Fairgrounds -- 6+ WILSONS SNIPE, 4+ RUSTY BLACKBIRD
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Ed Yescott:
3/25 – Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial’s Little Pond) -– 1
Rusty Blackbird;
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Ed Yescott & John Eykelhoff:
3/25 – Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake’s Pt. Folly &/ N. Bay) -–
10 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 1 LESSER SCAUP.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Gerri Griswold:
3/25 – Goshen, Rt. 4 & East St. South (Kelley’s Pond) -– 3 TUNDRA
SWANS
From Carol Parent:
3/25 – Winchester, 105 Laurel Way -– 50 Common Redpolls at the Feeders
Platt Hill Rd. (Platt Hill State Park) -– 8 American Woodcock calling
& displaying
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Subject: CT Report 03/28/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 28 Mar 2008 10:04pm
******* THIS SATURDAY, March 29
******* The One and Only COA Annual Meeting!!!
******* Middlesex Community College
******* Middletown, CT
******* For details, visit the COA web site:
******* http://www.ctbirding.org/08meeting.htm
From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer:
3/28/08 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullock's Oriole under feeder
at first light 6:45am.
From Nick Bonomo, Greg Hanisek, Roy Harvey, Neil Currie, Randy
Domina:
3/28 - Canaan , 60 Orchard Street -– first winter male Bullock's
Oriole at 8:05 for five minutes or more, and again before 8:30. Very
good looks (and poor photographs).
Bullock's Oriole Notes:
1) We had negative reports from later in the morning, no reports at
all, positive or negative, from the afternoon.
2) From the intersection of Rt 7 and Rt 44 in Canaan, go north on Rt 7
for less than half a mile. Orchard St is the first left turn.
3) Nick Bonomo posted some pictured of the Bullock's Oriole:
http://picasaweb.google.com/nbonomo/BullockSOriole
4) Nick also suggested that providing the homeowners, Ingrid & Tom
Schaefer, with oranges to put out (sliced in half, of course) might
make the bird more cooperative.
5) Greg Hanisek posted an interesting summary of the history of
Bullock's Oriole in Connecticut over on CTBirds.
From Paul Carrier:
3/28 - Harwinton, yard feeders -- After 2 weeks of only 16 Common
Redpolls at the feeder, when it was snowing in the morning there were
160 plus Common Redpolls. At 2:45, I saw I believe the same flock
here again, and in with this flock was a classic HOARY REDPOLL male.
This was the second male I have seen this year, and this bird was the
frostiest. If it stays I will post it to CTBirds.
From Kevin Finnan:
3/28 - Litchfield, Beach Street, field beyond the Holstein farm -- a
flock of about 200 Snow Geese shortly before 4:00 PM.
From Ian Gereg and Olaf Soltau:
3/28 - Litchfield, Beach Street -- 250+ Greater Snow Geese (incl. 2
blue phase adults) in corn field behind Meadow Ridge Farm
From Joe Wojtanowski:
3/28 - East Granby, Peak Mountain Hawk Watch -- EASTERN MEADOWLARK,
COMMON RAVEN, 19 SNOW GEESE flying low, NE looking for a place to
land, Suffield?
From Hank Golet:
3/28 - Westbrook, Menunketesuck Flats --18 PURPLE SANDPIPERS (these
purple sandpipers are not on rocks as typically seen but are feeding
on the gravel bar with turnstones, sanderlings, bb plovers, and dunlin
and they can be lumped in with dunlin very easily because of where
they are..)
From Lisa Marie Gagnon:
3/27 - Mansfield -- 3 Snow Geese
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Subject: CT Report 03/29/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 29 Mar 2008 9:46pm
From Lorraine Gundersen:
3/29 - Stonington Borough -- Eastern Meadowlark
From Meredith Sampson:
3/29 - Westport, Sherwood Island -- 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK.
From Chris Rockwell:
3/27 - Guilford, eastern side of Indian Cove -- 16:30, Lone male
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE feeding with a pair of Common Goldeneye.
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Subject: CT Report 03/30/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 30 Mar 2008 10:31pm
Note and apology: The directions I posted previously for reaching 60
Orchard St, Canaan, were wrong. They said to go north on Rt 7 from
the intersection of Rt 7 and Rt 44, but it turned out that Rt 7 jogs
to the west at that point and the road I was thinking of was not Rt 7
at all. (Thanks to Don Morgan for the correction.) So the correct
directions:
From the intersection of Rt 7 and Rt 44 in Canaan, go north on
for less than half a mile on North Elm St. Orchard St is the first
left turn. 60 is the last house on the left (south) side BEFORE the
corner.
This map link might be too long to work.
<http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=42.027316,-73.320866&spn=0.010663,0.020084&z=16&msid=104793863447053647228.000449b1feba4d86ad36e>
From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer
3/30 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- The Bullocks Oriole has returned
this morning after not being seen on 3/29.
From Sara Zagorski and others:
3/30 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- The Bullocks Oriole has been seen
regularly during the afternoon, last seen at 5 pm on the feeder and in
the yard.
From John Marshall:
3/30 - Canaan,Orchard Street -- 11:30 AM, 1 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE.
From Sunrise Birding, Luke Tiller, Joe Bear, AJ Hand et al:
3/30 - Westport, Sherwood Island and Nyala Farms -- 1 YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT (tangles by the viewing platform), 1 NORTHERN GANNET and 12 or so
WILSON'S SNIPE (at Nyala Farms).
From Judy Moore:
3/30 - Milford, Milford Pt -- COMMON REDPOLLS still at the feeders.
From Karen Fiske & Carolyn Cimino:
3/30 - Durham Meadows White Farm -- 15+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.
Durham, Rt 68, Greenbacker Farm Ponds -- 2 male NORTHERN SHOVELERS.
Durham, Rt 147, Powerline cut -- pair BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 1 male
NORTHERN PINTAIL.
From Mark Aronson
3/30 - Milford, mouth of the Oyster River -- Iceland Gull at low tide.
From Maria Stockmal:
3/30 - West Haven, Sandy Pt -- 200 Snow Geese including 6 blue morphs,
about 1000 Brant
From Cheryl and Scott Ricker:
3/30 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 4 Blue-winged Teal, 2 Northern
Shoveler.
Vibert Rd -- 7 Wilson's Snipe in the field to the left as you cross
the little bridge.
From Steve Morytko:
3/30 - Ashford yard, 288 Varga Rd. -- 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (adult).
From Maryanne & Dean Rupp:
3/30 - Milford, CAS Milford Point Coastal Center -- 2 COMMON REDPOLLS
From Donna Lorello:
3/30 - Branford(?), yard -- 4:17 pm, White-winged Dove #1 feeding
under back yard Niger feeders with 2 Morning Doves.
From William Hutt:
3/29 - Goshen -- the three Tundra Swans were still present in the pond
across the street from Action Wildlife.
From Scott Ricker:
3/29 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 1 Rusty Blackbird.
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Subject: CT Report 03/31/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 31 Mar 2008 10:10pm
From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullocks Oriole on the feeder 7:12
am.
From Don Morgan:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullocks Oriole appeared at least
4 times for fairly brief visits to the feeder between about 8:45 and
9:15.
From Steve Broker:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, 12:15-12:28PM in
the rain, on the sunflower hearts feeder.
From Meredith Sampson w/ Penny Solum:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard St. -- BULLOCK'S ORIOLE on sunflower seed
feeder at about 2:30, in light rain. Also a Common Redpoll.
From Tim Antanaitis:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard St -- BULLOCK'S ORIOLE at backyard feeder
5:00pm & 5:25pm; 2 BLACK VULTURES flew over at 4:45pm
From Greg Hanisek:
3/31 - Watertown, Sandbank Road -- 40 Wilson's Snipe
From Jerry Connolly:
3/31 - Madison yard -- 21 RUSTY BLACKBIRD
From Sarah Johnston:
3/31 - Farmington feeder -- BROWN CREEPER and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
(f) continue at suet feeder; both birds have been regular since last
fall. A male RB Nuthatch has also visited irregularly, sometimes alone
and sometimes with the female.
From John Johnson
3/31 - Kent & Washington, Lake Waramaug -- 1-2,000 COMMON MERGANSERS.
Hundreds at each end of the lake, with large rafts in between. Also 12
LESSER SCAUP.
From Tanner Steeves:
3/31 - Coventry -- 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, both peenting and displaying,
7:45pm.
From Max Ehrman:
3/31 – Litchfield, 478 Torrington Rd. -– 2 Fox Sparrows
From John Eykelhoff:
3/31 – Litchfield, 59 Case Rd. -– 3 Fox Sparrows
From Carol Parent:
3/30 – Winchester, 105 Laurel Way -– 12 Common Redpolls at the feeders
From Dave Rosgen:
3/30 – 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 9 Common
Redpolls, 4 Purple Finches, 5 PINE GROSBEAKS, 1 EVENING GROSBEAK.
3/31 – Winchester, Newfield Rd., ¼ mile north of Wahnee Rd. -– 1
RUFFED GROUSE
Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial’s Museum Feeders) -– 6 Fox
Sparrows, 4 Common Redpolls, 1 Purple Finch
From Brian O'Toole:
3/30 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- RUSTY BLACKBIRD
From Meredith Sampson:
3/30 - Old Greenwich, home feeders -- FOX SPARROW.
From John Schwarz via Luke Tiller:
3/30 - Milford, Milford Pt -- young Northern Shrike.
From Jerry Connolly and Patrick Dugan:
3/30 - Guilford, Mulberry Point Rd, Indian Cove -- BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
(drake)
3/30 - Guilford, Sachem's Head -- BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT.
From Tom Zissu:
3/30 - Woodbury, 42 Paper Mill Rd. -- Two Pine siskins and one
Red-breasted Nuthatch at my feeders on Sunday.
From Lisa Gagnon and Caitlyn Eaton:
3/30 - Eagleville -- 2 Snow Geese.
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