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Subject: CT Report 09/07/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 7 Sep 2008 9:43pm
From Phil Rusch:
9/07 - Groton, Eastern Point -- 33 Common Eiders.
From Mark Barriger:
9/07 - Simsbury -- 2 adult, 1 juvenile Mississippi Kites.
From Robert Askins:
9/07 - Stonington, Barn Island Wildlife Management Area -- Two
Whimbrels were foraging in the salt meadow south of Impoundment 5.
From Hank Golet
9/07 - Old Lyme, Lord's Cove mudflat -- 68 FORSTER'S TERNS
From Robert S. White:
9/07 -- Madison, East River -- 2 WHIMBRELS seen across from the state
boat launch.
From Paul Carrier:
9/07 - ??????, Nepaug reservoir -- 2 BLACK TERNS.
New Hartford, Bakerville swamp -- one a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER and
one ACADIAN FLYCATCHER.
From Chris Elphick:
9/07 - Mansfield, Mansfield Hollow -- 4 Pectoral Sandpipers.
From Joe Valenti:
9/07 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- 10:25 am, the waters have
receded and there is AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER,
and PECTORAL SANDPIPER.
From Nick Bonomo with various others:
9/07 - Old Saybrook, Cornfield Point -- first light to 6:55 am, 4
BLACK TERNS and 3+ FORSTER'S TERNS.
From Frank Gallo with Patrick Dugan:
9/07 - Stamford, Shippan Point -- 9 Forster's Terns.
From Frank Gallo with Jim Dugan, Jerry Connolly:
9/06 -- Madison, Hammonasset State Park, Meig's Point -- from around
4:30-6:00 p.m., 4-5 Royal Terns traveling east, and another heading
into the harbor; were at least 2 Forster's Terns and 3 Roseate Terns
feeding with Common Terns off the point.
From Frank Mantlik:
9/06 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- 2 FORSTER'S TERNS.
Stratford, Sikorsky Airport -- at 7am, 38 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES leaving
evening roost near entrance.
Access Road Pool -- 6:50am, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER.
From Sara Zagorski:
9/06 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- at 4:30pm there were 2 adult
American Golden-Plovers and 1 juvenile and 2 Buff-breasted Sandpipers,
with more birds coming in as the rain began.
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Subject: CT Report 09/08/2008 WW Crossbills, Phillies, Olive-sided
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 8 Sep 2008 9:19pm
From Mark Szantyr:
9/08 - Ashford -- about two small groups of White-winged Crossbills
(7-10 birds in each flock, mostly males) flew over at a few hundred
feet heading out of the ENE directly to the SW. This was at about
6:00 pm and 6:10 pm. There were high altitude winds out of the west as
indicated by the clouds moving overhead. I know there is a big
movement of this species into northern New England but these are the
southern most I have heard of so far.
From Mardi Dickinson:
9/08 - East Norwalk, 14 Acre Pond, 11 Allen Road -- 6AM, 3PM, 6:15
-6:45PM. I have watched morning and night flights daily of the
Juvenile WHITE IBIS It seems to be very content with it usual areas
and always flies back to the private pond to roost Each evening.
From Paul Carrier:
9/08 - Goshen, East Street, north, in swamp on left -- 2:00 PM, 2
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
9/08 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's Pt. Folly
Campground) -- 2 Philadelphia Vireos, 5 Bay-breasted Warblers.
From Dave Rosgen:
9/07 - Winchester, 126 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Common Ravens.
From Luke Tiller with Joe Bear:
9/08 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- morning, 2 Philadelphia Vireos, 1
Bay-breasted Warbler, 3 Blackburnians as well as a Dickcissel flying
over amongst the Bobolinks.
From Paul Cianfaglione and Brian Toal:
9/08 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (1
adult, 1 juvenile), 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 12 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER.
From Meredith Sampson:
9/07 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER.
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Subject: CT Report 09/09/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 9 Sep 2008 9:16pm
From Patrick Dugan:
9/09 - Stamford, Cove Island Park sanctuary -- Morning, 1 adult Great
Cormorant off shore from the sanctuary. Evening, Dicksissel,
Lincoln's Sparrow, both in the foxtail grass near the entrance.
From Patrick Comins:
9/09 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River -- KENTUCKY
WARBLER. (in the mock orange under the big shadblow on the left side
of the path near the paddock as seen from the wood shed near the
barn).
From Patrick Comins, Ken Elkins, Donna Rose Smith and Justin Coppola:
9/09 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River -- HOODED
WARBLER. (Flew into the shadblow while we were trying to relocate the
Kentucky). The consensus was adult female.
From Carl Ekroth:
9/09 - Bridgeport -- Today I was working in Bridgeport on the big red
& white stack at the power plant on the harbor. While at the 240 foot
level, I heard a bird calling above and when I looked up ,3 PERIGRINE
FALCONS flew off the next higher level and headed toward Bridgeport
proper.
From Angela Dimmitt:
9/08 - Windsor Locks, Bradley Airport/Perimeter Road -- 3 UPLAND
SANDPIPERS in plowed wet spot near north end of runway.
From Donna Rose Smith:
9/08 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River, hawk watch site
-- VESPER SPARROW.
From Steve Spector
9/08 - Milford, Milford Point (far end of Piping Plover spit) -- about
an hour before high tide, 2 White-rumped Sandpipers, 1 Pectoral
Sandpiper; also at spit, in Spartina, 1 Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed
Sparrow.
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Subject: CT Report 09/10/2008 NORTHERN WHEATEAR
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 10 Sep 2008 9:17pm
From Steve Fox:
9/10 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows, first S bend from the Ferry End
-- 10.30 to 11.00 am, 1 immature NORTHERN WHEATEAR. Hawking from the
guard poles.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
9/10 - West Hartford, Route 44 powerlines -- 16 species of warblers,
highlights; TENNESSEE, BAY-BREASTED, WILSON'S. Also, 1 AMERICAN
WOODCOCK.
Fron Greg Hanisek:
9/10 - Middlebury, Sperry Pond -- one AMERICAN BITTERN flushed from
thin row of cattails along main causeway.
From Frank Gallo:
9/10 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- from 1:30-2PM, 1
first-year Little Blue Heron in the marsh behind the RC Plane field, 1
first-year Peregrine Falcon hunting over the marsh.
From Nick Bonomo:
9/10 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- A quick run from 1:45-2 pm yielded
very few birds, but a couple goodies: Juvenile Baird's Sandpiper and
Juvenile American Golden Plover.
From Meredith Sampson:
9/10 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- juv. BROWN THRASHER.
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Subject: CT Report 09/11/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 11 Sep 2008 9:40pm
From Paul Cianfaglione:
9/11 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1
VESPER SPARROW.
From Fran Zygmont:
9/11 - Barkhamsted, Lower Greenwoods (Between Rte 44 x Rte181and
Farmington River) -- CONNECTICUT WARBLER, Philadelphia Vireo. Good
fallout and variety of migrants.
From Frank & Linda Mantlik:
9/10 - Milford Point -- 6:40-7:20 pm, 2000 LAUGHING GULLS (mostly
juveniles) on sand bars, 2 juv. YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERONS, 6 COMMON
NIGHTHAWKS, and a RED FOX.
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Subject: CT Report 09/12/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 12 Sep 2008 9:17pm
From Bob Dewire:
9/12 - Pawcatuck, backyard -- 1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER.
From Hank Golet
9/12 - Old Lyme, Watch Rock area -- male LEAST BITTERN.
From Bev Propen:
9/12 - Madison, Hammonassett Beach State Park -- from noon-1:00PM, 1
LITTLE BLUE HERON, thousands of Tree Swallows flying through the park.
From Peter DeGennaro:
9/11 - Prospect, Canfield Park -- one COMMON NIGHTHAWK.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
9/11 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's
Little Pond) -- 5 Blue-winged Teal, 2 Virginia Rails, 2 Marsh Wrens.
From Dave Rosgen:
9/11 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's Museum
Area) -- 4 Black Vultures, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 12 Purple
Finches, 1 PINE SISKIN.
From Lukas Hyder:
9/11 - Morris, E. Shore Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's Apple Hill
Trail) -- 1 RUFFED GROUSE.
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Subject: CT Report 09/13/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 13 Sep 2008 9:35pm
From Jerry Connolly and The Audubon Shop Saturday Morning Birdwalk
Crew:
9/13 - Madison, Hammonasset SP -- (1) BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, (4)
PECTORAL SANDPIPER - both species together at grassy area (small
puddles) opposite the "Swan Pond" west of the main rotary.
From Jim Bair:
9/13 - Milford, Milford Point -- 12:30-2:30 p.m., 1 CASPIAN TERN
resting with flock of Laughing Gulls on far sand bar in river channel.
From Hank Golet:
9/13 - Old Lyme, Lord's Cove -- 24 FORSTER'S TERNS.
From Julie Keefer:
9/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Little Blue Heron.
From Robert S. White:
9/12 - Niantic, four mile river off Rocky Neck SP -- late afternoon,
several FORSTER'S TERNS (in with Common Terns).
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