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Subject: CT Report 09/14/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 14 Sep 2008 9:14pm
From Mark Aronson:
9/14 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- at low tide two Whimbrels feeding
along the end of the rock jetty. One juv. American Golden Plover.
From Patrick Dugan:
9/12 - Stamford, Cove Island Park -- 2 Caspian Terns.
9/14 - Stamford, Cove Island Park -- 1 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, 1
Dickcissel, 2 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons.
From Paul Carrier and Hartford Audubon Hawk watch trip:
9/13 - West Hartland, Booth Hill -- 2 PURPLE FINCH and 20 AMERICAN
PIPIT heading south.
From Frank Mantlik
9/13 - Norwalk, 14-Acre Pond -- 4:15, after work Sat., I was unable to
find the juv. WHITE IBIS.
9/13 - Westport, Gray's Creek viewed from Longshore Park exit road --
11:15 am, 2 LITTLE BLUE HERON.
9/12 - Westport, Compo Beach -- 1pm, 2 PIPING PLOVERS briefly along
beach near cannons. A rare bird here, only the 2nd time I've seen
them here in 25 years.
From Peter DeGennaro:
9/12 - Hamden, Mill River -- 3 Common Nighthawks.
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Subject: CT Report 09/15/2008 Lots of RT Humms!
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 15 Sep 2008 9:11pm
From Greg Hanisek:
9/15 - New Haven, Lighthousee Point -- 270 Ruby-throated Hummingbids,
the second ever thriple digit day ever. (The other was September 4
2007 when there were 450). Also 4 Peregrine Falcons.
From Milan Bull:
9/15 - Stratford, Stratford Point -- 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 1 Peregrine
Falcon.
From Dave Lawton:
9/14 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER (Juv),
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS.
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Subject: CT Report 09/16/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 16 Sep 2008 9:57pm
From Patrick Dugan with Alex Wiggins:
9/16 - Stamford, Cove Island Park, sanctualry -- 6:20 AM, while
looking for the chat (not found) a flyby SANDHILL CRANE, calling. The
bird was low, headed west, and was harassed by a Black-crowned
Night-Heron.
From Paul Desjardin, Ed Retison (spelling?), and Glenn Williams:
9/16 - Groton, Bluff Point -- PHILADELPHIA VIREO, RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, and BROWN THRASHER (resident); 500-600 warblers of 9
species.
From Charlie Barnard:
9/16 - Stratford, Long Beach -- a single American Golden Plover.
From Judy Moore with Marty Moore:
9/16 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- an adult Little Blue Heron
at the Meig's Point pond.
From Brian Bielfelt:
9/16 - Greenwich, Quaker Ridge hawk watch -- 1600 Broad-winged Hawks
came through between 9:00-12pm.
From Mark Aronson:
9/16 - West Haven, Sandy Point - 1 WHIMBREL, perhaps the same bird as
the other night, but it was too dark and I didn't find the second.
From Al Erickson via Patrick Comins:
9/14 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River -- MOURNING
WARBLER.
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Subject: CT Report 09/17/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 17 Sep 2008 9:56pm
Note 1: There were significant hawk flights on Tuesday, many of which
are detailed in messages to CTBirds. Check it out!
Note 2: We had a report that the Mississippi Kites are still in
Simsbury.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
9/17 - Bloomfield, Reservoir #3 (community gardens) -- 3 PURPLE FINCH,
possibly the first of many more reports.
From Jerry Connolly:
9/17 - Guilford, RT 146, "Sachem's Head Marsh" -- 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER.
From Bev Propen:
9/17 - Milford, Milford Point, CACC -- 3 Juvenile Yellow-crowned Night
Herons.
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Subject: CT Report 09/18/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 18 Sep 2008 10:04pm
This reminder from Patrick Comins was made on CTBirds but deservs
mention here.
Just another reminder that the 6th annual Lighthouse Point Park
Migration Festival is this Sunday from 8 AM 2:30 PM. This is a
collaborative project between the City of New Haven and many NGO
groups including New Haven Bird Club, Connecticut Butterfly Assn.,
COA, Audubon, the Connecticut Audubon Society Northeast Hawkwatch and
others. This year we welcome back Brian Bradley with Skyhunters in
Flight and their spectacular free-flying raptor show as well as Wind
Over Wings and their great raptor show. Children's activities, Bird
banding, butterfly tagging, bird walks and COA birds in flight ID
seminar, lighthouse tours and carousel rides. Bring family and
friends fun for the whole family!
For more details, photos of last year's event and a complete schedule
of events please see:
http://www.ctbirding.org/
http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/parks/ranger/eastshore.asp#hawkwatch
http://www.newhavenbirdclub.org/
http://ct.audubon.org/ or
http://ctbutterfly.org/migr_fest_2008.htm
From Brian Bielfelt:
9/18 - Greenwich, Quaker Ridge hawk watch -- 13025 Broad-winged Hawks.
(for more details, and reports from other sites, see CTBirds.)
From Jerry Connolly:
9/18 - Madison, Hammonasset SP -- BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER nature
center parking lot 9 AM.
From Frank Mantlik:
9/18 - Stratford, Short Beach -- noon, 2 imm. BLACK SKIMMERS on the
sand bar in the river channel.
From Luke Tiller:
9/28 - Wilton, Allen's Meadow -- 2 Lincoln's Sparrows in the community
gardens as well as a handful of Bobolinks.
From Paul and Seth Carrier, Winston Williams:
9/18 - Burlington, Johnnycake Hawk Watch -- 2 BOBOLINKS, 1 LINCOLN'S
SPARROW.
9/17 - Burlington, Johnnycake Hawk Watch -- 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 1
WILSON'S SNIPE, 35 COMMON RAVEN in kettle heading south.
From Phil Rusch:
9/18 - Windham, Windham Airport from the dike -- evening, 1 Peregrine
Falcon, 1 Eastern Meadowlark, 16 American Pipit. (There were probably
more, Pipits, but the birds were scattered throughout the freshly mown
grass.)
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Subject: CT Report 09/19/2008 Swainson's Hawk
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 19 Sep 2008 10:01pm
From Brian Bielfelt and Ryan MacLean with John Fairty, Kate Sweny,
and John Oshlick:
9/19 - Greenwich, Quaker Ridge hawkwatch -- dark morph immature
Swainson's Hawk.
From Diane Tucker:
9/19 - West Hartford yard -- a Pine Siskin at my thistle feeder around
mid-day.
From Lorraine Gundersen,
9/19 - Guilford, Anne Conover Nature Trail -- Wilson's Snipe.
From Kevin Burgio:
9/19 - Madison, Hammonasset -- 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON in the pond by the
Nature Center parking lot.
From Paul Carrier:
8/19 - ?????, yard -- 2 Tennessee Warblers, 2 Blackburnian Warblers.
From Milan Bull and Dr. John Barclay:
9/17 - Milford, Charles E. Wheeler WMA tidal marsh (via boat at high
tide) --- 1 Blue Winged Teal, 12 Sora Rail, 8 Marsh Wrens.
(This is the extensive marsh behind Milford Point.)
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Subject: CT Report 09/20/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 20 Sep 2008 9:47pm
***** REMINDER
***** Lighthouse Point Park Migration Festival
***** Sunday from 8 AM to 2:30 PM
From Paul Cianfaglione:
9/20 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 4
AMERICAN PIPIT.
9/18 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 175+ WOOD DUCK.
From Charlie Barnard:
9/20 - Stratford, Long Beach -- morning, at least 1 Nelson's
Sharp-tailed Sparrow in the spartina beyond the parking lot. Three
birds flushed, but only one perched up long enough for me to get on
it. They had just been strafed by a sharp-shinned hawk, so they did
not respond to pishing. The one bird which I saw well appeared to be
of the race alterus. It lacked the more extensive gray back of the
race subvirgatus and the chest streaking was dark, rather than the
gray of subvirgatus.
From Hank Golet:
9/20 - Old Lyme, Watch Rock mudflat -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER
From Chris Loscalzo
9/20 - Westbrook, Menunkatesuck River Marsh -- ten LITTLE BLUE HERONS
(five adults, five immatures).
From Andrew Dasinger and Bill Asteriades:
9/20 - Glastonbury, Glastonbury Meadows -- 1 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, 5
LINCOLNS SPARROWS, 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, 1 MARSH WREN, 1
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 2 BOBOLINKS.
From Jerry Connolly and The Audubon Shop Sat. Birdwalk Crew:
9/20 - Madison, Hammonasset SP -- AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER
From Peter DeGennaro:
9/20 - Naugatuck, Naugatuck Industrial Park -- 2 YELLOW-BELLIED
FLYCATCHERS.
From Glenn Williams and Steve Rossiter:
9/20 - Groton, Bluff Point -- YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH.
From J Clifford:
9/19 - Madison, Hammonasett State Park -- In the grasses to the back
of the pond near the rotary by Meig's Point, American Bittern near
the Little Blue Heron who was in the pond. Great views from the road
near the rotary.
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