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Subject: CT Report 07/12/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 12 Jul 2009 10:49pm
From Mardi & Townsend Dickinson, Captain Steve Nezas & Deanne:
07/11/09 - Norwalk, Norwalk Islands, Westport mid waters--
7AM-11:30AM, PARISITIC JEAGAR, 12 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS. 5PM-7:45PM,
15 WILSON'S STORM PETRELS.
07/12/09 - Norwalk, Norwalk Islands -- 6:30AM-10:30AM, 20+ WILSON'S
STORM PETRELS two rafts of 10+ in each. Plus I picked up a shearwater
type but could not catch it to ID it. The shearwater was cruising at
quite a clip. 8 adult BLACK SKIMMERS on Norwalk sand bar beyond
Calf's Pasture going out. Hopefully tomorrow we can Id something new.
Photographs taken.
From Glenn Williams and Phil Rusch:
07/12/09 - Stonington, Stonington Point -- 7:30-10:00AM, 26 Wilson's
Storm-petrels.
07/12/09 - Groton, Avery Point -- 4 Common Eiders.
From Al Collins:
07/12/09 - Stamford offshore -- 4 Wilson's Storm Petrels.
07/11/09 - Stamford offshore -- 1 Wilson's Storm Petrel.
From John Marshall with Roy Harvey:
07/12/09 - Roxbury, Painter Hill Rdj -- SEDGE WREN, telephone pole
544, across from the dirt road, toward the white barns and fence,
coordinate N41 degrees 34.508 minutes, W73 degrees 17.986 minutes,
singing steadily from 5:25 to 5:55, then less regularly until 7:30
between poles 834 and 544. Not heard from 7:30 to 8:10. Note that
poles 834 (original reported location) and 544 are adjacent to each
other, 834 to the left and 544 to the right.
From Frank Mantlik:
07/12/09 - Stratford, Short Beach Park -- 11:15 am, 5 adult BLACK
SKIMMERS resting on low-tide bars of Housatonic River.
From Mark Scott:
07/11/09 - Westbrook marshes, south side of Shoreline East train
tracks -- LITTLE BLUE HERON.
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Subject: CT Report 07/13/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 13 Jul 2009 10:46pm
From Fran and Tom Holloway
07/13/09 - Middletown, Guida Farm -- HOODED WARBLER about 8:00 am.
From Tony Hager;
07/13/09 -- Middletown-Haddam line,Rt 9. 2 Common Ravens.
From Jan Collins and Carolyn and Carmin Cimino:
07/13/09 - Westbrook -- 10AM-2PM, 3 LITTLE BLUE HERON adults, 7-8
Salt-marsh Sparrows seen while kayaking the McKinney Wildlife
Refuge on the Mennunketesuck River between Route 145 and the Railroad
tracks.
From Pete Vitali and Phil Asprelli
07/13/09 -- ?????, Quinnipiac River Marsh and Sackett Point Rd -- 2
Black Vultures overhead at 9:30 AM.
From Steve Spector:
07/13/09 - Milford, Silver Beach -- pair of breeding plumage Horned
Grebes persists just off the beach.
Charlotte Matthews -
07/12/09 - ?????, Charles Wheeler Marsh -- while kayaking in marsh, 1
adult Black Skimmer flew through.
From Frank Gallo, Vanessa Mickan, Chris Elphick:
07/12/09 - South Windsor, Strong Rd -- 1 seen of 2 singing Sedge Wrens
from about 5:25 to 6:25 p.m.
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Subject: CT Report 07/14/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 14 Jul 2009 9:57pm
Editor's note: During last winter's Pine Siskin invasion I stopped
including them in the daily report because I would have been
overwhelmed. I should have resumed including them some time ago, and
now I finally have.
From Donna Lorello for Diane Hull:
07/14/09 - Branford yard -- male Western Tanager. Permission to
reveal and visit the location is being looked into.
From Nick Bonomo:
07/14/09 - West Haven, Sandy Pt -- 2 Black Skimmers.
Milford, Milford Pt -- 2 Black Skimmers.
From Fran Zygmont:
07/14/09 - Barkhamsted, Barkhamsted Yard -- 1 Pine Siskin (after a
month-long absence).
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Subject: CT Report 07/15/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 15 Jul 2009 9:57pm
From Chris Nevins:
07/15/09 - Stratford, McKinney Refuge -- Lone Tri-colored Heron today
at perched in trees behind warehouse near RR tracks, later in flight.
Also Seaside Sparrow, Marsh Wrens.
From Andy Thiede:
07/15/09 - Berlin neighborhood -- Black Vulture, eating road kill.
From Bev Propen:
07/15/09 - Milford, Milford Pt -- On the marsh were 2 Yellow crowned
night herons (1 juvenile, 1 adult).
From Frank Mantlik, with Larry Flynn:
07/14/09 - L I Sound off of Norwalk, Darien, Westport -- 2-3:30pm,
10+ WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, all mid-Sound with about half in NY waters
and half in CT waters. As Larry predicted, they were all in
relatively close proximity to working lobster boats, apparently
feeding in the minor chum slicks created by the old bait bags. We
found none closer to shore. Small numbers of the usual gulls were
around, but we didn't see a single tern out there.
From Jo-Anne Roberts:
07/14/09 - Mansfield Center -- one or two Pine Siskins this week.
From Maryanne and Dean Rupp:
07/14/09 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 10 am, KING
EIDER, resting on exposed rock immediately below the observation
platform at Meigs Point. 1 flyover LITTLE BLUE HERON.
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Subject: CT Report 07/16/2009
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 16 Jul 2009 10:57pm
From Andy Griswold, Jim Denham, Glenn Williams, Nick Bonomo:
07/16/09 - Eastern Long Island Sound, offshore between Niantic Bay and
Thames River -- 10 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS (CT waters, but many likely
crossed the line back and forth). These birds came right in to our
chum slick, just off the stern!
From Don Morgan:
07/16/09 - South Windsor -- two Sedge Wrens sitting together in the
same clump of grass. Subsequently two could be heard singing at the
same time from different locations. So far no problems with access
there, despite dire warnings on the signs. Also many Bobolinks.
From Steve Morytko:
07/16/09 - Storrs, Horsebarn Hill -- On the east side of Horsebarn
Hill opposite the outdoor polo rink were 3 Glossy Ibis (1 adult, 2
juvenile), unusual inland.
From Mark Aronson:
07/16/09 - New Haven, Cottage at Whitney -- Common Nighthawk, calling
at 9:15PM.
From Mark Szantyr:
07/15/09 - South Windsor -- the two Sedge Wrens were very vocal at the
aforementioned location from 8:00 am till 11:00 am. A word of
caution...there is an active Bobolink nest very near to the spot that
the wrens most often are found.
From Ann Orsillo:
07/14/09 - Cornwall, off Route 4 -- Eastern Meadowlark singing from
the top of a tree in the middle of the field on the south end of the
village at 7 AM.
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Subject: CT Report 07/17/2009 Mississippi Kite
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 17 Jul 2009 9:39pm
From Jim Bair:
07/17/09 - Windsor Locks, Rte 20 near Rte 75 -- 1 Mississippi Kite.
From Greg Hanisek:
07/17/09 - Middlebury, Tranquility Road -- 2:30 pm, adult RED-HEADED
WOODPECKER. The bird was on estate grounds (open lawn with scattered
trees) c. 1/4-mile N of Route 64. Tranquility Road Ts into Rt
64 between the Rt-64-Rt188 jct and Quassy Amusement Park.
From Brian Webster:
07/17/09 - South Windsor, Strong Rd -- 7:20a, 1 Sedge Wren, several
Bobolinks.
South Windsor, Station 43 -- 8:50a, 3 Least Bittern (2 seen, one
heard).
East Hartford, Rentschler field -- 4-5 Eastern Meadowlarks.
From Stuart Johnson:
07/17/09 - New Haven, Downtown, Corner of Church and Elm -- 4:30 pm; 2
Peregrine Falcons circling and soaring together.
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