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Subject: CT Report 04/06/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 6 Apr 2008 9:46pm
From Roy Harvey:
4/06 - Stratford -- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in the marsh along
Lordship Blvd, northwest of the entrance to the airport.
4/06 - Milford, Silver Sands State Park -- two Wilson's Snipe.
From Angela Dimmitt:
4/06 - Sherman/Wimisink marsh -- pair of NORTHERN PINTAILS.
From Meredith Sampson w/ Brian O'Toole & "First Sundays" birding
group:
4/06 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- at least 12, possibly more
than 20 NORTHERN GANNETS, 7 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/06 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 6 NORTHERN GANNETS (5-6 p.m.)
From Bill Asteriades:
4/06 - Glastonbury, Glastonbury Meadows -- 16 NORTHERN PINTAILS, 4
WHITE CROWNED SPARROWS (3 Juv.'s)
From Steve Spector:
4/06 - Milford, Charles Island -- adult Northern Gannet.
From Mike and Wanda Moccio
4/06 - Stamford, Shippan Point -- 5 NORTHERN GANNETS
From Greg Hanisek:
4/06 - Middlebury, Larkin Pond on South Street -- male LONG-TAILED
DUCK (uncommon inland especially on a small body of water)
Watertown, Sand Bank Road -- c 15 WILSON'S SNIPE
From Karen Fiske:
4/06 - Durham- Tuttle Road -- 3 BLACK VULTURES roosting in a tree
Madison, Hammonasett State Park, Meig's Point Nature Center field -- 1
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER.
From Frank Mantlik:
4/05 - Stratford, Long Beach Blvd, RR trail marsh restoration -- 5PM,
1 TUNDRA SWAN. Presumably the same bird discovered in the area weeks
ago.
Long Beach (Oak Bluff Ave.) -- at least 10 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES (Only
1 female).
From Mark Szantyr:
4/05 - Mansfield/Windham, Pleasant Valley Road, Stearn's Farm pond at
the bend -- drake Blue-winged Teal in the evening.
From Ted Gilman:
4/05 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER in woods
next to orchard.
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Subject: CT Report 04/07/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 7 Apr 2008 9:16pm
From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Bill Banks, Randy Domina:
4/07 - Stratford, McKinney NWR, RR track trail -- adult TRICOLORED
HERON (beautiful nuptial plumage); 3 WILSON'S SNIPE
Long Beach -- 1 NORTHERN GANNET, 4 flyby BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
Madison, Hammonasset, Meigs area -- AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, adult
LITTLE BLUE HERON, c. 20 PURPLE SANDPIPERS end of jetty; 1 male
BLUE-WINGED TEAL in pond;
From Carl Ekroth:
4/07 - South Windsor, Station 43 -- 3 Northern Shovelers.
Vibert Road -- a pair of BLUE-WINGED TEAL.
From Bob Bitondi:
4/07 - Pomfret yard -- 10-12 Common Redpolls continue.
From Kris Johnson:
4/07 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- at 2:30 pm, American
Golden-Plover continues in the large field below the Meig's Point
nature center parking.
From Meredith Sampson:
4/07 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- (9:20-10:50 a.m.), 14
NORTHERN GANNETS, 12 BONAPARTE'S GULLS.
From Chris Lovell:
4/07 - Trumbull yard -- Common Redpolls continue; generally 12-20 but
yesterday there were approx 40 on the feeders and the ground.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
4/07 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's N. Bay, as viewed from
the Litchfield Town Beach) -- 1 RED-NECKED GREBE in breeding plumage.
(Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1 Lesser Scaup, 1 Common Raven.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ Susan Weik & William Dooley:
4/07 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Interpretive
Trail) -- 1 pair of Common Ravens, 1 Brown Creeper.
(Museum Area) -- 1 Fox Sparrow, 1 Purple Finch.
From Paul Carrier:
4/06 - ?????, yard -- 3 EVENING GROSBEAKS fly over, 2 Pine Siskins, 6
Common Redpolls.
From Jeff Greenwood:
4/06 - Morris, W. Morris Rd. @ Bantam River -- 1 Common Raven
From Dave Rosgen:
4/06 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Pine Grosbeaks, 2 Purple Finches.
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Subject: CT Report 04/08/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 8 Apr 2008 9:20pm
From Jerry Connolly:
4/08 - Madison yard -- 12 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS; remainder of the same
flock (which has numbered up to 70) that have visited our yard daily
for eight weeks. Most males now in breeding plumage.
From Len Kendall:
4/08 - Simsbury, off Ironhorse Blvd in the area bordering the marsh --
NORTHERN SHRIKE.
From Ralph Amodei
4/07 - New Haven, RTE 80/103 Quinnipiac Ave -- 1 COMMON RAVEN
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Subject: CT Report 04/09/2008
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 10 Apr 2008 12:39am
From Olive Wysocki
4/09 - Hammonnassett SP, Madison -- Little Blue Heron, American
Golden Plover.
From Paul Cianfaglione:
4/09 - Wethersfield, Wethersfield Meadows -- 6 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 13
WILSON'S SNIPE.
4/08 - Farmington, Farmington Meadows -- 4 imm. WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
4/08 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Little Pond
Boardwalk) -- 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 WILSON'S SNIPE, 2 American
Woodcock;
From Dave Rosgen:
4/08 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 2
Purple Finches.
From Lukas Hyder:
4/08 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Plumb Hill) --
1 American Woodcock
From Gerri Griswold:
4/08 - Goshen, Rt. 63 (Elementary School) -- 2 American Woodcock
Torrington, Rt. 272 & Marshall Lake Rd. -- 1 Common Raven
From Dave Rosgen:
4/08 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 3
Purple Finches
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Subject: CT Report 04/10/2008 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 10 Apr 2008 9:25pm
From Milica Ivovic and Nancy LaFleur via Chris Elphick:
4/09 - Storrs, UConn campus -- BOHEMIAN WAXWING.
From Bob Bitondi:
4/10 - Storrs, UConn campus, Glenbrook Road between Storrs Hall and
CLAS building -- 8:30 AM, BOHEMIAN WAXWING.
From Chris Elphick:
4/10 - Storrs, UConn campus -- at least one BOHEMIAN WAXWING at 9:15.
All sightings of the Bohemian have been in the fruit trees by the CLAS
building, which is just across Glenbrook Road from Swan Lake in the NE
corner of campus (bottom right on this map:
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/%7Eucbsg/map.gif which is oriented such that
North is to the right. The fruit trees are on the west side of the
building.
From Glenn, Beth, Madeleine, and Eliza Williams:
4/10 - Storrs, UConn-CLAS Building -- (3:55-4:25pm) BOHEMIAN WAXWING
at previously described location, though in coniferous tree west and
across the street from the crabapple. It was in the presence of about
20 Cedar Waxwings. It remained in the large conifer except to come to
the ground to feed on dropped crabapples underneath the conifer. We
never saw it go to the fruit tree.
From Jerry Connolly
4/10 - Hammonasset State Park -- AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER (continues),
PECTORAL SANDPIPER (with plover)
From Jan Collins:
4/10 - Somers, Durkee Rd, Scantic Riparian Area -- 10-12 RUSTY
BLACKBIRDS.
Hutton Rd. field -- 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK
Also of note, the first report of Louisiana Waterthrush. (If you care
about the state of the migration you should be reading CTBirds too.)
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Subject: CT Report 04/11/2008 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 11 Apr 2008 9:53pm
From Tim Antanaitis:
4/11 - Storrs, UConn campus, off Glenbrook Road -- 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
low in the lone coniferous tree just across the one-way street that
parallels the west side of the CLAS building. Seen from 4:45-5:00pm.
4/10 - Windham Airport, dike off Rte 6 -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 3
WILSON'S SNIPE
From Steve Morytko:
4/11 - Storrs, UConn campus -- 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING.
4/11 - Ashford, 288 Varga Rd. -- 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
From Kevin Burgio with UConn Ornithology Class:
4/11 - Storrs, UConn Campus (CLAS Building) -- 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
continues in large flock of Cedar Waxwings (around 8:10 am)
From Sandy Breslin via Donna-Rose Smith:
4/11 – Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River –- 1 American
Pipit.
From Darryl Rathbun:
4/11 - Stratford, Long Beach - 4 NORTHERN SHOVELERS (Long Island
Sound).
From Christopher Lovell:
4/11 - Stratford -- 5 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, 2 pair and a
single.
From Paul Carrier:
4/11 (or 4/10?) - ?????, yard -- one Common Redpoll today, "beating my
1995 late record of April 9th by a day".
From Bob Bitondi:
4/11 - Pomfret, yard -- only one female Common Redpoll left. The last
day I saw the flock was Tuesday.
From Christopher Lovell:
4/10 - Trumbull, yard -- 2 or 3 Common Redpolls still hanging around.
(Today I wasn't around much but I did not see any.)
From Ken Elkins:
4/11 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 male EURASIAN WIDGEON with 40-50
American Widgeons. No signs of the Common Redpolls today, there were
4 here yesterday.
And the first report of Yellow Warbler came in today. 8-)
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Subject: CT Report 04/12/2008 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
From: Roy Harvey <rmharvey(AT)snet.net>
Date: 12 Apr 2008 9:50pm
From Meredith Sampson:
4/12 - Storrs, UConn, Glenbrook Road -- BOHEMIAN WAXWING observed for
about 45 minutes between 12 & 1:00. (An exquisitely beautiful bird!)
Madison, Hammonassett State Park -- 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER.
From Neil Currie:
4/12 - Storrs, UConn campus, off Glenbrook Road -- 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
in a spruce tree by the CLAS building.
From David Schonfeld and Carrie Crompton:
4/12 - Storrs, UConn campus, off Glenbrook Road -- 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING
alone in the crabapple adjacent to the CLAS building entrance. Seen
from 12:30-2:00pm. It was very cooperative and obliging. Too bad we
had no camera. It was not flocking with the many Cedars on campus and
left its tree when a few Cedars arrived.
From John Marshall, Denny Abbott, & Steve Morytko:
4/12 - Storrs, UConn campus -- 1 BOHEMIAN WAXWING. Found by in the
tall trees by the Wilbur Cross Library at 7:20 by Denny Abbott. Later
moved to the crabapple trees on the the west side of the CLAS
building. The bird was present when I left at 8:00 am.
From Steve Morytko:
4/12 - Storrs, UConn campus -- BOHEMIAN WAXWING.
Mansfield, Pumping Station Rd. -- RUFFED GROUSE.
From Greg Hanisek:
4/12 - Watertown, Lake Winnemaug -- LONG-TAILED DUCK (uncommon
inland). 2nd one in the past week in my area.
From Christopher Lovell:
4/12 - Trumbull yard -- 2 Common Redpolls continue.
From Karen Fiske:
4/12 - Durham yard -- 2 female PURPLE FINCHES one gathering rootlets.
From Luke Tiller:
4/12 - Wilton, Allen's Meadow -- 4 Wilson's Snipe (1 in the community
gardens, 3 in the flooded brook behind the dirt mounds).
From Paul Carrier:
4/12 - Harwinton yard -- 10 Purple Finch, plusheard EVENING GROSBEAKS
in back woods, but did not see.
From Ernest S Harris:
4/12 - Bolton backyard -- PURPLE FINCH(two males and a female).
From Jan Collins:
4/12 - Somers yard -- several PURPLE FINCHES, 1 COMMON REDPOLL.
From Joanne Luppi:
4/12 - Portland backyard feeders -- 3 male PURPLE FINCHES, 1 female.
The males' breeding plumage was vibrant.
From Meredith Sampson w/ Jim Dugan:
4/12 - Ashford, 288 Varga Road -- RED-HEADED WOODPECKER.
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