[CT Birds] Pomfret CAS 3/26/08

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Saw my first Phoebe  of the year at Eagleville dam in  Mansfield, then off to 
Pomfret.
Aikers Pond:  Common Mergansers, Hooded Merganser (1  drake), Ring-necked 
Ducks.
Trails near the the sunflower patch at intersection of Needles  Eye and Day 
Roads: 1 Catbird (year's first for me except 1 in January).  3  American 
Woodcock flushed as I walked by.  1 Fox Sparrow, 1 Eastern  Phoebe.
Marsh area near the south end of Day Road:  1 sub-adult  Bald Eagle, whitish 
head with tan crown, tail light but not white, no white on  body or wings.
1 Coopers Hawk, 3 Red-tailed Hawks, 3 Turkey  Vultures.
 This spot seems to be  in a raptor flyway.   Typically when I arrive I see 
little or nothing, but scanning to the northeast  above the treeline with 
binoculars I almost invariably pick up 1 or typically  several hawks, etc.  
Sometimes they are never visible to the naked eye but  just as often they fly almost 
directly overhead.  Today they were  almost hovering in the stiff southwest 
breeze.
 
Clay thanks for the owl info.
 
Don Morgan
Coventry



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