[CT Birds] '96 Boreal story

[Scott Henckel]

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Henckel [mailto:scott.henckel at snet.net] 
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:36 AM
To: 'The Audubon Shop'
Subject: RE: [CT Birds] '96 Boreal story

Thanks Jer. I knew we could count on you. That was a great moment indeed.
I'll be in soon and shock the crap out of ya.

Hope you and the family are well

Scott Henckel
Shelton, CT


-----Original Message-----
From: ctbirds-bounces at lists.ctbirding.org
[mailto:ctbirds-bounces at lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of The Audubon Shop
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:09 PM
To: ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] '96 Boreal story

Hey Clay Taylor and Scott Henckel,
Couldn't resist refreshing your memories re Boreal at Hammo 11/1/96.  
The three of us agreed to meet the entrance to Hammo at 8 AM to look 
for Saw-whets.   I arrived 15 min. early, before the gate opened, hiked 
in to rotary woods, and found what I thought was a Saw-whet.  I quickly 
returned to the meeting place to find you guys waiting.  I mentioned 
that I already found a Saw-whet, and one of you half-jokingly asked, 
"It didn't have a light-colored bill, spots on the forehead, did it?"  
Up until that point the chance that it could be a Boreal had not even 
occurred to me.  My reaction  "It just might have had a pale bill..." 
raised my heart rate.  We hurried back to the bird, and after a close 
look and some discussion, agreed it was a Boreal - a lifer for us all 
and a second CT record.
Jerry Connolly


The Audubon Shop
907 Boston Post Rd.
Madison, CT  06443

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