[CT Birds] Notable birds & mammals in Litchfield & Winchester

[Dave Rosgen]

>From Gerri Griswold:

4/03 - Goshen, East St. South & Pie Hill Rd. - 1 BOBCAT

>From Carol Parent:

4/04 - Winchester, 105 Laurel Way - 30 Common Redpolls at the feeders

>From Dave Rosgen:

4/04 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) - 3 Purple
Finches at the feeders

>From Gerri Griswold:

4/04 - Winchester, Rugg Brook Rd. (Winchester Club Pond) - pair of adult
Red-shouldered Hawks

>From John Eykelhoff:

4/04 - Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial's Little Pond) - 1 American
Wigeon

Bantam, 59 Case Rd. - 3 Fox Sparrows at the feeders

>From Carol Parent:

4/05 - Winchester, 105 Laurel Way - 12 Common Redpolls, 1 Black Bear at the
feeders

>From Dave Rosgen:

4/05 - Litchfield, 53 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Conifer Stand) - 2
Brown Creepers

>From Dave Rosgen, w/ Daren Jacklin:

4/05 -- Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Fox Sparrows, 5 Purple Finches; Also, 11 Eastern
Phoebes

(Ongley & Mill Fields & Butterfly Garden) - 2 American Woodcock; Also, 72
Tree Swallows, 6 Eastern Bluebirds

(Ongley Pond Trail) - 1 Hermit Thrush

>From Dave Rosgen, w/ Donna McLean, Alisa Rosenberg, & Daren Jacklin:

4/05 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (Bantam River) - 2 Great Blue Herons

>From Mike Doyle, Dave Rosgen, Daren Jacklin, & John Eykelhoff (all, or in
part):

4/05 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's N. Bay) - 1 Greater Scaup, 2
Lesser Scaup, 4 Red-breasted Mergansers (rare inland); Also, 3 Great Blue
Herons, 2 Buffleheads, 22 Common Mergansers, 40 Tree Swallows

>From Dave Rosgen, w/ Donna McLean, Alisa Rosenberg, & John Eykelhoff (all,
or in part):

4/05 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Bantam R. Marshes) -
65 Tree Swallows

(Mallard Marsh) - 14 Rusty Blackbirds; Also, 4 Wood Ducks, 1 Swamp Sparrow,
300 Common Grackles, 225 Red-winged Blackbirds

(Cemetery Pond) - 6 American Woodcock displaying; Also, 8 Wood Ducks, 3
Green-winged Teal, 5 American Black Ducks, 6 Ring-necked Ducks, 1
Bufflehead, 1 Common Goldeneye, 17 Hooded Mergansers

>From Mike Doyle:

4/06 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) - 2 Common Loons,
2 Bald Eagles

>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; Also, 1 adult Red-shouldered Hawk

>From Carol, Paul, & Paul-James Parent:

4/06 - Winchester, 105 Laurel Way - 1 BOBCAT killing & eating a Red Squirrel
under the bird feeders