[CT Birds] many notable birds in nw ct

[Dave Rosgen]

>From Dave Rosgen, Carol Parent, & Vicki Hester:

4/13 - Winchester, 105-130 Laurel Way - 6 Common Redpolls at #121, 2 flyover
Pine Grosbeaks at #126, total of 60 Purple Finches among the various bird
feeders along the road

>From John Eykelhoff:

4/13 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) - 2 Common Loons,
4 Pied-billed Grebes, 7 Common Mergansers

>From Mike Doyle:

4/13 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) - 2 Red-breasted
Mergansers

Webster Rd. (White Memorial's Catlin Woods) - 1 Hermit Thrush

(Catlin Marsh) - 1 Field Sparrow

>From Dave Rosgen:

4/14 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area &
Interpretive Trail) - 3 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch,
5 Purple Finches; Also, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 12 Pine Warblers, 2 Eastern
Bluebirds, , 3 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 8 Palm Warblers

(Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee Bridge) - 2 Rusty Blackbirds

N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's Butternut Brook Field) - 2 Yellow-bellied
Sapsuckers; Also, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 2 Barn Swallows, 1 Hermit Thrush, 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Palm Warblers

(Bantam R. Field) - 45 Tree Swallows, 2 Fish Crows, 2 Eastern Bluebirds, 22
Cedar Waxwings, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 10 Palm Warblers

(N. Shore Marsh) - 2 Rusty Blackbirds

(Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly & N. Bay) - 1 Common Loon, 1 Horned Grebe, 3
Pied-billed Grebes, 3 Great Blue Herons, 2 Ring-necked Ducks, 7 Buffleheads,
1 Red-breasted Merganser, 6 Common Mergansers, 1 Osprey, 6 American Coots

White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Bantam R. Marshes) - 1 Osprey, 5 Wood
Ducks, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 100 Tree Swallows, 3 Northern Rough-winged
Swallows

>From Dave Rosgen:

4/15 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) - 18 Purple
Finches at the feeders

>From Dave Rosgen, w/ Jeff Greenwood & 18 Little kids:

4/15 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Interpretive Trail) - 1
Pileated Woodpecker, 2 Hermit Thrushes, 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet, 1 Pine
Warbler

(Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee Bridge) - 1 Brown Creeper, 1 Purple Finch;
Also, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet

(Pine Grove 2) - 2 Brown Creepers

(Museum Area) - 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 3 Purple Finches; Also, 4
Eastern Bluebirds

(Ongley Pond) - 1 Hooded Merganser

>From Dave Rosgen:

4/15 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Hamill Marsh) - 4
Rusty Blackbirds; 2 Wood Ducks, 1 Hermit Thrush

(Mallard Marsh) - 6 Swamp Sparrows

(Old Sewer Beds) - 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets

(Little Pond) - 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 3 Virginia Rails, 3 Wilson's Snipe, 3
American Woodcock still displaying, 10 Rusty Blackbirds; Also, 2 Pied-billed
Grebes, 3 Great Blue Herons, 19 Wood Ducks, 18 American Black Ducks, 1
Osprey, 1 Belted Kingfisher, 400 Tree Swallows, 25 Swamp Sparrows

(Cemetery Pond) - 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 1 Great Blue Heron

4/16 - Winchester, 121-126 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 5 Common Redpolls, 25 Purple Finches; Also, 2
Red-shouldered Hawks, 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 Eastern Bluebirds

Dave Rosgen