[CT Birds] Notable birds from Litchfield & Winchester

[Dave Rosgen]

>From Dave Rosgen:

4/21 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 6 Purple Finches

Litchfield, Bissell Rd. (White Memorial's Pine Island) - 3 Brown Creepers, 3
Yellow-rumped Warblers

N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's Pt. Folly Marsh) - 7 Rusty Blackbirds

(Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) - 1 Common Loon, 1 adult Bald Eagle

>From Dave Rosgen, w/ Darlene Pelletier & Kyle Canning:

4/21 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's N. Bay) - 1 Common Loon, 3
Great Blue Herons, 2 Wood Ducks

(White Memorial's N. Shore Marsh) - 2 Greater Yellowlegs

>From Dave Rosgen, w/ James Fischer, Jeff Greenwood, Gerri Griswold, Roger
Johnson, et. al.:

4/21 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area, Ongley &
Activity Fields, Interpretive Trail, Windmill Hill, & Pine Grove 2) -
Combined totals of 8 Pileated Woodpeckers (4 pairs with territories all
converging behind the Museum; and constantly battling with one another), 18
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers (with most being just as territorial as the
Pileateds), 3 Blue-headed Vireos, 3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 6 Eastern
Bluebirds, 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets, 11 Yellow-rumped Warblers, 8 Pine
Warblers, 23 Purple Finches

(Museum Area, only) - 2 Broad-winged Hawks, 2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
overhead

>From Patti & Rich Clarke:

4/21 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Bantam R. Marsh) - 1
American Woodcock