[CT Birds] 5/01/2008 -- Hammonasset -- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE

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5/01/2008 - From Gina Nichol and Sunrise Birding group  :
Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- LITTLE BLUE HERON, WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTIN, BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE
Other species  recorded: Canada Goose, Mute Swan, American Black Duck, 
Mallard, Blue-winged  Teal, Surf Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Red-throated Loon, 
Common Loon,  Double-crested Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Glossy Ibis, 
Osprey,  Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Black-bellied Plover, Killdeer, 
Greater  Yellowlegs, Willet, Sanderling, Short-billed Dowitcher, Ring-billed 
Gull,  Herring Gull, Mourning Dove, Great Horned Owl, Downy Woodpecker, Blue 
Jay,  American Crow, Fish Crow, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Carolina Wren, 
American  Robin, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Savannah Sparrow, Song 
Sparrow,  White-throated Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Common 
Grackle,  Brown-headed Cowbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House 
Sparrow.
 
Gina Nichol
Sunrise Birding, LLC
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