[CT Birds] 256 Species to Date in CT for 2008

[David Provencher]

256 Species Reported to Date (5/5/08) for 2008 in CT. As promised yesterday
(and after a grueling day of protecting my parental rights in court today)
here is the follow-up post that brings the year list up to date. The
following species have been added during May as of this posting; 

 

Least Tern. Ed and Pat Howland reported (via Steve Spector) 2 Least Terns at
Long Beach/Pleasure Island on April 27 (Reported May 1).

 

Red-eyed Vireo. Kathy Clark, Anita Shaffer, & Roy Zartarian reported the
first 5/2/08 in Newington.

 

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Meredith Sampson tallied the first with 2 at
Greenwich Point.

 

Chestnut-sided Warbler. Bill Banks spotted one in New Haven on 5/3/08.

 

Black-throated Blue Warbler. Christopher Lovell reports the first in
Trumbull on 5/3/08.

 

Cerulean Warbler. Hank Golet found 3 in different spots at Pleasant Valley
in Lyme on 5/308.

 

Hooded Warbler. Hank Golet turns up the first one for 2008 in Lyme on
5/3/08. This is a truly beautiful species IMHO.

 

Bobolink. Jerry Connolly Spotted one in Madison on 5/3/08.

 

Common Yellowthroat. Donna-Rose Smith gets the first on 5/3 in Southbury.

 

Blackburnian Warbler. Donna-Rose Smith gets the first on 5/3 in Woodbury.

 

Black Tern. Patrice Favreau spotted 1 in South Windsor on 5/3/08.

 

Tennessee Warbler. Dori Sosensky and Lynn James tallied the first 1 in New
Haven on 5/4/08.

 

Indigo Bunting. Dana Campbell gets the first for the year in Glastonbury.

 

Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow. John Ogren just tallied CT's 2008 first Old
Saybrook today 5/5/08.

 

Species breakdown by rough (very rough) grouping:

 

Loons (2)

Grebes (3)

Gannets (1)

Cormorants and Darters (2)

Bitterns and Herons (10)

Ibises (1)

Vultures (2)

Swans, Geese, & Ducks (36)

Kites, Eagles, Hawks, & Falcons (14)

Partridges, Grouse, Turkeys, & Quail (3)

Rails, Gallinules, & Coot (4)

Cranes (1)

Shorebirds (26)

Skuas, Jaegers, & Gulls (11)

Alcids (2)

Pigeons and Doves (3)

Parrots (1)

Owls (7)

Nightjars (1)

Swifts (1)

Hummingbirds (2)

Kingfishers (1)

Woodpeckers (7)

Flycatchers (4)

Shrikes (1)

Vireos (5)

Jays and Crows (4)

Larks and Pipits(2)

Swallows (6)

Chickadees, Titmice, & Nuthatches (4)

Creepers and Wrens (5)

Kinglets and Thrushes (9)

Thrashers (3)

Starlings (1)

Waxwings (2)

Wood-Warblers (25)

Tanagers (2)

Sparrows, Towhees, & Longspurs (17)

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Buntings (3)

Blackbirds & Orioles (11)

Finches (10)

Old World Sparrows (1)

 

Dave Provencher