[CT Birds] Wilson's Snipe, Rusty Blackbird, etc. in Litchfield

[Dave Rosgen]

>From Dave Rosgen:

10/30/2009 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's
Cemetery Pond, 5:20 p.m. 'til dark) - 2 Wilson's Snipe, 1 Rusty Blackbird;
Also, 1 Pied-billed Grebe, 315 Canada Geese, 75 Wood Ducks, approximately
5,000 American Robins coming in to roost in the woods and shrubs surrounding
the pond, 110 Red-winged Blackbirds roosting in the phragmites

White Hall Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's Lake Trail) - 2 Brown Creepers;
Also, 1 Pileated Woodpecker, 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 5 Golden-crowned
Kinglets

(Ongley Pond Trail) - 1 Great Blue Heron, 1 Pileated Woodpecker

(Mill Field) - 1 Common Raven, 1 Purple Finch; Also, 550 American Robins, 3
Eastern Bluebirds

(Interpretive Trail) - 1 Pileated Woodpecker

>From Lois Melaragno:

10/30/2009 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial Foundation's Museum
Area) - 1 Fox Sparrow

>From John Eykelhoff:

10/30/2009 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) - 2
Pied-billed Grebes, 2 Great Blue Herons, 8 Wood Ducks, 2 American Wigeon, 2
Ruddy Ducks, 3 Common Mergansers

(Bantam Lake's N. Bay) - 2 Pied-billed Grebes, 4 Double-crested Cormorants

>From Dave Rosgen:

10/30/2009 - Torrington, Mountain Rd. - flock of 50 Wild Turkeys defiantly
standing in the road, w/ 1 displaying

 

David Rosgen

Wildlife Biologist

White Memorial Conservation Center

P.O. Box 368

Litchfield, CT 06759

860-567-0857

dave at whitememorialcc.org

www.whitememorialcc.org