[CT Birds] On This Date (2/17)

[Dennis Varza]

1886	Yellow-rumped Warbler	Guilford
1905	Loggerhead Shrike	Norwlak
1945	Boreal Owl	Hartford
1945	Great Black-backed Gull	Wethersfield
1945	Barn Owl	Wethersfield
1945	Short-eared Owl	Hartford
1949	200 Lesser Scaup	New London
1953	4 Tree Swallow	Niantic
1956	Dickcissel	Guilford
1957	114 American Wigeon	Guilford
1994	Long Eared Owl	Madison
1996	European Goldfinch	Trumbull
1998	20 Red Crossbill	Madison, Hammonasset St. Pk.
1998	40 White-winged Crossbill	Madison, Hammonasset St. Pk.


1945	35 Purple Sandpiper	Fairfield, Penfield Reef
2002	35 Purple Sandpiper	Fairfield, Penfield Reef



Newly added Records
1955	2/3	Boreal Chickadee	Newington
1955	all month	Boreal Chickadee	Bloomfield
1955	all month	Orange-crowned Warbler	Glastonbury
1955	2/19 Pine Grosbeak	Haddam
1955	all month	Pine Grosbeak	Guilford
1955	2/12 Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Guilford (New Species for Month)
1955	Common Eider Milford Pt. Since January