[CT Daily] 04/16/2007 SOOTY TERN

[Roy Harvey]

A SOOTY TERN died after being brought into a vet's office, obviously
blown in with the storm.  I did not find any word on where in
Connecticut it was found.  Two were reported from Rhode Island too.
This is not only an unusual bird for this part of the country, but
extremely so for the time of year.


 From Greg Hanisek, Randy Domina, EJ Raynor
4/16 - West Haven, beach between St. John's and Bradley Point --
GLAUCOUS GULL (3rd year, adult-like except for dark smudge on bill);
Savin Rock - 2 male, one female N. Pintail
Madison, Hammonasset -- LEAST TERN (record early arrival date by 9
days); 5 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS (rather early; record is April 7);
SHORT-EARED OWL; 10 Glossy Ibis
Bridgeport, Seaside Park -- adult LAUGHING GULL, 1st-year ICELAND GULL

 From Maryanne and Dean Rupp:
4/16 - Madison, Hammonasset SP, near West Beach Parking Area --
(3-4pm) 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 5 SHORT-BILLED
DOWITCHERS, 19 Glossy Ibis

 From Jim Link and Pat McNichol:
4/16 - Madison, Hammonasett Beach SP -- 8:45a.m. 1st year Iceland
Gull, 28 Glossy Ibis, 1 Laughing Gull, 3 Short-billed Dowitchers; lots
of water covering the marshes and road out to Meigs Point closed.
West Haven, Savin Rock area -- 10:00 a.m. 2 pair of Northern Pintails

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
4/16 - Farmington, Batterson Pond -- 5 BONAPARTE'S GULL, 2
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.
4/16 - West Hartford, Reservoir #6 -- 1 BONAPARTE'S GULL.

 From Angela Dimmitt
4/15 - New Preston/Lake Waramaug -- raft of 1,000+ COMMON MERGANSERS
unusual now

 From Dave Rosgen:
4/16 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1
Common Raven

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ Mary Gendron, Caitlin MacGinty, et. al.:
4/14 - Litchfield, Bissell Rd. (White Memorial's Pine Island) -- 2
Common Ravens (paired & territorial), 4 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2
Purple Finches
White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Pike Marsh) -- 2 additional Common
Ravens
(White Memorial's Pine Grove 2) - 1 Brown Creeper

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Marshall & Max Ehrman:
4/14 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) --
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 2 Purple Finches

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Marshall, et. al.:
4/14 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Little Pond
Boardwalk & Trail) -- 10 Rusty Blackbirds)

 From Nick Bonomo:
4/16 - Milford, Milford Point -- LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (adult), 2
ICELAND GULLS (adult and first-winter), 2 NORTHERN SHOVELER


Migration Notes:

Ruby-throated Hummingbird -- 4/14 Bantam

Branford, Brandord Supply Ponds -- mixed flock of Northern
Rough-winged Swallows, Barn Swallows.  First report of Barn Swallows?