[CT Daily] 04/30/2007 GALLINULE, UPLAND, TRICOLOR

[Roy Harvey]

Julian Hough has posted a great photograph of the Stratford PURPLE
GALLINULE on www.surfbirds.com.

Extralimitally a Black-tailed Godwit was seen in Vermont both Sunday
and Monday.


 From Frank Mantlik:
4/30 - Stratford, Sikorsky Airport -- UPLAND SANDPIPER still present 
5:50pm on grassy field along exit portion of airport loop road (thanks
Charlie).
4/30 - Stratford, Forest Rd. pond (with Linda) -- PURPLE GALLINULE out
in the open, in cattail stubble, foraging at 7:40-7:50pm, oblivious to
our presence. We watched it feeding on a tadpole or frog, then it went
back to picking at vegetation.

 From Bev Propen:
4/30 - Stratford, Forest Rd -- 5:45PM-6:15PM, PURPLE GALLINULE

 From Jim Bair
4/30 - Stratford, Pond on Forest Rd. -- 1 PURPLE GALLINULE still
present 7:00-7:15 a.m. and 3:15-3:30 p.m. Check cattails at upstream
end of pond.

 From Dennis Varza:
4/30 - Stratford, Forest Road -- PURPLE GALLINULE was present as of
6:15 this morning.

 From Mardi Dickinson:
4/30 - Stratford, Forest Road -- PURPLE GALLINULE was seen this
morning at 6:40AM.

 From BIll Banks with group:
4/30 - Kent, River Rd -- Cerulean Warblers
4/30 - Stratford, Sikorsky Airport -- Upland Sandpiper
Stratford, railroad trail -- Tricolored Heron

 From Janet Mehmel via The Fat Robin:
4/30 - Stratford, Sikorsky Airport -- as of 2:15PM today UPLAND
SANDPIPER

 From Paul Cianfaglione: 
4/30 - South Windsor, Vibert Rd -- 5 GLOSSY IBIS, 40+ WILSON'S SNIPE.

 From Ken Elkins:
4/30 - Westport, Sherwood Island St Park -- 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS,
first sighted at N end of Bus parking lot, then they flew into the
grassy center island of the main driveway
4/28-30 - Milford, CT Audubon Coastal Center -- Pair of BLUE-WINGED
TEAL feeding in marsh closest to the building

 From Meredith Sampson with Annette Cunniffe:
4/30 - Stratford, railroad trail -- Tri-colored Heron

 From Patrick Comins:
4/30 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River -- The first
dark phased Broad-winged that I have ever seen.

 From Ernie Harris:
4/30 - Bolton yard, 6:45-7:45 AM -- BROWN THRASHER

 From Roy Zartarian
4/30 - Newington, Piper Brook flood control area and Churchill Park
vegetation dump -- SOLITARY SANDPIPERS

 From Brian O'Toole:
4/30 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- male Orchard Oriole

 From Luke Tiller:
4/29 - Kent, River Rd -- Cerulean Warblers are back

 From Mary Gendron w/ Caitlin MacGinty:
4/29 - Morris, Rt. 61 (White Memorial's Spruce Hill Trail) -- 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch

 From Dave Rosgen:
4/29 - Winchester, 121-126 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) - 1
Common Raven, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Brown Creeper, 9 Purple
Finches

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff, Margaret Sellers, James Fischer,
et. al.:
4/28 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial Foundation - several
locations) - total of 10 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 4 Red-breasted
Nuthatches, 5 Brown Creepers, 9 Purple Finches
(White Memorial's Interpretive Trail) -- 1 Common Raven

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ Lois Melaragno:
4/27 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Interpretive
Trail) - 2 Common Ravens

 From Dave Rosgen:
4/27 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 4
Purple Finches
Winchester, Laurel Way, just in from Rt. 263 -- 2 EVENING GROSBEAKS, 1
Purple Finch
121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1 Common Raven, 5 Purple
Finches


Migration note (all I have energy for tonight):

NORTHERN PARULA -- New Milford