[CT Daily] 12/01/2007 WESTERN FLYCATCHER

[Roy Harvey]

Note: Don't forget to read past the flycatcher or you will miss the
Pine Grosbeaks, Evening Grosbeaks, Red Crossbills, etc.  I could not
fit them all in the Subject!   8-)


 From Roy Harvey, Nick Bonomo, and a whole bunch of other birders:
12/01 - Derby, Osbornedale State Park, meadow across the street from
the Kellog Center parking -- a probable "Western" Flycatcher, which
would be a first state record if accepted by the ARCC.  The bird was
first seen around 8:10 AM, and continued to be seen intermittently but
well until roughly 2:15.  It was feeding along almost the entire
north/west edge of the field at the edge of the woods/brush.  Most of
the time it was VERY close to the ground.

For more information on the sighting see CTBirds, in particular this
message from Greg Hanisek:
http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20071126/004241.html

For maps showing where the bird occured see:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=41.338315,-73.109336&spn=0.011084,0.014312&t=h&z=16&om=1&msid=104793863447053647228.000440418f6e682971e36
http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=27129B7B7AD8CE3B!291&encType=1
On the second map be sure to turn on the "hybrid" option.

For the first pictures see:
http://surfbirds.com/cgi-bin/gallery/display.cgi?gallery=gallery10


 From Fred Nowak:
12/01 - East Hartford, Gorman Park -- pair of PINE GROSBEAKS at 1:30pm

 From Peary Stafford:
11/30 - Washington, Macricostas Preserve of Steep Rock Land Trust -- 3
Evening Grosbeaks (2 male, 1 female) feeding on seeds of Box Elder

 From Kris Johnson with Denise Jernigan:
12/01 - New Haven, East Shore Park -- 3:30 pm one male and one female
RED CROSSBILL eating pinecone seeds in the trees up near /paralleling
the beach with the REDBREASTED NUTHATCHES and chickadees and juncos.

 From Luke Tiller with Sunrise Birding Group:
12/01 - Norwalk, Fourteen Acre Pond -- 1 drake Northern Pintail
12/01 - Norwalk, Manressa Island -- 1000 SNOW GEESE (including one
'BLUE GOOSE')

 From Cynthia Phipps, w/ Gerri Griswold, Lukas Hyder, et 12 al:
12/01 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Ongley Field) --
200 SNOW GEESE overhead

 From Christopher Lovell:
12/01 - Trumbull,  Booth Hill -- 350-400 Snow Geese flying high
overhead

 From Dave Rosgen:
12/01 - Litchfield, 71 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Office
Feeders) -- 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Pine Siskin
80 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 3 COMMON REDPOLLS

 From Greg Hanisek et al:
12/01 - Derby, Osbornedale State Park -- Snow Geese passing overhead
in two groups, one around 500, one smaller (200-300?).

 From Joe Wojtanowski:
12/01 - East Granby, Peak Mountain Hawk Watch -- 2 COMMON RAVEN, 558
SNOW GEESE.

 From Marty Swanhall:
12/01 - Woodbury, home feeder -- one RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH

 From Phil Asprelli:
12/01 -  Wilton, Allen Meadows -- At 10:30 AM the Northrn Shrike flew
into one of the large bushes on the right side, (the field side,) of
the gardens. The bird remained for about one minute before flying off
in the direction of the 2 large pine trees at the back end of the
field.

 From Paul Nyhan:
12/01 - Orange, Club Rd (next to Paugusset Club and adjacent to the
Racebrook Tract) -- 8a.m., NORTHERN GOSHAWK.

 From Dana Campbell, Lynn James, and Don Morgan:
11/30 - New Haven, East Shore Park -- 4 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS, 3 RED CROSSBILLS (including both male and female),