[CT Daily] 12/20/2007 Pine Grosbeaks

[Roy Harvey]

 From Bill Asteriades:
12/20 - East Hartland -- 7:45 AM, 3 PINE GROSBEAKS in a pine tree on
route 20 just east of the route 20 and 179 intersection (next to the
ball field on the east side) 

 From Paul Carrier:
12/20 - Torrington, Sawmill Hill Rd -- 15 PINE GROSBEAK eating from
apple tree near rd. Not one adult male.  Further north by abandoned
building with green door on rt, 2 RED CROSSBILL in tall Blk spruces.
Both females.  North towards Winchester Ctr, by barn with cement silo
on left, 7 more PINE GROSBEAK with 1 male. All calling from tall
spruce, then took off to north.

 From E.J. Raynor:
12/20 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 8:45-11:15AM, 1 dark morph
Rough-legged Hawk, 2 Seaside Sparrow on dune above parkng lot, 1 flyby
Common Redpoll.

 From Joe Bear
12/20 - Wilton yard -- Up to 4 Common Redpolls continue at our
feeders- both nyger and sunflower hearts.

 From Steve & Charla Spector:
12/20 - Milford Point, CACC, Francis Steet spit (aka Piping Plover
spit) at low tide -- 8 American Pipits, 1 Lapland Longspur.

 From Bob Jones:
12/20 - Old Lyme, Great Island -- 1 Short-eared Owl

 From Nick Bonomo:
12/20 - East Haven, Proto Drive -- 11 AM,  Gambel's White-crowned
Sparrow continues;  also 15 Common Redpolls in the birches down the
road.

 From Andy Brand:
12/19 - Norfolk, Norfolk Lions Club Ambulance building -- a flock of
16 PINE GROSBEAKS (6 males) feeding on crabapples in front.  Around
noon I also found a flock of 5 PINE GROSBEAKS (1 male) opposite the
intersection of East St. North and Hageman Shean Rd feeding on
bittersweet.

 From Tom Fiore & Kristine Wallstrom:
12/20 - Milton (Litchfield township) -- 20+ Common Redpolls, 1 Pine
Siskin, 20+ Purple Finches, Milton Rd. & Saw Mill Rd (n. end)
junction, at two homes' roadside feeders, also 1 Pine Grosbeak briefly
heard but not seen.

 From Rollin Hannan, Mike McHill, and Rich Cecarelli,
12/19 - Hamden -- A flock of 15 SNOW BUNTINGS feeding on weed seeds at
Lockwood Farm.  Seen throughout the area, though mostly near the
chestnuts by the upper barns.