[CT Daily] 12/21/2007 COMMON EIDER

[Roy Harvey]

SPECIAL NOTE:  This is LAST NIGHT'S REPORT.  It failed to go out to
the full list.  I am sending it now; it will be followed shortly by
today's report.  Sorry about that.


 From Hank Golet
12/21 - Waterford, Town Beach -- 3 COMMON EIDER two male adults
Old Lyme, Upper Great Island -- ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, Dark phase
Lieutenant River Lane -- Yellow-breasted Chat continues

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
12/21 - Hartford, Riverside Park Boat Launch -- 1 dark first winter
ICELAND GULL.

 From Nick Bonomo:
12/21 - Windsor, Windsor-Bloomfield Landfill with EJ Raynor -- 1
GLAUCOUS GULL (first-winter) and 2 "Kumlien's" ICELAND GULLS
(third-winter and first-winter) among 1500 large gulls
Milford, Waste Station on Oronoque Rd -- 1 GLAUCOUS GULL
(second-winter) among 250 large gulls

 From Jayne Amico:
12/20 - Southington yard -- COMMON REDPOLL at feeders
12/21 - Southington yard -- Two COMMON REDPOLLS

 From ML Dahl:
12/20 - West Cornwall, Coggswell Road Feeder -- Male and female
Red-breasted Nuthatch; one Common Redpoll (first time at this feeder.)

 From Sarah Johnston:
12/20-21 - Farmington -- Brown Creeper at suet feeder.  Red breasted
nuthatch continues at suet feeder (female daily and male about once a
week since mid-October)
12/21 - Farmington/Bristol line at Rt 6 -- 1 Northern Goshawk in
flight, south to north across road.  Excellent view as I was stopped
at the light - Big, grey, fast!