[CT Daily] 05/06/2007 Purpe Gallinule

[Roy Harvey]

 From Scott Kruitbosch:
5/06 - Stratford, Forest Rd. - PURPLE GALLINULE continues at 11:30AM,
6:00PM

 From Patty Scott w/Marshall & Ernestine:
5/06 - Stratford, Forest Road -- PURPLE GALLINULE, as described by
many

 From Greg Hanisek:
5/06 - Milford, Milford Pt -- c. 275 Least Sandpipers at low tide at
the Court Street channels, quite a sizeable spring concentration.

 From Roy Harvey, with Renee Baade, Bill Banks, and the NHBC group:
5/06 - Southbury, Bent of the River Audubon Preserve -- Orchard
Orioles, Blackburnian Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's
Sparrow, Eastern Meadowlark, 2 Black Vultures.

 From Andy Thiede
5/06 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- Blackburnian Warbler seen in tall
trees straight ahead after walking through the covered  bridge

 From Joe and Terry Wojtanowski:
5/06 - Poquonock yard -- ORCHARD ORIOLE, BROWN THRASHER, WHITE-CROWNED
SPARROW

 From Mark Barriger:
5/06 - New Haven, Edgewood Park -- The Red-headed Woodpecker is almost
in complete adult plumage and is showing great color.
West Haven,  Sandy Point -- Marbled Godwit

 From Maria Stockmal
5/06 - West Haven, Sandy Pt. -- Marbled Godwit, Black Skimmer

 From Bev Propen:
5/06 - Orange -- 1 WHITE CROWNED SPARROW continues

 From Tim Antanaitis:
5/05 - Manchester, small cattail marsh that is a 15 minute walk from
Finley Street -- 1 AMERICAN BITTERN.

 From Nancy Morand:
5/05 - Madison, Mercy Center -- Orchard Orioles, 1 male and 1 female

 From Dana Campbell:
5/05 - Rocky Hill Meadows -- Many Warblers, including BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER male, near the Goff Road Treatment Plant entrance.

 From Frank Gallo and CT Audubon Group
5/04 - Milford, Milford Point -- 1 Male Eurasian Wigeon, 1 male
Blue-winged Teal, 4 Short-billed Dowitchers (first of season), 2
Purple Martins
Forest Road, Stratford -- 1 Purple Gallinule, 1 Black Vulture
Booth Park, Stratford- pair of Orchard Oriole possibly building a nest
in apple orchard, 1 Solitary Sandpiper


Migration notes:
See CTBirds for more detail on the state of the migration than I can
manage to summarize here.  Archives at:
http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/

Hot spots:
Southbury, Bent of the River -- 19 species of warblers