[CT Daily] 05/12/2007 Wilson's Phalarope & More

[Roy Harvey]

 From Steve Mayo and New Haven Bird Club Big (half) Day participants:
5/12 - Stratford, Lordship RR Tracks -- WILSON'S PHALAROPE, 3
BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES
5/12  New Haven, Sandy Point -- BLACK SKIMMER
5/12  Madison, Hammonasett Beach SP -- 2 BROWN THRASHERS, 2
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (entrance to Willard's Island.  128 species
total.

 From Bill Banks via The Fat Robin:
5/12 - Stratford, railroad track trail marsh -- WILSON'S PHALAROPE

 From Julian Hough via Dori Sosensky through The Fat Robin:
5/12 - SAtratford -- WILSON's PHALAROPE relocated (4:00 PM) in a pool
along the road that leads out to the airport.  Parking is not at all
available along the road in this area so you would have to park
somewhere and walk out.  This is the best I can do for directions.
The traffic light which is at the intersection of Lordship Blvd and
Acccess Rd.  Heading out on Lordship Blvd toward the airport, the pool
that the bird is in is on the right (south) side of the road just a
short way from the intersection.  

 From Linda Clancy,
5/12 - Penwood Park -- 14 species of warbler including BLACKBURNIAN
and KENTUCKY. The Kentucky was seen from the red trail near the second
exposed drainpipe that crosses the trail about 2/3 of the way in to
the pavilion area around 8:35 this morning and was still in the area
when we left around 10:00.

 From Gina Nichol and Menunkatuck Audubon  Birdathon walk:
5/12 - Branford, Supply Ponds -- KENTUCKY WARBLER (male, singing!), 
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, ORCHARD ORIOLES.  For information on where the
Kentucky was found see this link:
http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20070507/001492.html

 From Nick Bonomo:
5/11 - Milford, Milford Point @ 530-630pm -- TRICOLORED HERON, ORCHARD
ORIOLE, 13 species of shorebird

 From Scott Kruitbosch:
5/12 - Stratford, Forest Rd. -- PURPLE GALLINULE continues at 12:00PM
with 2 GREEN HERONS

 From Tom Baptist, Brian O'Toole and Ted Gilman:
5/11 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORCHARD ORIOLES

 From Stacy Hanks:
5/12 - Milford, Chester Street backyard -- BROWN THRASHER

 From Libby Ross:
5/12 - Darien backyard -- BAY-BREASTED WARBLER

 From Frank Mantlik
5/12 - Stratford, Great Meadows NWR (RR trail, Warehouse Pond, etc.)
-- WILSON'S PHALAROPE, VIRGINIA RAIL, PEREGRINE FALCON, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, 2 LITTLE BLUE HERON
Stratford, Forest Rd. Pond (6:30pm) -- PURPLE GALLINULE

 From Jay Kaplan
5/12 - Hartford/Newington/Wethersfield, Cedar Hill Cemetery walk -- 65
species, highlights include Black-billed & Yellow-billed Cuckoo,
Swainson's Thrush, Blackburnian and Wilson's Warbler, Orchard Oriole

 From Angela Dimmitt
5/12 - New Milford/Sunny Valley Preserve -- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO,
SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WILSON'S WARBLER, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 3 ORCHARD
ORIOLES

 From David Lawton:  
5/12 - Bloomfield, Penwood State Park -- BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BROWN
THRASHER

 From Meredith Sampson:
5/11 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 8 warbler species, BROWN
THRASHER, LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
5/12 = Windsor Locks, Bradley International Airport -- UPLAND
SANDPIPERS (Perimeter Rd), also BROWN THRASHER, EASERN MEADOWLARK

 From Larry Nichols:
5/11 - East Haddam, Machimoudus Park --Yellow-billed Cuckoo, male and
female Orchard Orioles, Common Ravens were also in the area.

 From Roy Harvey:
5/12 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- WILSON'S WARBLER at the top of
the giant's steps in the forsythia.  
Beacon Falls, Rimmon Hill Rd, Weed's farm hayfield -- at least one
Bobolink has returned.

 From Steve Broker:
5/12 - Woodbridge, West Rock Ridge -- COMMON RAVENS (pair of adults,
also 2 fledglings that fledged this morning and 2 nestlings).

 From Fred Caples:
5/12 - Nehantic SF(Lyme Unit) -- Yellow-billed and Black-billed
Cuckoo; 
Nehantic SF(East Lyme Unit) -- Cerulean Warbler; 
Devil's Hopyard -- Acadian Flycatcher; 
Lyme, Great Island -- Seaside Sparrow

 From Greg Hanisek
5/12 - Naugatuck State Forest -- SWAINSON'S THRUSH, WINTER WREN, 4
HOODED WARBLERS
Waterbury neighborhood -- 2 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS

 From Dana Campbell:
5/12 - West Hartford, Route 44 Power Lines -- BREWSTER'S BACKCROSS,
WILSON'S WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, and 11
other warbler species.  The Brewster's was found and refound at the
beginning of the trail on the right.

 From Aaron Barriger:
5/12 - New Haven, East Rock Park -- Blackburnian Warbler, Orchard
Oriole
Wallingford, Trap Rock Pond -- Common Raven, Peregrine Falcon
Durham, Durham Meadoes -- Bobolink