[CT Daily] 05/24/2007

[Roy Harvey]

Extralimital note (with comment and request): A Swainson's Warbler was
found in Massachusetts.  This species is l-o-n-g overdue in
Connecticut, and the odds of adding it to the Connecticut list would
go up tremendously if we all learned the song and kept our ears and
minds open.  Not just this year, but every year.

Please?

Thanks.


 From Chris Elphick:
5/24 -  Stonington, Barn Island -- 2 Tricolored Herons (in impoundment
5).  Also lots of Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow activity.

 From Joe Wojtanowski:
5/24 - East Granby, East Granby Farms --  SORA, 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK.
Poquonock, Old River Road -- COMMON NIGHTHAWK.

 From Gina Nichol and Sunrise Birding class:
5/24 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 8-10 AM, AMERICAN BITTERN
(flyover at park entrance), 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS, 3 SALTMARSH
SHARP-TAILED  SPARROWS (close views from observation platform at
Willards Island) 

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ Susan Spencer:
5/21 - Litchfield/Morris, Chestnut Hill, Pitch, and Little Pitch Roads
(White Memorial Foundation) -- 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 2
Blackburnian Warblers, 1 Purple Finch

 From Dave Rosgen w/ Ann Orsillo:
5/21 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Ongley Field) -- 1
Purple Finch

 From Dave Rosgen:
5/21 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Litchfield Town Beach) -- 1 Wilson's
Warbler, 1 Purple Finch

 From Tammy Eustis:
5/24 - Chester -- A pair of Yellow-billed Cuckoos, poking around in a
tree at the foot of Chester airport's driveway (Route 145, aka
Winthrop Road).

 From Dave Rosgen:
5/22 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 5
Common Nighthawks, 1 Purple Finch
(White Memorial's Lake Trail & N. Shore Marsh) -- 8 Common Nighthawks,
1 Wilson's Warbler, 2 Purple Finches
(White Memorial's Mill Field Trail) -- 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(White Memorial's Old Camp Townsend) -- 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
(White Memorial's Little Pond) -- 2 Virginia Rails, 7 Solitary
Sandpipers, 21 Common Nighthawks, 1 Marsh Wren

 From Jayne Amico:
5/24 - Southington yard -- Pair of COMMON RAVENS

 From Janis LaPoint:
5/21 -  Enfield -- Common Nighthawks