[CT Daily] 11/06/2007 HARRIS'S SPARROW

[Roy Harvey]

The HARRIS'S SPARROW at Allen's Meadow in Wilton was reported as of
1PM today.

And there was a second hand report of a possible Pine Grosbeak in
Southbury.

 From Frank Gallo, Amy Zvonar 
11/05 - Asford, Varga Road -- Adult Red-headed Woodpecker and 12+
Rusty Blackbirds continue.
11/04 - Sherwood Island with Patrick & Jim Dugan -- 12 American Pipits
in traffic Circle, 2 Northern Gannets
Compo Beach -- 3 Northern Gannets (1 Adult, 2  first-year) , 1
White-winged Scoter
Longshore Country Club, Westport, Brush Dump -- 2 Cackling Geese
flying over with  migrant flock of Canada Geese

 From Meredith Sampson:
11/05 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 3 FORSTER'S TERNS, 5 SNOW
BUNTINGS, WINTER WREN.

 From Carole Donagher:
11/05 and 06 - Farmington back yard feeder -- 2 PURPLE FINCH, 1 FOX
SPARROW

 From Dori Sosensky, Lynn James, and Dana Campbell:
11/05 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park - FEMALE COMMON EIDER
alongside the rocks of the farthest point NE.  In the pond near the
parking lot was an AMERICAN BITTERN.  In the East Beach parking lot
was a flock of about 100 Snow Buntings.
Madison, Bauer Park -- 2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.  Lots of cone-laden
conifers here.  If we begin to get winter finches, this would be a
good place to look!

 From Patrick Comins:
11/06 - Southbury, Audubon Center at Bent of the River -- At least 2
PINE SISKINS, feeding in the birches near the barn.   They have been
hit and miss here so far, but these feeders are always good ones to
watch for the possibility of winter finches.

 From Andy Brand:
11/06 - Hamden yard -- 5 Pine Siskin at my Nyjer feeder.

 From Bob Bitondi:
11/04 to 06 - Pomfret Center, yard -- Pine siskin 3, Purple finch 3,
Fox sparrow 2

 From John Eykelhoff:
11/04 - Litchfield, (Bantam Lake's N. Bay) -- 1 Red-throated Loon
(rare inland).
11/05 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1
RED-NECKED GREBE

 From James Harmon:
11/05 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Mallard Marsh)
-- 1 American Woodcock

 From Roger Johnson:
11/06 - Goshen, East St. North near Norfolk town line -- 1 RUFFED
GROUSE

 From Dave Rosgen:
11/06 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders)
-- 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 1 Fox Sparrow, 1 Purple Finch
(White Memorial's Mill Field) - 7 Rusty Blackbirds.

 From Frank Errico:
11/06 - Bethlehem, Carmel Hill Rd. feeder -- 15 Pine Siskins
Terrell Farm Rd. feeder -- 2 Pine Siskins
Morris, E. Shore Rd. near Evergreen Rd. (White Memorial) -- 1 American
Woodcock.