[CT Daily] 10/12/2007

[Roy Harvey]

Extralimital Note: CASSIN'S KINGBIRD in Montauk, NY.


 From Luke Tiller:
10/13 - Wilton, Allen's Meadows -- 1 or 2 VESPER SPARROWS, many
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS (no sign of the Gambels type), some PURPLE
FINCHES, 2 dozen AMERICAN PIPITS on the deck (more flying overhead),
and a bizarre looking leucistic junco with a white face and wings that
for a millisecond found me dreaming of discovering a Pied Wagtail or
something equally improbable as it flitted through my peripheral
vision.
Wilton, Schenk's Island -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARK, some more PURPLE
FINCHES and 1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.

 From Nick Bonomo:
10/13 - Orange, large field on Rte 34 -- adult GOLDEN EAGLE at 1:45pm.

 From Brian O'Toole:
10/13 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- RUSTY BLACKBIRD, RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 2 PURPLE
FINCHES.

 From Ted Gilman & co. via Brian O'Toole:
10/13 - Greenwich, Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch -- immature Red-Headed
Woodpecker.

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
10/13 - South Windsor, Station 43 and Meadows -- 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, 3
MARSH WREN, 1 WINTER WREN, 10+ RUSTY BLACKBIRD, 6 AMERICAN PIPIT.

 From Ted Gilman:
10/13 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- WINTER WREN (2), RUSTY BLACKBIRD,
LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

 From Mark Aronson:
10/13 - Madison, East River marshes just north of the I 95 Bridge -- 1
Pectoral Sandpiper (seen from kayak.)

 From Chris Loscalzo:
10/13 - Woodbridge, community gardens -- 3 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 5
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
Woodbridge, Konold's Pond -- 1 NORTHERN PINTAIL, 1 COMMON RAVEN, 60
WOOD DUCKS (all-time high count).

 From Carolyn Cimino:
10/13 - Madison, Hammonasset SP -- 2-4PM, Willard's Island, 2 imm.
WHITE CROWNED SPARROWS, 1 Brown Creeper, 1 possible CLAY-COLORED
SPARROW.

 From Shari and Val Guarino
10/13 - BERLIN, Timberlin Park, reservoir -- 5 Pectoral Sandpipers, 5
White-rumped Sandpipers (we think), 5 Blue-winged Teal.

 From Dave Rosgen:
10/10 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (White Memorial's Cemetery Pond)
-- 4 Blue-winged Teal, 7 Wilson's Snipe.
White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area & Ongley Field) -- 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 8 Purple Finches.
(Ongley Pond Trail) -- 2 Rusty Blackbirds.
10/11 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1
Common Raven, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Purple Finch.
10/12 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch.

 From Jeff Greenwood:
10/11 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) --
12 Purple Finches

 From Mike Doyle:
10/11 - Litchfield, White's Woods Rd. (Bantam Lake's N. Bay) -- 6 SURF
SCOTERS

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
10/12 - Litchfield, S. Lake St. (White Memorial's Little Pond) -- 2
Blue-winged Teal, 10 Rusty Blackbirds.

 From Mike Doyle & John Eykelhoff:
10/12 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1
Blue-winged Teal, 2 Northern Pintails, 1 Greater Scaup.

 From Marty Swanhall:
10/13 - Woodbury, home feeder -- 1 Red Breasted Nuthatch, 4 male
Purple Finches and 2 female Purple Finches

 From Meredith Sampson:
10/11 - Riverside, Leonard St, private yard -- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO.

 From ML Dahl:
10/13 - West Cornwall, Coggswell Road feeder -- One Red-breasted 
Nuthatch  (I used to have several pairs who wintered over, but this is
the first one I have seen in over a year.)

 From Roy Harvey:
10/13 - Stratford, platform at end of railroad track trail -- 1
Short-eared Owl.
Stratford, pool at the end of Long Beach Blvd -- 1 Pectoral Sandpiper