[CT Daily] 09/06/2007

[Roy Harvey]

Extralimital note: Both Say's Phoebe and Yellow-headed Blackbird have
been reported in Massachusets, and excellent reminder of what could be
here and waiting for us to notice.


 From Sara Zagorski:
9/06 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER
continues in the same location as yesterday, along with 2
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS, seen at 8:20 am.

 From Andrew Dasinger
9/06 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows, at harvested turf area near
portable toilet -- 5 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 4 Baird's Sandpiper

 From Frank Mantlik
9/06 -- Stratford, Access Rd. marshy pool, 8am  -- 1 juvenile STILT
SANDPIPER, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 1 GLOSSY IBIS
9/06 - Stratford, Long Beach Blvd. (very end), Warehouse
marsh flats -- 6 WILLETS (one a "western").
Sikorsky Airport -- B17, B24, and B25 bombers.

 From Eileen and Kevin Finnan:
9/05 and 9/06 -- Goshen yard -- 25 Purple Finches, which are mostly
locals  but with a few passing through as well.

 From Shari and Val Guarino:
9/06 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows --  2 Buff Breasted Sandpipers,
1 Black Bellied Plovers near port-a-potty.

 From Dick and Jean Pierce
9/05 - Madison, Hammonassett Beach S. P. -- two white-phase Little
Blue Herons in marsh west of campground's Beach Road, two
Buff-breasted Sandpipers, grassy part of Meig's Point parking lot.

 From Harry Newman
9/05 - Hammonasset State Park -- 3 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 2 adult and 1
juvenile - in the marsh next to the nature center parking area. 2
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER - in the nature center parking area.

 From Brian Bielfelt with Shaun Martin, Stefan Martin:
9/05 - Greenwich -- evening, Clay-colored Sparrow downhill from the
Quaker Ridge hawk watch.

 From  Brian O'Toole and Tom Baptist via Brian Bielfelt:
9/06 - Greenwich -- 3pm, Clay-colored Sparrow relocated in with a
flock of Chipping Sparrows in the fields and trees between the white
house w/ cedars and the downhill red barn w/ white pines in front.  

 From Maryanne and Dean Rupp:
9/06 - Killingworth, at feeder in our yard -- 2 RED-BREASTED
NUTHATCHES

 From Joe Wojtanowski:
9/06 - Poquonock yard -- PEREGRINE FALCON heading East toward the CT
River.

 From Meredith Sampson:
9/05 - Stratford, Access Rd. pool (across from R.E. Michel) --
noontime - SORA, GLOSSY IBIS, STILT SANDPIPER, WHIMBREL.

 From Jan Collins:
9/06 - Somers yard  5 PM --  Finally a red breasted nuthatch at my
feeder just in time for my birthday!