[CT Daily] 09/11/2007

[Roy Harvey]

Note 1:  Dave Rosgen reported that there was an incident at White
Memorial yesterday involving a naked man approaching a female jogger.
Dave should be posting more information on CTBirds.  If you are going
to be birding up there please be careful.  (For that matter, be
careful anywhere!)


Note 2:
*******
*******  The COA Sparrow Identification Workshopt  
*******  Saturday, October 6, 8-11 A.M.
*******  Barn island Wildlife Management Area
*******  Stonington CT
*******  Leaders: Provencher, Milan Bull, Chris Elphick (tentative)
*******  Free, as always!
*******  
*******  More information will be posted to the COA web site, but
*******  I do not know WHEN it will be posted.
*******  


 From Paul Cianfaglione:
9/11 - New Hartford, Nepaug Reservoir (route 202) -- 1 STILT SANDPIPER
(very uncommon inland).
9/11 - Hartford, Riverside Park Sewage Pond -- 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER.
9/10 - Hartford, Riverside Park Sewage Pond -- 3 SEMIPALMATED
SANDPIPER, 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER.

 From Charlie Barnard
9/11 - Bridgeport, Seaside Park -- an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL
9/11 - Stratford, Long Beach Blvd. grassy area near newest restoration
area -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER and at least 2 WESTERN SANDPIPERS

 From Nick Bonomo:
9/11 - West Haven, Sandy Pt -- 2 juv RED KNOT, 5 flyby WHIMBREL, 1
'Western' WILLET, 9 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 1 juv WESTERN SANDPIPER, also
1 Greater Scaup

 From Jayne Amico & Melissa Baston:
9/10 - Southington -- Good movement of COMMON NIGHTHAWKS at least 100
birds moving along the base of Mount Vernon heading south
9-11 - Bristol -- RED BREASTED NUTHATCH brought into rehab, hit a
window

 From Carolyn Cimino:
9/11 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- in Meig's Pt parking area,
morning: 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS; in marsh adjacent to Meig's Pt parking
area, 2 Little Blue Herons (1 adult, 1 juvenile); in marsh across the
road from the Wetlands Restoration sign, 3 Little Blue Herons (2
juvenile, 1 adult).
Madison, Horse Pond -- afternoon, 6 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS,  all
juveniles with the exception of 1 worn adult; 2 Little Blue Herons,
both juvenile

 From Patrick Dugan via Frank Gallo:
9/10 - Stamford, Cove Island Park -- 1 Marbled Godwit flyby, a first
for Cove.

 From Greg Hanisek:
9/10 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point hawk watch -- 250 Bobolink