[CT Daily] 04/22/2008 RUFF, HARLEQUIN

[Roy Harvey]

 From Frank Mantlik:
4/22 - Westport, Imperial Ave., Grace Salmon Park -- 7am, RUFF
continues on mudflats with 30 greater and 1 lesser yellowlegs.
4/22 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point Park -- 5pm, female HARLEQUIN DUCK
continues at same place (by itself, no brant in sight); along Sound
shore at south side of "eagle-statue" pond.
4/20 - Ashford, Wormwood Hill Rd. & Varga Rd., with Linda M., M. & W.
Moccio, Steve Morytko & others -- adult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
continues.  We could not locate any Bohemian waxwings this day on
the UConn campus or elsewhere.

 From Jalna Jaeger with Dave Callan and Jackson Garnett:
4/22 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- 4:30 pm, Ruff on mud flats

 From Steve Oresman:
4/22 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- 4:00 pm, Ruff continues in
excellent light and giving close views.

 From Richard Becker:
4/22 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park - 10:45-Noon, Ruff continues with 
yellowlegs on mudflat until the tide came in.

 From Hank Golet:
4/22 - Old Lyme, mud flat near Watch Rock -- 1 Little Blue Heron.

 From Jack Swatt:
4/22 - Wolcott, Southington Resirvoir #2 (intersection of East Rd and
County Rd.) -- 1 WHIP-POOR-WILL
Wolcott, Wolcott State Fire School, Boundline Rd. Extension -- 1
AMERICAN WOODCOCK.

 From Judy Moore and Marty Moore:
3/22 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2 Brown Thrashers on
Willard's Island.

 From Chris Mathein via Jay Kaplan:
4/21 - Canton, Collinsville section, bank of the Farmington River -- A
Little Blue Heron.  This bird is rare this far inland.? The bird was
still present at 7:00 PM.  It was near the remains of the railroad
bridge on the far shore across from Collinsville Canoe and Kayak.

 From John Weeks
4/21 - Granby, McLean Game Refuge -- Black Vulture.

 From Lisa Marie Gagnon:
4/21 - Stafford, Sodom Rd --  Ruffed Grouse.

 From Dave Rosgen:
4/21 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 6 Purple Finches
N. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's Pt. Folly Marsh) -- 7 Rusty Blackbirds

 From Patti & Rich Clarke:
4/21 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Bantam R. Marsh)
-- 1 American Woodcock