[CT Daily] 01/07/2008 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS

[Roy Harvey]

 From Paul Carrier:
1/07 - rt 272 north from Norfolk, field on left just before
Marlborough Mass state line -- 2:30PM, 6 BOHEMIAN WAXWING  - by
themselves eating from I believe Multiflora rose?  Also, Tobey Rd west
of 272 down in valley - 3 flyover EVENING GROSBEAKS - not seen well,
but heard distinctive call.

 From Carl Ekroth:
1/07 - South Windsor, Vibert Road --  about 3:30, 1 imm. NORTHERN
SHRIKE.  Where the brook runs under the road, it was on the north,
(right) side of the road sitting at the very tip of the small tree in
the marsh.

 From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Randy Domina, Bill Banks:
1/07 - Old Lyme, Lieutenant River Road 9 am -- VIRGINIA RAIL calling
in marsh, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT as previously reported.
Old Saybrook, power tower at I-95 bridge -- Peregrine Falcon;
Westbrook, Menunketesuck -- 8 RED CROSSBILLS in pines bordering public
parking lot.
Madison, Hammonasset, Meigs Point -- 3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS and drake
NORTHERN PINTAIL, Purple Sandpiper; 
West Beach pines -- 5+ Red-breasted Nuthatches.
Middlefield, Miller Road -- Ring-necked Pheasant

 From Carol and Jim Zipp:
1/07 - Hamden yard --  3 Common Redpoll the last couple days at our
feeders.

 From Andy Brand:
1/06 - New Haven, East Shore Park (or more specifically the Treatment
plant next to the park) -- 12:15 pm, 4 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS

 From Adrian & Beth Nichols with the Hartford Audubon Field Trip:
1/06 - Chester, Ferry -– Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Hamburg, Lyme, Sterling City Preserve -– Brown Creeper, Purple Finch
Old Lyme, DEP -– 2 Peregrine Falcons, one fly-by and one under I-95
bridge
Saybrook Point -– Short-eared Owl seen around noon on Great Island
Old Saybrook, North Cove – Rough-legged Hawk (dark-morph)