[CT Daily] 01/15-17/2008

[Roy Harvey]

 From Sarah Johnston:
1/17 - Farmington -- Brown Creeper (picking up suet crumbs from bark
crevices below suet feeder). Red-Breasted Nuthatch zipping in and out
around the woodpeckers at the suet feeders.

 From Robert Dixon:
1/17 - Quaker Hill, Scotch Cap Rd. -- BLACK VULTURE.
Plainfield, Quinebaug Fish Hatchery -- ICELAND GULL, LESSER SCAUP,
EASTERN PHOEBE.

 From  Phil Asprelli:
1/16 - Horfolk, Shepard Rd --  I stopped by Shepard Rd. in Norfolk
briefly this morning (11:30AM) and did NOT see the Pine Grosbeacks.
Also the snow that had accumulated on the branches was not disturbed
telling me that they were not there earlier. Also the little remaining
fruit was still on the trees and not on the snow covering the ground.

 From Greg Hanisek:
1/16 - Morris, Anderson Road -- imm. NORTHERN GOSHAWK; two SNOW
BUNTINGS.  Anderson Road is off Rt 63 south iof Rt 109

 From Nick Bonomo:
1/16 - Windsor-Bloomfield Landfill -- (09:30-12:00, 13:30-15:15), 9
Kumlien's Iceland Gulls (5 1w, 2 2w, 1 3w/4w, 1 adult), 1 Lesser
Black-backed Gull (3w/4w)

 From Lloyd Spitalnik:
1/16 - Kent, Kent Falls SP -- As soon as we pulled into the parking
lot we saw about 8 Pine Grosbeaks in the fruiting trees. There were
2-3 adult males, 2 russet colored birds and a few adult females.

 From Paul Carrier:
1/16 - Harwinton, yard -- PEREGRINE FALCON

 From Bob Jones:
1/16 - Old Lyme, Leutenant Road -- 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, no Chat

 From Robert Dixon:
1/16 - New Haven, East Shore Park / Sewage Plant -- NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW (3), RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (2), PALM WARBLER.
Old Lyme, Lieutenant River Rd. -- YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
1/14-16 - Sterling, yard - RUSTY BLACKBIRD, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH,
NORTHERN SHRIKE.

 From Linton Hamilton:
1/15 - Kent, Kent Falls -- 10am 12 female and 3 male Pine Grosbeaks in
the previously mentioned crabapple trees.  

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
1/15 - Wethersfield, Wethersfield Cove -- 1 adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED
GULL.

 From Don Morgan
1/15 - Coventry yard -- 82 Common Redpolls at one time; no hoary
candidates.

 From Hank Golet:
1/15 - Lyme, Nott Island -- Adult NORTHERN SHRIKE

 From Adrian & Beth Nichols:
1/15 - Chester, Whelen Engineering (Private Business) next to Chester
Airport -- at 12:45 pm. 4 SNOW BUNTINGS.

 From Bud Benson:
1/15 - Old Lyme --10:30 A.M. 1 Yellow Breasted Chat continues at # 17
Lieutenant River Lane in berry bushes next to mailbox.

 From Andy Thiede:
1/14 - Berlin -- RUSTY BLACKBIRD in my yard today, picking at the
seeds I threw in the  snow this morning.

 From Lori & Ed Kurlowicz:
1/14 -- Coventry backyard -- Northern Shrike, 12:00-12:45.  Taking a
lunch break at home and noticed a shrike keeping an eye on the
bird feeder. First for our yard.

 From Mark Szantyr:
1/14 - Ashford yard -- a first winter female Oregon ssp. Dark-eyed
Juncoat my feeder, and an  apparent hybrid between White-throated
Sparrow and Dark-eyed Junco.

 From Joe Wojtanowski:
1/14 - Poquonock feeder -- 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRD.

 From Gary Meier:
1/14 - Middlebury, Breakneck Hill Rd -- 1 COMMON RAVEN feeding on
roadkill.

 From Dana Campbell and Lynn James:
1/14 - Old Lyme, 17 Lieutenant River Rd. -- YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT
continues between 1-1:30 p.m.
Great Island -- two Short-eared Owls

 From Grace Profatilov:
1/13 - Madison, Hammonasset SP -- 2 Lapland Longspurs, Purple
Sandpipers.

 From Paul Carrier and Todd Russo:
1/13 - Torrington, Sawmill Hill Rd -- NORTHERN SHRIKE

 From Dave Rosgen:
1/13 - Winsted, Oak St, between Mountain Ave. and Bank St. -- 14 Pine
Grosbeaks (1/2 of them adult males) feeding in Crabapple trees between
3 and 3:30 p.m.
Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Common Redpoll
1/14 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1
Common Redpoll all day at feeders
1/15 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) --
8 Common Redpolls
1/16 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 1
Common Redpoll at feeders all day
1/17 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) --
3 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 27 Common Redpolls all morning

 From Carol Parent & Cheryl Hebert:
1/13 -- Winchester, 101 Laurel Way -- 1 adult NORTHERN SHRIKE
105 Laurel Way -- 80 Common Redpolls