[CT Daily] 03/24/2008

[Roy Harvey]

 From Bill Banks:
3/24 - Stratford, Long Beach -- estimate seven thousand gulls feeding
off shore.
Milford, Court Street -- DOWITCHER species.

 From Bill Yule:
3/24 - Durham, Durham Meadows -- 2-+ Wilson's Snipe, but be warned you
have to walk through the wet overgrown part of the field to flush
them.
Durham, Rt 68 skating pond -- more Wilson's Snipe
Northford, Rt 17 -- Broad-winged Hawk

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
3/24 - Farmginton, Batterson Pond -- 2 NORTHERN SHOVELER, 6 LESSER
SCAUP.

 From Carl Ekroth:
3/24 - South Windsor, Station 43 - BLUE-WINGED TEAL, NORTHERN
SHOVELER.  As I walked along the road between Sta. 43 proper and
Vibert Road a flock of 12 COMMON SNIPE were flying around over the
fields.

 From Mike Warner:
3/24 - Wilton, Allen's Meadow -- 6:45-8:00 pm, 1 American Woodcock
peenting, no flight.

 From Jim Harris:
3/24 - Columbia -- about 10 COMMON REDPOLLS.

 From Scott Baron:
3/23 - Middlebury, Lake Quassapaug -- 1 male LESSER SCAUP (with 5
scaup sp.)
3/24 - Southbury, Southbury Training School -- 2 BLACK VULTURE

 From Art Gingert:
3/23 - New Preston, Lake Waramaug -- 1600+ COMMON MERGANSERS (feeding,
flying, preening on remaining ice -- very active).

 From Dave Rosgen, w/ Mike Doyle, John Eykelhoff, Daren Jacklin,
Courtney Jacklin, et. 13 al.:
3/22 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 4
Fox Sparrows, 1 Purple Finch.
(Office Feeders) -- 1 Common Redpoll
(Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee Bridge) -- 2 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2
Fox Sparrows, 4 Rusty Blackbirds.

 From Dave Rosgen:
3/23 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary feeders)
-- 1 Purple Finch, 5 Common Redpolls
Barkhamsted, Rt. 318 (MDC's Saville Dam) -- 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK
feeding on the grassy dam face
(L. McDonough) -- 1 female Red-breasted Merganser (rare inland).
(Barkhamsted Reservoir) -- 1 Common Raven.