[CT Daily] 03/31/2008 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE

[Roy Harvey]

 From Ingrid & Tom Schaefer
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullocks Oriole on the feeder 7:12
am.

 From Don Morgan:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- Bullocks Oriole appeared at least
4 times for  fairly brief visits to the feeder between about 8:45 and
9:15.

 From Steve Broker:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard Street -- BULLOCK'S ORIOLE, 12:15-12:28PM in
the rain, on the sunflower hearts feeder.

 From Meredith Sampson w/ Penny Solum:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard St. -- BULLOCK'S ORIOLE on sunflower seed
feeder at about 2:30, in light rain.  Also a Common Redpoll.

 From Tim Antanaitis:
3/31 - Canaan, 60 Orchard St -- BULLOCK'S ORIOLE at backyard feeder
5:00pm & 5:25pm; 2 BLACK VULTURES flew over at 4:45pm

 From Greg Hanisek:  
3/31 - Watertown, Sandbank Road -- 40 Wilson's Snipe

 From Jerry Connolly:
3/31 - Madison yard -- 21 RUSTY BLACKBIRD

 From Sarah Johnston:
3/31 - Farmington feeder -- BROWN CREEPER and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
(f) continue at suet feeder; both birds have been regular since last
fall. A male RB Nuthatch has also visited irregularly, sometimes alone
and sometimes with the female.

 From John Johnson
3/31 - Kent & Washington, Lake Waramaug -- 1-2,000 COMMON MERGANSERS.
Hundreds at each end of the lake, with large rafts in between. Also 12
LESSER SCAUP.

 From Tanner Steeves:
3/31 - Coventry -- 2 AMERICAN WOODCOCK, both peenting and displaying,
7:45pm.

 From Max Ehrman:
3/31 – Litchfield, 478 Torrington Rd. -– 2 Fox Sparrows

 From John Eykelhoff:
3/31 – Litchfield, 59 Case Rd. -– 3 Fox Sparrows

 From Carol Parent:
3/30 – Winchester, 105 Laurel Way -– 12 Common Redpolls at the feeders

 From Dave Rosgen:
3/30 – 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 9 Common
Redpolls, 4 Purple Finches, 5 PINE GROSBEAKS, 1 EVENING GROSBEAK.
3/31 – Winchester, Newfield Rd., ¼ mile north of Wahnee Rd. -– 1
RUFFED GROUSE
Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial’s Museum Feeders) -– 6 Fox
Sparrows, 4 Common Redpolls, 1 Purple Finch

 From Brian O'Toole:
3/30 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- RUSTY BLACKBIRD

 From Meredith Sampson:
3/30 - Old Greenwich, home feeders -- FOX SPARROW.

 From John Schwarz via Luke Tiller:
3/30 - Milford, Milford Pt -- young Northern Shrike.

 From Jerry Connolly and Patrick Dugan:
3/30 - Guilford, Mulberry Point Rd, Indian Cove -- BARROW'S GOLDENEYE
(drake)
3/30 - Guilford, Sachem's Head --  BROWN THRASHER, YELLOW-BREASTED
CHAT.

 From Tom Zissu:
3/30 - Woodbury, 42 Paper Mill Rd. -- Two Pine siskins and one
Red-breasted Nuthatch at my feeders on Sunday.  

 From Lisa Gagnon and Caitlyn Eaton:
3/30 - Eagleville -- 2 Snow Geese.