[CT Daily] 05/01/2008 Yellow-throated Warbler, Harlequin

[Roy Harvey]

Special Note:
Dennis Varza is doing a study on the birding habits of Connecticut
Birders and would really appreciate your help. The more people that
respond the more accurate the result. It doesn't matter wether you
cover 1 town or 100 towns.
1) Make a list of the towns you cover
2) Grade them by how frequently you go birding in each town:
    3 frequently
    2 regularly
    1 occasionally
3) Send the list to Dennis Varza  dennisvz at optonline.net


 From Hank Golet:
5/01 - Voluntown, Pachaug State Forest -- YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER. The
directions are: Go into the main entrance of Pachaug on Rt 49, take
the second right just before the bridge that goes over Mt Misery
Brook, go through the campground, the road enters the forest and turns
to dirt.  At a little less than 1/2 mile down the dirt road there is a
gated forest road on the right.  Right after the gate there is a small
pool/fire hole on the left and a swampy area on the right.  This is
the area.

 From Meredith Sampson:
5/01 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- HARLEQUIN DUCK at its usual
spot, SNOW GOOSE in its usual spot in cove.

 From Debby Ethridge:
5/01 - Old Greenwich, Tomac Cove -- 6:00 pm, female HARLEQUIN DUCK.

 From Patrick Comins and Sylvia Halken's CCSU ornithology class:
5/01 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- LITTLE BLUE HERON,
juvenile RED CROSSBILL, AMERICAN PIPIT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BROWN
THRASHER, plus Blue-winged Teal and other expected species.

 From Tim Antanaitis:
5/01 - East Lyme, Nehantic State Forest, powerlines on dirt road 1.4
miles in to the north off  Grassy Hill Road -- 1 WHIP-POOR-WILL heard
at 5:15 am.  It's a pretty rough ride if you have a small car.

 From John Marshall:
5/01 - Watertown, Gustafson's Orchard, Linkfield Road -- 1 EASTERN
MEADOWLARK.

 From Gina Nichol and Sunrise Birding group  :
5/01 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- LITTLE BLUE HERON,
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, PURPLE MARTIN, BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE.

 From Bill Banks:
5/01 - Southbury, Bent of the River -- a nice liftoff of 17 Broadwing
Hawks.

 From Frank Gallo:
4/30 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- RUFF at high tide, late
afternoon; 1 adult male Orchard Oriole.

 From Hugh McQuillan:
4/30 & 5/01 - Salisbury yard feeders -- pair of Pine Siskins

 From Louise P. Tucker: 
5/01 - Suffield, Hungary/Quarry Rd. and Phelps Rd. -- 2 COMMON RAVENS
chasing TURKEY VULTURE.

 From Dana Campbell:
4/30 - Westport, Grace Salmon Park -- RUFF continues at 6 p.m.

 From John & Linda Clancy with Mark Shapiro:
5/01 Bloomfield, Penwood State Park -- BLACK VULTURE

 From Ellen Louer:
4/30 - Westport, Sherwood Island State Park -- 1 BROWN THRASHER, 1
SNOW GOOSE continuing to eat with CANADA GEESE