[CT Daily] 05/09/2008

[Roy Harvey]

Hot spots:
Ellington, Green Rd. area --16 species of warbler


 From Dave Provencher:
5/09 - Waterford, Millstone Point -- light morph Parasitic Jaeger flew
across Millstone Point headed southeast, late morning.

 From Carl Ekroth:
5/09 - Ellington, Green Rd. area -- BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 16 species of
warbler including BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 4 BROWN THRASHERS.

 From Meredith Sampson:
5/09 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- SNOW GOOSE & HARLEQUIN DUCK
at their customary spots.
Old Greenwich, home yard -- WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW.

 From Paul Cianfaglione:
5/09 -  Wethersfield, Wethersfield Meadows -- 9 SOLITARY SANDPIPER.

 From Don Morgan:
5/09 - Thompson, Thompson Dam -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 2 BOBOLINKS, 1
BROWN THRASHER.

 From Paul Carrier:
5/09 - Barkhamsted, Barkhamsted Reservoir -- BLACK TERN, 11:00.
Winsted, Highland Lake -- 2 PURPLE MARTIN, 2:30.

 From Steve & Charla Spector:
5/09 - Milford, Walker's Pond -- male & female Blue-winged Teal.

 From Donna-Rose Smith:
5/08 - Westport, Saugatuck River flats near Bridge Street bridge,
across river from Mansion Clam House -- Ruff seen about 2:30 p.m.

 From Nick Bonomo:
5/08 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- male BOAT-TAILED GRACKLE feeding
with Common Grackles on the marsh edge, not at all acting
territorially; a SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW.

 From Shaun Martin and Richard Trepp
5/08 - Greenwich, Fairchild Gardens -- American Bittern flyover, 1
Solitary Sandpiper
New Haven, East Rock -- 1 Blackburnian Warbler

 Fom Joe Wojtanowski:
5/06 - East Granby,East Granby Farms -- 2 EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 2
BOBOLINK.
5/07 - East Granby,East Granby Farms -- BLACK  VULTURE, 2 BOBOLINK.
5/09 - East Granby,East Granby Farms -- 4 AMERICAN WOODCOCK
5/07 - Poquonock yard -- a pair of nesting BROWN THRASHER.
5/08 - East Granby, Windsor Locks, Bradley International Airport --
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 2 BOBOLINK.
5/09 - Bloomfield, Reservoir #3 -- 9 BOBOLINK.