The majority of sparrows were directly behind the nature center area but some were in the northwest area of the park. 10/20/13-Westport-Sherwood Island SP- 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers( in a tight group),35 Yellow-rumped Warbler(conservative estimate),2 EasternTowhee(m&f),surprisingly only 1 Chipping Sparrow,7 Field Sparrow,1 Vesper Sparrow,21 Savannah Sparrow

I'd estimate 300 Dark-eyed Juncos, 150 Song Sparrows, 30 Swamp Sparrows and 20 White-throated Sparrows. Certainly worth looking that flock over more closely. Also present were ~100 American Robins and 2 Hermit Thrushes. An American Woodcock flushed from the bushes behind the maintenance area. Patrick M.

Arne estimated that there were at least 200 Dunlins, and I counted 11 Purple Sandpipers. Sanderllings and Ruddy Turnstones were also present, and it was very satisfying to hear so many birds calling and to see them flying around and foraging. (High tide at Madison was a little after 11:30.) Flo McBride Hamden

I would estimate around 3,000 birds. There were a few Snow Buntings, but their visits are getting to be more intermittent. Bill Wallace reported two White-winged Scoters flying by. Patrick Patrick M.

The highlights of the night's flight were (numbers individuals estimated very conservatively): 3 gray-cheeked thrushes, 30 ovenbirds, 3 MOURNING WARBLERS, 50 common yellowthroats, 120 AMERICAN REDSTARTS, 14 CAPE MAY WARBLERS (numbers of CMWA have been increasing in nocturnal/morning flight surveys across the Northeast) , 40 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, and a whopping

I estimate there were 2,200 geese in the fields, in three main flocks. I have not relocated the possible pink-footed goose I saw a week ago, but I did ID 3 cackling geese, and one Canada with a speckled white and black head (looked like it was splattered with white paint).

Egg-laying thus is estimated to have begun by ca. February 22-24. The first opportunity for counting eggs in the nest will indicate when egg-laying began, as one egg per day is laid serially up to a maximum of 6 eggs. Also present: 2 adult Bald Eagles in close flight as they circled over Konold’s Pond.

On the marsh: 4 American Wigeons, 6 Gadwalls, 120 (estimate) Canada Geese spread throughout the marsh, 16 American Black ducks, 2 mallards, 9 Red Breasted Mergansers, 1 Common Loon, 10 Buffleheads, 1 Northern harrier coasting over the marsh, 1 Mute swan and 1 Great Black backed gull sitting on the osprey nest platform. 2 human visitors said they saw Common Golden

I estimate the time the bird was well seen in the original location as a minimum of 30 seconds and a maximum of about a minute. Dean and Maryanne RuppKillingworthhttps://ebird.org/checklist/S76193666

I just wanted to ask the list of anyone know of/has an estimate of how much the propagation delay on an N and/or SMA can reasonably be expected to change in the presence of water? is 3 ns in the right ballpark, or would that effect be way bigger/smaller?