The wind was more westerly than the ideal NW, but it was a good morning for diurnal migrants at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven. From 7 to 10:30 a.m. (long with Sol Satin) we recorded c. 500 Red-winged Blackbirds, 85 Eastern Kingbirds, 165 Cedar Waxwings, 30 Bobolinks, 25 Chimney Swifts, 20 Barn Swallows, nine Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and three Ruby-throated Hummingbirds. This does not include birds that weren't in passage, which included three local Peregrine Falcons wreaking havoc with the migrants all morning. We also had two flyby Glossy Ibis and four flyby shorebirds, probably yellowlegs sp. There was no sign of any significant overnight migration. Greg Hanisek Waterbury

In contrast to Lighthouse Park, there were very few passage migrants at Hamonnasett Beach from 6 am to 10 am this morning: 15 Cedar Waxwings, 7 Red-winged Blackbirds (with no others seen in the Park), 25 Barn Swallows. Tree Swallows numbered in the mid hundreds but streamed into the Park from the East at the rate of 100 per minute. An estimated 3500-4000 were present by 9 am. Yesterday's shorebirds remained, including 5 Pectoral Sandpipers and 1 White-rumped Sandpiper. Steve Mayo Bethany On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 12:21 PM Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > The wind was more westerly than the ideal NW, but it was a good morning for > diurnal migrants at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven. From 7 to 10:30 > a.m. (long with Sol Satin) we recorded c. 500 Red-winged Blackbirds, 85 > Eastern Kingbirds, 165 Cedar Waxwings, 30 Bobolinks, 25 Chimney Swifts, 20 > Barn Swallows, nine Blue-gray Gnatcatchers and three Ruby-throated > Hummingbirds. > > This does not include birds that weren't in passage, which included three > local Peregrine Falcons wreaking havoc with the migrants all morning. We > also had two flyby Glossy Ibis and four flyby shorebirds, probably > yellowlegs sp. There was no sign of any significant overnight migration. > > Greg Hanisek > Waterbury > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ >