From Greg Hanisek:
10/24/11 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point hawk watch -- 1 imm. BROWN
PELICAN (landed on water just off point, perched briefly on green
channel marker No. 11); 1 CATTLE EGRET (flyby bird descended as if to
land in boggy spot near lighthouse but, changed its mind and flew east
toward airport); c 10 AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 2 PURPLE
FINCHES.
From Bill Banks via Sara Zagorski:
10/24/11 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point park -- Brown Pelican in the
harbor by green bouy 11.
From Tina Green:
10/24/11 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- Peregrine Falcon,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Nelson's Sparrow, 2 Dickcissel on the east
end feeding in the foxtail grass.
Smith Richardson Tree Farm -- Winter Wren.
From John Oshlick:
10/24/11 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1
White-rumped Sandpiper, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 1 Vesper Sparrow
(just east of the visitor center), 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Willard's
Island (originally spotted by a couple whose names I didn't get).
From Mike Warner:
10/24/11 - Wilton, Allens Meadow -- Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
From Chris Elphick:
10/24/11 - Mansfield, Mansfield Hollow, seen from the dam -- 1
American Golden Plover, 8 Wilson's Snipe.
From Steve & Charla Spector:
10/24/11 - Milgotf, Milford Point -- on sandbars around noon; 20 Red
Knots persist. In spartina next to Piping Plover spit; 6 Nelson's
Sparrows (those seen well enough for ID all Nelson's). In
CACC grounds, male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John & Tracy Eykelhoff:
10/23/11 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake, Pt Folly) -- 2
Northern Shoveler, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter,
From Julian Hough:
10/23/11 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park -- One first-winter Royal
Tern, flying east past the point.
From Greg Hanisek:
10/24/11 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point hawk watch -- 1 imm. BROWN
PELICAN (landed on water just off point, perched briefly on green
channel marker No. 11); 1 CATTLE EGRET (flyby bird descended as if to
land in boggy spot near lighthouse but, changed its mind and flew east
toward airport); c 10 AMERICAN PIPITS, 3 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS, 2 PURPLE
FINCHES.
From Bill Banks via Sara Zagorski:
10/24/11 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point park -- Brown Pelican in the
harbor by green bouy 11.
From Tina Green:
10/24/11 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- Peregrine Falcon,
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Nelson's Sparrow, 2 Dickcissel on the east
end feeding in the foxtail grass.
Smith Richardson Tree Farm -- Winter Wren.
From John Oshlick:
10/24/11 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 6 Pectoral Sandpipers, 1
White-rumped Sandpiper, 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 1 Vesper Sparrow
(just east of the visitor center), 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo on Willard's
Island (originally spotted by a couple whose names I didn't get).
From Mike Warner:
10/24/11 - Wilton, Allens Meadow -- Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
From Chris Elphick:
10/24/11 - Mansfield, Mansfield Hollow, seen from the dam -- 1
American Golden Plover, 8 Wilson's Snipe.
From Steve & Charla Spector:
10/24/11 - Milgotf, Milford Point -- on sandbars around noon; 20 Red
Knots persist. In spartina next to Piping Plover spit; 6 Nelson's
Sparrows (those seen well enough for ID all Nelson's). In
CACC grounds, male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
From Dave Rosgen, w/ John & Tracy Eykelhoff:
10/23/11 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake, Pt Folly) -- 2
Northern Shoveler, Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter,
From Julian Hough:
10/23/11 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park -- One first-winter Royal
Tern, flying east past the point.
