>From Greg Hanisek et al 9/17 New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park hawk watch - 47 Osprey, 11 N. Harrier; 243 Sharp-shinned Hawks; 8 Cooper's Hawks; 21 American Kestrels; 4 Merlin; 1 Peregrine Other migrants: 7 Common Loons (one flock); 61 D-c Cormorants (in 4 flox); 1 Black-bellied Plover; 1 WHIMBREL (heading for Sandy Point, calling); 5 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds; 150 Cedar Waxwings; 60 Bobolinks; c. 300 American Goldfinches (moving all morning in small flox); c 10 PURPLE FINCHES Present in park: 1 ad. Red-shoudered Hawk; c 200 Tree Swallows that came in on a strange weather event (see below) and spent a couple of hours milling around feeding quite high over the point. A few Palm Warblers and Savannah Sparrows. Weather ( I'd be interested in hearing fom anyone with some solid info on this phenomenon) - At c 11:30 a.m. something I'm going to call (possibly incorrectly) a micro-burst hit the point. After a morning of moderate winds mostly out of the northeast, there was a sudden shift to very strong wind (estimates ranged from 40 to 50 mph) directly out of the south; the temperature dropped very noticeably, a few very minor sprinkles were felt, and everyone dived on their gear to keep it from blowing away; the air was suddenly full of blowing leaves and sand; a bird checklist on heavy stock paper became airborne and disappeared despite searches for it throughout the park. A swirling "dust devil" was noted on the dirt road at the hawk watch site. This all lasted a couple of minutes at most. The sky overhead remained clear with moderate cumulus cloud cover, and it stopped precipitously, with winds returning to moderate NE. Later in the afternoon we had a repeat on smaller scale with wind not as strong. There was a less impressive "leaf devil" out over the park lawn that just swirled leaves briefly.