Today, Monday Oct 13, I went looking for ducks and water birds here in northwest CT. Colebrook reservoir had no ducks, but had 25 PIPITS, and many YELLOW RUMP and PALM WARBLERS in the low willow bushes along the rd. On Phelps Flat Rd in Norfolk, all along this dirt road had loads of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and HERMIT THRUSH everywhere. At Twin lakes in Salisbury had no ducks at all. >From here I went over Canaan Mt Road and stopped at the open swamp just after the Norfolk Reservoir. This is at the top of Canaan Mountain, across from the Great Forest, elevation 1,500 feet. I arrived here at 5:30 PM just as the light was waining with overcast sky. As I came out of the car, I was greeted with loads of birds feeding within the treetops at the edge of the road and swamp. Their was a constant flow of birds going from east to west. Within a half hour I counted (estimated): In the treetops: YELLOW-RUMP WARBLER - 100 PLUS PALM WARBLER - 50 PLUS 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER BLUE-HEADED VIREO - 20 plus Many many more birds went by uncounted. Lower in trees and bushes were: GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET - 50 plus RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET - 30 plus WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - 50 plus Feeding from a wild fox grape vine were: HERMIT THRUSH - many visiting, than back to woods 1 GRAY CHEEKED THRUSH ! and a fly over PEREGRINE FALCON with a Sharp-shinned hawk following all these birds. At 6:00 PM all died down. This was a real spiritual moment for me. All alone in this quiet environment with no sounds except an occasional bird chirp or leaf movement. Their are not many places left in CT where you can still experience this silence and spiritual feeling of being in the wilds of nature. Paul Carrier