Re: [CT Birds] CTBirds Digest, Vol 1536, Issue 1
FROM: Jan Hamilton, Old Saybrook
RE: Cuckoos
Had a yellow-billed cuckoo calling at Obed Hts Rd., Old Saybrook late
afternoon yesterday, 5/10.
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 21:11:28 -0400
From: Susanne Shrader birdgirrl@comcast.net
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] Cuckoos
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Significantly reduced reports of both Cuckoo species the past two or three
years. Degradation of winter habitat pprobably among the causes.
Susanne Shrader
birdgirrl@comcast.net
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 18:29:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roy Harvey rmharvey@snet.net
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Subject: [CT Birds] Assorted reports
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Passing these along.
From Ted Gilman:
5/10/ 2011 ? Greenwich, Audubon Center ? COMMON NIGHTHAWK flying over
field near Hawk watch lawn;
From SH Johnston
05/10/11 -- Farmington - 2 pair CLIFF SWALLOWS constructing nests on the
facade of the Farmington Public Library, Monteith Drive (off Rt 4). Nests
are on the east and west ends of the southern facade, in triangular
recesses, at the second-floor level; very easily viewed from the parking
lot. Take a young person to see. These birds nested there last summer,
also. I have contacted the library director about the presence of these
birds and their protected status, and the need to distinguish their nests
from the similar mud dauber nests in the immediate vicinity. Also,
ORCHARD ORIOLES, including a singing first-year male, are present daily in
Riverside Cemetery, Garden Street. Many Baltimore Orioles there, as well;
I observed a female gathering nesting material.
05/09/11 -- Farmington yard - 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER passing through in an
explosion of warblers. More Parulas than I could count. More
Chestnut-sides and blue-gray gnatcatchers than I have seen in years. 1
possible "Audubon's" yellow-rumped warbler. Also 1 flyover COMMON LOON.
I note with sadness this spring that there seem to be no bobolinks,
meadowlarks, or kestrels in the agricultural meadows in my Farmington-Avon
"patch" I saw one bobolink flyover last week, and I heard one yesterday,
but where are the flocks of 20-30 that I saw last spring? Kestrels were
present in April but I have not seen them since; they nested in all these
fields last year. There is an abundance of red-winged blackbirds
everywhere.
From Mike DiGiorgio
Hammonasset State Park- a walk through Willard's Island brought a few
warbler species: Black and White, Yellow, Yellow-throat, and Redstart.
A male Orchard Oriole was singing in the tree near where all of the paths
merge at the beginning of the walk.
Spotted an immature Bald Eagle soaring over the marsh and was being
dive-bombed by an osprey. Quite a show!
Little Blue Heron in marsh next to Nature Center parking lot. Heard a
Clapper Rail.
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
Message: 4
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 21:49:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: Emmayct@cs.com
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey feathers
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Yesterday, when walking near an Osprey Nest, I saw several large feathers,
which I assume were Osprey feathers...my first instinct was to pick them
up..how beautiful! But since then I realize this would be illegal.
Comments?
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Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 19:02:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roy Harvey rmharvey@snet.net
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] For those who read this at birdingonthe.net
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Paul Desjardins just pointed out that the archive of CTBirds that appears
at birdingonthe.net has an enormous gap from 26 April to 10 May.
CTBirds has an official archive that is not as user friendly as the one at
birdingonthe.net. The official archive is COMPLETE, every message going
back to the start of CTBirds in February 2007. All the missing messages
can be found there. That archive can be found at:
http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/
I wrote a long boring explanation but deleted it. Suffice it to say that
things seem to be getting back to normal.
Roy Harvey
Beacon Falls, CT
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Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 12:27:58 GMT
From: "wingsct@juno.com" wingsct@juno.com
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow Geese & Orchard Oriole in O.G.
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From Meredith Sampson:05/10/11 - Old Greenwich, private yard on Ballwood
Rd. -- male ORCHARD ORIOLE. Old Greenwich, viewed from my
yard -- very long skeins of SNOW GEESE flying NE.
I estimate at least 100, likely more as trees obscured
views of entire skeins.
Message: 7
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 11:35:54 -0400
From: Kathy Van Der Aue kvda@optonline.net
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Subject: [CT Birds] Banding at Birdcraft 5/10, 5/11
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Following are the banding results for Tuesday & Wednesday at Connecticut
Audubon's Birdcraft Museum, 314 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT,. We will try
to regularly have these results posted on the www.ctaudubon.org website.
Species Tues. Wed.
black-throated blue warbler 1 2
black & white warbler 1 2
American redstart 1
common yellowthroat 3
house wren 3
northern parula 1
northern waterthrush 5 3
swamp sparrow 1
white-throated sparrow 1
Swainson's thrush 1
wood thrush 1 1
gray catbird 3 8
blue jay 1
red-bellied woodpecker 1
Kathy Van Der Aue, Southport, CT
kvda@optonline.net
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