I birded the woods at Lighthouse Point, New Haven this morning (9/10) from about 7-9 am, then joined the hawkwatchers till 11am. There were a few mixed flocks of warblers, etc., as follows:
4 R-th hummingbird
2 Red-bell. woodpecker
2 downy woodpecker
8 No. Flicker
1 E. Wood-pewee
1 Willow/Alder flycatcher
2 other Empidonax
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 E. Kingbird (from hawkwatch)
1 Warbling vireo
6 Red-eyed vireo
5 Carolina wren
2 House wren
1 Veery
1 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
1 Brown Thrasher
31 Cedar Waxwings (including from hawkwatch)
1 Blue-winged warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
2 Magnolia Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
10 Black & white Warbler
12 American Redstart
1 Northern Waterthrush
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
12+ Bobolinks
The Hawkwatch tally included (till 11am when I left): 2 Bald Eagles, a couple Merlins, a few sharp-shinneds and Cooper's, 1 Broad-wing, and a number of Ospreys.
Frank Mantlik
Stratford