From Hank Golet, with Noble Proctor, Linda Vegliante and John
Peiffer:
4/26 - Old Lyme, Griswold Pt -- male SUMMER TANAGER. Bird was seen
feeding on beach flies from start of beach to half way from end, on
top and back side of dune, which is now mostly sand due to recent
Nor'easter
From Dave Rosgen:
4/25 - Winchester, 121-126 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
EVENING GROSBEAKS that only stayed for 10 minutes, 9 Purple Finches, 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, 1 Common Raven
From Frank Gallo
4/24 - Stratford, new railroad trail -- 3 male Boat-tailed Grackles, 2
displaying to one another; 7 Pectoral Sandpipers
From Steve & Charla Spector:
4/24 -- Milford Point -- LEAST TERN
From Meredith Sampson:
4/25 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 2 WINTER WRENS
From Blair Wlochowski
4/26 - Simsbury, Corner Of Route 10 & 202 and Iron Horse Blvd --
Ruffed Grouse
From Lorraine Gunderse:
4/26 - Guilford, Mill Pond (back section near small dam) -- Wilson's
Snipe
From Jan Collins:
4/25 - South Windsor, Ferry Lane -- 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS and 1
Spotted Sandpiper
From Frank Errico:
4/25 - Morris, E. Shore Rd. (White Memorial's Laurel Hill Trail) -- 1
Ruffed Grouse
From Roger Johnson:
4/26 - Goshen, East St. North near Hageman-Shean Rd -- 1 Ruffed Grouse
From Bill Banks:
4/26 - Derby, Kellog Environmental Center -- BROWN THRASHER
From Luke Tiller:
4/26 - Milford, Silver Sands State Park -- 2 singing Brown Thrashers
this evening as well as a good number of Wilson's Snipe
Migration Notes:
First (more or less) reports:
American Redstart -- Guilford Salt Meadow Sanctuary; Cheshire Audubon
Sanctuary
Yellow-throated Vireo -- Middlebury, Long Meadow Pond
Others:
Black-throated Green Warbler -- Barkhamsted
Blue-headed Vireo -- Barkhamsted
Blue-winged Warbler -- Canton
HOUSE WREN -- Brookfield
Chimney Swifts -- Hartford/ West Hartford; Milford