From Jim Carr: 10/16/14 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- American Bittern, enclosed field w/ blind north of nature center parking lot. 9:00 AM. From Michaelene Komara: 10/16/14 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- 10:20 AM; American Bittern continues. From Danny Williams: 10/16/14 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- 2 ROYAL TERNS appeared on the rocks at the end of the Moirane Trail shortly before 9:00 AM. Madison, Bauer Park, Madison Community Gardens -- 11:00 AM; Female BLUE GROSBEAK feeding on the sunflowers in plot #13. (Editor's note: See report from Chuck Imbergamo that follows!) Clinton, Clinton Town Beach -- 1 flyover immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK at 1:15 PM. Waterford, Harkness SP -- 1 PEREGRINE FALCON buzzing mallards in Goshen Cove. From Tina Green: 10/16/14 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- 2 Royal Terns flying by and calling,seen with Micky Komara from the end of the moraine trail around 1:20 PM. From Chuck Imbergamo: 10/16/14 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- found the American Bittern doing the 'reed display', visible from the western exit road from the Willard Island lot as well as the Menunkatuck blind on the east side of the marsh on the north side of the nature center parking lot. Be prepared to get your feet very wet if you you use the blind...a large puddle is only entry to the blind! Madison, Bauer Farm -- re-located what might have been a BLUE GROSBEAK (or maybe an Indigo Bunting? Photos may reveal the answer.) which flew from the garden to the woods and back several times from 3-3:25 PM. From Frank Mantlik with Mike Warner: 10/16/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Juvenile ROYAL TERN just flew in from west to feed briefly offshore from near end of the Moraine Trail 3:20-3:30. It then flew Far East and was last scoped flying around over distant breakwater. From Doug Beach with Roger Preston: 10/15/14 - Simsbury, Great Pond -- re-located a Cackling Goose which we originally saw from a distance on Oct. 5. The bird was close to the south shore, to the point that we could hear it vocalizing.