I saw the bird in question in Cove Island Park at chainlink fence dividing playground from water, to right of small maintenance building. Lea Shaw Simsbury ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:20:04 -0400 From: Frank Mantlik <mantlik@sbcglobal.net<mailto:mantlik@sbcglobal.net>> To: Birds CT <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org<mailto:ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org>> Subject: [CT Birds] Probable GRAY FLYCATCHER -Cove Is. 10/13 Message-ID: <E5217457-92FC-4EF8-A189-3044DCA5FEBC@sbcglobal.net<mailto:E5217457-92FC-4EF8-A189-3044DCA5FEBC@sbcglobal.net>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 10/13. An eBird checklist from Cove Is. Park in Stamford by Lea Shaw reported a late Least Flycatcher. This morning, Greg Hanisek and I viewed subsequently attached photos that to us look like one of the western Empidonax species , GRAY FLYCATCHER. Louis Bevier, an expert birder from Maine (and formerly CT) just saw the pix and he agrees with that ID. This would be a first CT record. Patrick Dugan is leading a walk at Cove Is. Wildlife Sanctuary this morning. It is unclear at this point if Lea Shaw saw the flycatcher in the wildlife sanctuary, or in the city park proper. Frank Mantlik Stratford Sent from my iPhone

Thanks Lea, Is that near the Wildlife Sanctuary, or across the footbridge to the larger park proper? Great find; experts are agreeing that your photos show a GRAY FLYCATCHER, a first for CT. Did you happen to note yesterday if the bird pumped its tail or not? Also, did it vocalize? Frank Mantlik Stratford Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Lea Kessler via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > I saw the bird in question in Cove Island Park at chainlink fence dividing playground from water, to right of small maintenance building. > > Lea Shaw > Simsbury > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:20:04 -0400 > From: Frank Mantlik <mantlik@sbcglobal.net<mailto:mantlik@sbcglobal.net>> > To: Birds CT <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org<mailto:ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org>> > Subject: [CT Birds] Probable GRAY FLYCATCHER -Cove Is. 10/13 > Message-ID: <E5217457-92FC-4EF8-A189-3044DCA5FEBC@sbcglobal.net<mailto:E5217457-92FC-4EF8-A189-3044DCA5FEBC@sbcglobal.net>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 10/13. An eBird checklist from Cove Is. Park in Stamford by Lea Shaw reported a late Least Flycatcher. This morning, Greg Hanisek and I viewed subsequently attached photos that to us look like one of the western Empidonax species , GRAY FLYCATCHER. Louis Bevier, an expert birder from Maine (and formerly CT) just saw the pix and he agrees with that ID. This would be a first CT record. > > Patrick Dugan is leading a walk at Cove Is. Wildlife Sanctuary this morning. It is unclear at this point if Lea Shaw saw the flycatcher in the wildlife sanctuary, or in the city park proper. > > Frank Mantlik > Stratford > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

Any video showing tail movement would be awesome. Roy Harvey Beacon Falls, CT On Oct 14, 2017, at 10:24 AM, Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: Thanks Lea, Is that near the Wildlife Sanctuary, or across the footbridge to the larger park proper? Great find; experts are agreeing that your photos show a GRAY FLYCATCHER, a first for CT. Did you happen to note yesterday if the bird pumped its tail or not? Also, did it vocalize? Frank Mantlik Stratford Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2017, at 10:12 AM, Lea Kessler via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > I saw the bird in question in Cove Island Park at chainlink fence dividing playground from water, to right of small maintenance building. > > Lea Shaw > Simsbury > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 08:20:04 -0400 > From: Frank Mantlik <mantlik@sbcglobal.net<mailto:mantlik@sbcglobal.net>> > To: Birds CT <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org<mailto:ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org>> > Subject: [CT Birds] Probable GRAY FLYCATCHER -Cove Is. 10/13 > Message-ID: <E5217457-92FC-4EF8-A189-3044DCA5FEBC@sbcglobal.net<mailto:E5217457-92FC-4EF8-A189-3044DCA5FEBC@sbcglobal.net>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > 10/13. An eBird checklist from Cove Is. Park in Stamford by Lea Shaw reported a late Least Flycatcher. This morning, Greg Hanisek and I viewed subsequently attached photos that to us look like one of the western Empidonax species , GRAY FLYCATCHER. Louis Bevier, an expert birder from Maine (and formerly CT) just saw the pix and he agrees with that ID. This would be a first CT record. > > Patrick Dugan is leading a walk at Cove Is. Wildlife Sanctuary this morning. It is unclear at this point if Lea Shaw saw the flycatcher in the wildlife sanctuary, or in the city park proper. > > Frank Mantlik > Stratford > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org