From Frank Gallo and Jesus Tirado: 07/14/14 - Milford, Milford Point, Wheeler Marsh -- While leading a summer camp group through the marsh, we found an American Avocet roosting with egrets in the center of the marsh at high tide. The bird flew to the west and we were unable to relocate it. (Nobody else found it yet either.) From Kathy Van Der Aue: 07/14/14 - Sherman, Wimisink Marsh -- saw the adult Bittern and the three fledglings very well. From Mike Warner: 07/14/14 - Wilton, Horseshoe Road, Horseshoe Pond -- 9:30 AM; Little Blue Heron. From Sara Zagorski: 07/13/14 - Simsbury, Great Pond -- An adult Mississippi Kite appeared over the pond at 7:50 AM, hunted about 10 minutes, then disappeared. Also had a Yellow-billed Cuckoo. From John Marshall: 07/13/14 - Simsbury, Great Pond -- MISSISSIPPI KITE, flew in at about 12:40 and left almost immediately. I watched it circle for about two minutes. From Doug Beach: 07/13/14 - Simsbury, Great Pond -- After spending a cumulative 12.5 hours last year at Great Pond and NOT seeing the Mississippi Kite, I bagged it Sunday afternoon in exactly 10  minutes.  At 1:20 PM the bird came in for approximately 3 minutes before exiting to the left (toward the west). From Brenda Inskeep: 07/13/14 - Sherman, Wimisink Marsh -- 6:30 AM; American Bittern. From Jan Hollerbach along with Judy Richardson: 07/13/14 - Sherman, Wimisink Marsh -- Adult American Bittern and 3 babies seen. From Angela Dimmitt: 07/13/14 - Sherman, Wimisink Marsh -- American Bitterns; 3 babies on island and one adult in open pond. Also, the yellow-billed cuckoo flew by again to the trees to the left of the boardwalk. From Bill Asteriades: 07/13/14 - East Hartford, Hockanum Linear Park Trail -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER.