Scott's report of the meadowlarks gives me an opening to remind everyone to log grassland bird sightings into eBird to help inventory existing grasslands. The better we understand the current distribution of nesting grassland birds in CT the more successful the new State Grasslands Initiative will be. Please see Milan Bull's post of 4/12 for additional information. I will post this reminder from time to time when I see reports of grassland birds come across the list. Thanks! Patrick Comins, Meriden. PS Luke...that we are in CT is one good reason it is almost certainly a Solitary Sandpiper as opposed to a Green Sandpiper :) It does pay to look at things carefully though! Especially if they occur out of season. -----Original Message----- From: ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org]On Behalf Of Scott Ricker Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:26 PM To: massbird@theworld.com Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Southwick & WSuffield Mass & CTBirders 2-Eastern Meadowlark/I was watching the four wheelers do there thing further down the field when I was pleasantly surprised by the melodious call of a Meadowlark! I looked over the tops of the wood poles for about 5 minutes and finally found an Eastern Meadowlark teed-up on top of a pole. Then I could here another Eastern Meadowlark calling about 300-400' away. Two Eastern Meadowlarks nested in this area last summer. If the off road vehicles don't drive them out, it looks like they will nest here this summer. Still no sign of any American Kestral :( Scott Ricker Southwick, MA. Ptbagger(at)Verizon(dot)net   _______________________________________________ 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