The highlight of today's hawk watch at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven was a single Sandhill Crane. It flew in from the east, a typical arrival mode for migrants, but dropped out of sight at Morris Creek before we made a positive ID. However, Sol Satin suggested Sandhill Crane based on brief looks at head-on flight style. The bird soon resumed its flight and proved Sol correct, giving excellent in-flight views before passing on to the north (with no interest in crossing Long Island Sound or New Haven Harbor.) Good northwest winds brought 24 migrant raptors of 5 expected species, with the high being 13 American Kestrels. Other passage migrants included c 600 Cedar Waxwings; 180 Red-winged Blackbirds; c 140 Bobolinks; 10 Chimney Swifts; 10 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds; and 3 Eastern Kingbirds. Greg Hanisek Waterbury