10/06/11: Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park, 5:30 to 6:00 pm-2 GOLDEN PLOVER in the grassy lot south of the road towards west beach, plus 3 more GOLDEN PLOVER with about 12 Black-bellied Plover, 10 Dunlin, and 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER in the Nature Center grassy lot. These birds were buzzed repeatedly by two Merlin simultaneously (they came away empty, at least while I was watching). Also, 2 juvenile TRICOLORED HERON (vs. Tricolored/Little Blue hybrids as previously suggested) in the small pond by the Meig's Point parking lot. Chris Loscalzo Woodbridge

Not sure what you mean here but if these were the birds with the copious amounts of admixed white and the little blue like bill shapes, I think calling them pure Tricolored is premature. Mark Mark S. Szantyr 80 Bicknell Road #9 Ashford, Connecticut 06278 USA 1-860-487-9766 Birddog55@charter.net -----Original Message----- From: ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Loscalzo Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:35 PM To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Subject: [CT Birds] Golden Plover et al, at Hammo 10/06/11: Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park, 5:30 to 6:00 pm-2 GOLDEN PLOVER in the grassy lot south of the road towards west beach, plus 3 more GOLDEN PLOVER with about 12 Black-bellied Plover, 10 Dunlin, and 1 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER in the Nature Center grassy lot. These birds were buzzed repeatedly by two Merlin simultaneously (they came away empty, at least while I was watching). Also, 2 juvenile TRICOLORED HERON (vs. Tricolored/Little Blue hybrids as previously suggested) in the small pond by the Meig's Point parking lot. Chris Loscalzo Woodbridge _______________________________________________ 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

My reading is that he is specifying separate and distinct birds, not the other oddballs. But we can hear from the horse's mouth himself I imagine. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2011, at 10:54 PM, "Mark Szantyr" <birddog55@charter.net> wrote: > Not sure what you mean here but if these were the birds with the copious > amounts of admixed white and the little blue like bill shapes, I think > calling them pure Tricolored is premature. > > Mark > > Mark S. Szantyr > 80 Bicknell Road #9 > Ashford, Connecticut 06278 > USA > > 1-860-487-9766 > Birddog55@charter.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org > [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of Christopher > Loscalzo > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 8:35 PM > To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > Subject: [CT Birds] Golden Plover et al, at Hammo > > 10/06/11: Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park, 5:30 to 6:00 pm-2 GOLDEN > PLOVER in the grassy lot south of the road towards west beach, plus 3 more > GOLDEN PLOVER with about 12 Black-bellied Plover, 10 Dunlin, and 1 > WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER in the Nature Center grassy lot. These birds were > buzzed repeatedly by two Merlin simultaneously (they came away empty, at > least while I was watching). Also, 2 juvenile TRICOLORED HERON (vs. > Tricolored/Little Blue hybrids as previously suggested) in the small pond by > the Meig's Point parking lot. > > > > Chris Loscalzo > > Woodbridge > > _______________________________________________ > 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