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11/26/2008 CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD

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Roy Harvey
Thu, Nov 27, 2008 2:48 AM

From Angela Dimmitt via Jim Dugan:
11/26 - Simsbury - CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD continues, 12:40PM.  Buzzed
home owners orange & red sweater.

 From Bill Sweet:
11/26 - Wallingford -- The BARNACLE GOOSE was at the south end of
MacKenzie Res. at 7:30 AM At the Williams Rd intersection.

From Brian Webster:
11/26 - Stratford yard -- 7:35am, (1) Fox Sparrow.

From Kevin Finnan
11/26 - Goshen yard -- about 20 Pine Siskins.

From Paul Cianfaglione:
11/26 -  South Windsor, Vibert Road -- 4 SNOW BUNTING, 1 FOX SPARROW.
Also, waste corn is currently being cut and attracting thousands of
blackbirds and lots of sparrows......good place to keep tabs on.

From Shaun Martin and Richard Trepp:
11/26 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 15 Snow Buntings, Peregrine
Falcon.
Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 1 White-rumped Sandpiper.
Stratford, Prospect Drive -- Clay-colored Sparrow along edge of fence.

From Glenn Williams:
11/26 - Mystic yard -- adult YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.

From Patrick, Tricia and Maxson Comins:
11/26 - Wallingford, North Farms Reservoir -- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED
GOOSE, from 3:45-dark.

From Peter Scully via nysbirds and EJ Raynor:
11/26 - Bridgeport, ferry -- Inside Bridgeport harbor, on the shore
directly off the bow of the docked ferry was an adult LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL with a small flock of mostly herring gulls.

From David Babington:
11/26 - Washington yard -- Fox Sparrow.

From Jan Collins:
11/25 - Storrs, UConn Campus, Horsebarn Hill Rd -- before dark, 2
immature SNOW GEESE in the large flock of Canada Geese.

From Angela Dimmitt via Jim Dugan: 11/26 - Simsbury - CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD continues, 12:40PM. Buzzed home owners orange & red sweater.  From Bill Sweet: 11/26 - Wallingford -- The BARNACLE GOOSE was at the south end of MacKenzie Res. at 7:30 AM At the Williams Rd intersection. From Brian Webster: 11/26 - Stratford yard -- 7:35am, (1) Fox Sparrow. From Kevin Finnan 11/26 - Goshen yard -- about 20 Pine Siskins. From Paul Cianfaglione: 11/26 - South Windsor, Vibert Road -- 4 SNOW BUNTING, 1 FOX SPARROW. Also, waste corn is currently being cut and attracting thousands of blackbirds and lots of sparrows......good place to keep tabs on. From Shaun Martin and Richard Trepp: 11/26 - Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- 15 Snow Buntings, Peregrine Falcon. Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 1 White-rumped Sandpiper. Stratford, Prospect Drive -- Clay-colored Sparrow along edge of fence. From Glenn Williams: 11/26 - Mystic yard -- adult YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. From Patrick, Tricia and Maxson Comins: 11/26 - Wallingford, North Farms Reservoir -- GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, from 3:45-dark. From Peter Scully via nysbirds and EJ Raynor: 11/26 - Bridgeport, ferry -- Inside Bridgeport harbor, on the shore directly off the bow of the docked ferry was an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL with a small flock of mostly herring gulls. From David Babington: 11/26 - Washington yard -- Fox Sparrow. From Jan Collins: 11/25 - Storrs, UConn Campus, Horsebarn Hill Rd -- before dark, 2 immature SNOW GEESE in the large flock of Canada Geese.