From Frank Mantlik: 07/15/14 - Milford, foot of Sailor's Lane -- 2:06 PM; adult AMERICAN AVOCET sleeping out in marsh by itself along edge of a channel. Tide is dead high. Spotting scope definitely needed. Sailor's Lane is off Housatonic Rd at north side of large Milford saltmarsh. From Sara Zagorski with Angela Dimmitt: 07/15/14 - Sherman, Wimisink Marsh -- we observed the adult American Bittern and 3 youngsters this morning from 7:40 AM to 9:30 AM. The 2 younsters were on the tussock island, but the 3d younster was by itself in the grass behind and further left of the other two. Maybe it was voed off the island? :) The adult was close by, and we watched it hunt and eat a frog. All appears to be well. From Frank Mantlik: 07/15/14 - Milford -- 3 adult BLACK SKIMMERS skimming on Housatonic River near tip of Milford Point, as scoped from Stratford Greenway. From Arthur Shippee: 07/15/14 - Hamden, Upper Lake Whitney -- Black Vulture. From Don Morgan: 07/14/14 - Ashford/Union, Boston Hollow/Yale Forest -- 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3 Acadian Flycatcher, 1 Common Raven, 2 Winter Wren, 4 Blackburnian Warbler.