Our Bird with BIRD Walk at Silver Sands this morning tallied 52 species - highlights being Nelson's Sparrow and two very showy Marsh Wrens. Other than that, sparrow and raptor numbers were low. There were several very talented and vocal Mockingbirds doing all kinds of songs including a great Yellow-breasted Chat impression that had us running! eBird list below. Gina Nichol & Steve Bird Sunrise Birding LLC www.sunrisebirding.com US-CT-Milford-Silver Sands State Park - 41.2012x-73.0696, New Haven, Connecticut, US Oct 6, 2016 8:00 AM - 11:20 AM Protocol: Traveling 1.0 mile(s) Comments: Sunrise Birding Bird with BIRD walk at Silver Sands State Park. Gorgeous morning! 52 species Canada Goose 19 American Black Duck 1 Wild Turkey 9 Double-crested Cormorant 10 Great Egret 1 Snowy Egret 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Osprey 4 Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Least Sandpiper 1 Greater Yellowlegs 1 Laughing Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 4 Herring Gull 6 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2 Mourning Dove 8 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 4 American Kestrel 4 Eastern Phoebe 6 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 1 Fish Crow 1 Common Raven 1 Tree Swallow 200 Black-capped Chickadee 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Marsh Wren 2 Carolina Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 6 Northern Mockingbird 8 European Starling 12 Common Yellowthroat 2 Palm Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 35 Nelson's Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 20 Song Sparrow 8 Swamp Sparrow 4 Eastern Towhee 1 Northern Cardinal 3 Red-winged Blackbird 6 Common Grackle 15 House Finch 10 House Sparrow 4 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31916666 Gina Beebe Nichol Sunrise Birding LLC Worldwide Bird Watching Tours & Wildlife Safaris PO Box 274, Cos Cob, CT 06807 gina@sunrisebirding.com www.sunrisebirding.com USA 203.453.6724