From Angela Dimmitt: 05/29/14 - New Milford yard -- Black-billed Cuckoo. From Aidan Kiley: 05/29/14 - Fairfield, 58 Steiner St -- 1 Common Raven sitting on top of the roof. From Jim Pfeifer: 05/29/14 - Watertown -- I took a 20 minute walk this morning around 9:30 (5/29/14) down a CL&P Easement (Frost Bridge Easement I think) which crosses Park Road. Very birdy, including a very, very cooperative Lifer Hooded Warbler. I've been looking for one in CT for years, and have always failed (heard but never seen) - had the bird for 2-3 minutes singing and foraging on right side of the easement looking north, about 1,000 feet north of Park Road. Also had eight other warbler species. From Mark Scott: 05/29/14 - Hamden, Farmington Canal Trail -- Mourning Warbler seen/heard as of 10:30 AM near mile 3.9 of the canal trail. To get to this spot would require a walk or bicycle ride of close to a mile from the nearest parking area. Directions: find the "T" intersection of Whitney Avenue and Sherman Avenue in Hamden. Take Sherman Avenue for about a mile until you see a public parking lot on the left. It may be marked for canal trail use. Park there; you will see the trail adjacent to the lot. With your back to Sherman Avenue, follow the trail to the right, which is south and in the direction of New Haven. (Left is north and in the direction of Cheshire.) The trail curves to the left and descends, then straightens out again. Look for a fenced-off field to the left and a green metal bench to the right; and also, the number "3.9" in blue paint on the canal pavement (it is rather faded). Close to these landmarks the field ends and the woods begin. There is also a sign here indicating that the field is under video surveillance. The bird was found low in the greenery at this field/woods edge. It was singing intermittently. From John Marshall and Andy Stack: 05/29/14 - Shelton, Shelton Rec Path, Lane Street section -- 2 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO early morning heard at the same time (jm), BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO noon time heard and seen by Andy later heard by John. All along the field southeast of the foot bridge. From Judy Moore: 05/29/14 - Woodbridge, Woodbridge Community Gardens -- I had a five-minute look at a Mourning Warbler Thursday morning.  It was working its way through the bushes at the north side of the far gardens (below Chris's apple orchard) and sang a few times.  What a beauty! From Paul Desjardins: 05/29/14 - Kent, Schaghticoke Road -- pair of Hooded Warblers. From Paul Wolter: 05/29/14 - Branford, Branford Dump -- evening; an Olive-sided Flycatcher in bare tree in a clearing. Not on the highest point, that was taken by a Hummingbird. From Frank Mantlik: 05/29/14 - Stratford, Long Beach/Long Beach West -- WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Peregrine Falcon, 3 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES. From Don Morgan: 05/29/14 - Windham, Boston Hollow/Barlow Mill -- 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 1 Acadian Flycatcher, 2 Common Raven, 5 Blackburnian Warbler, 2 Purple Finch. From Peter DeGennaro: 05/29/14 - Naugatuck, Miller Drive -- Yellow-billed Cuckoo calling near the end of the street. From Ted Gilman: 05/29/14 - Greenwich, Audubon Center -- ORCHARD ORIOLE male continues to sing regularly in area between nature center and orchard. From Chris Elphick: 05/27/14 - Stonington, Barn Island WMA -- one of the students in my lab (Emma Shelly) saw a Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Barn Island, a little unusual so far east. (There's a photo on a new blog we've created to describe the ongoing research on tidal marsh birds that my group and colleagues at several other universities are doing. The blog is here - scroll down a few posts for the heron pic: http://www.tidalmarshbirds.net/?page_id=1330)