Hi All,

I just found another historical CT birds book.  This is a much longer read,
it covers almost 300 species in CT, includes many arrival dates of migrants.
This book may be more useful for entering into ebird, or for other
historical purposes.  It puzzles me that the author seems worried about the
number of migrants that die each year striking lighthouses, yet he seems a
bit thrilled having shot birds for specimens.  I know, shooting was fairly
common pre 1900's.

http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/001515940

Melissa Baston

Amazing stuff! I quickly clicked on #4 and was amazed to read about bird kills that occurred when they flew into lighthouses.

I remember one night being on Pratt Street in Hartford seeing dead waxwings all over the place.

Joe in Madison...formerly from Meriden, Wallingford, New Haven, East Hampton and Marlborough.

On Thursday, February 18, 2016 9:02 AM, Melissa Baston via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:

Hi All,

I just found another historical CT birds book.  This is a much longer read,
it covers almost 300 species in CT, includes many arrival dates of migrants.
This book may be more useful for entering into ebird, or for other
historical purposes.  It puzzles me that the author seems worried about the
number of migrants that die each year striking lighthouses, yet he seems a
bit thrilled having shot birds for specimens.  I know, shooting was fairly
common pre 1900's.

http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/001515940

Melissa Baston

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