Hi Birders,
Greetings from Panama where White-tailed Kites also  fly!

I was asked to post a draft copy of the ROCKY HILL MEADOWS SITE GUIDE by
Buzz Devine & Dwight Smith prior to its approval and acceptance for
publication in the Warbler.  You can find it on the COA web site www.ctbirding.org
(http://www.ctbirding.org)  along with the schedule  for the Lighthouse
Point Park Migration Festival Schedule which is set for  Sunday, September 26,
2010.  Both can be reached via links on the front  page of the web site.

Good birding!

Gina Nichol
COA Web Manager
www.ctbirding.org (http://www.ctbirding.org)

I  just saw an interesting behavior by a Carolina wren.  I have a small wood
tray feeder on my deck.  It's about 3" square with a 1/2" lip and I put a
handful of hulled sunflower in it occasionally but haven't done so in months. 
The wrens will visit this feeder or the peanut butter feeder nearby often in the
winter.  Just now a wren was bathing in the empty feeder.  There are nearby
areas that I think would be suitable for a dust bath, and the water bird bath is
less than 20' away.  Interesting that this wren would choose to "bathe" in an
empty tray rather than in either of the two typical baths.

Rob Ballinger - Farmington