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03/26/2007

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Roy Harvey
Tue, Mar 27, 2007 1:53 AM

From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Bill Banks, Randy Domina
3/26 - Guilford, Rt 146 just east of Shell Beach Road -- 1 male
EURASIAN TEAL with c. 100 Green-winged Teal
Hammonassett, Meigs Point area -- 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 PECTORAL
SANDPIPER, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE

From Gina Nichol:
3/26 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER with
Killdeer in Meig's Point grass parking lot.

From Charlotte Matthews:
3/26 - Stratford, Housatonic Avenue -- Pied Crow, apparently and
escapee as it is "tagged".  An African species seen in some Windex
commercials.

From Carol & Gary Lemmon, Noble Proctor, Grit Ardwin:
3/26 - Branford, Branford Supply Ponds -- The Cackling Goose has
returned.  Located this morning along the North shore of the East
pond.

From Jim Dugan:
3/26 - Kent, Rte 7 -- 23 BLACK VULTURES

From Kevin Jensen & Sally McMahan:
3/25 -  Wallingford,  McKenzie Reservoir -- 10 Lesser Scaup

From Dave Rosgen:
3/25 - Winchester, 121-126 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2
Common Ravens, 3 Purple Finches
3/24 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 1
Purple Finch
(White Memorial's Ongley Pond Trail) -- 4 Rusty Blackbirds

From John Marshall & John Eykelhoff:
3/25 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1
Northern Pintail, 4 Redheads, 1 Lesser Scaup

From Mike Doyle:
3/25 - Morris feeder -- 1 Purple Finch

From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff:
3/23 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 5
Redheads, 1 Lesser Scaup, 3 American Woodcock displaying

From Dave Rosgen, w/ Lukas Hyder & Keith Cudworth:
3/26 - Litchfield, 71 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Office Feeders)
-- 3 Purple Finches

From Dave Rosgen, w/ Susan O'Neil, et. al.:
3/26 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) --
our first Chipping Sparrow of 2007

(White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee Bridge) -- 16 Fox
Sparrows, 45 Rusty Blackbirds; Also, our first Pine Warblers (2) of
2007

From Dave Rosgen & Max Ehrman:
3/26 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Activity Field) --
2 Common Ravens

From Dave Rosgen:
3/26 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 3
Purple Finches

From Greg Hanisek, Neil Currie, Bill Banks, Randy Domina 3/26 - Guilford, Rt 146 just east of Shell Beach Road -- 1 male EURASIAN TEAL with c. 100 Green-winged Teal Hammonassett, Meigs Point area -- 1 AMERICAN BITTERN, 1 PECTORAL SANDPIPER, 2 WILSON'S SNIPE From Gina Nichol: 3/26 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- PECTORAL SANDPIPER with Killdeer in Meig's Point grass parking lot. From Charlotte Matthews: 3/26 - Stratford, Housatonic Avenue -- Pied Crow, apparently and escapee as it is "tagged". An African species seen in some Windex commercials. From Carol & Gary Lemmon, Noble Proctor, Grit Ardwin: 3/26 - Branford, Branford Supply Ponds -- The Cackling Goose has returned. Located this morning along the North shore of the East pond. From Jim Dugan: 3/26 - Kent, Rte 7 -- 23 BLACK VULTURES From Kevin Jensen & Sally McMahan: 3/25 - Wallingford, McKenzie Reservoir -- 10 Lesser Scaup From Dave Rosgen: 3/25 - Winchester, 121-126 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 2 Common Ravens, 3 Purple Finches 3/24 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Area) -- 1 Purple Finch (White Memorial's Ongley Pond Trail) -- 4 Rusty Blackbirds From John Marshall & John Eykelhoff: 3/25 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 1 Northern Pintail, 4 Redheads, 1 Lesser Scaup From Mike Doyle: 3/25 - Morris feeder -- 1 Purple Finch From Dave Rosgen, w/ John Eykelhoff: 3/23 - Litchfield, N. Shore Rd. (Bantam Lake's Pt. Folly) -- 5 Redheads, 1 Lesser Scaup, 3 American Woodcock displaying From Dave Rosgen, w/ Lukas Hyder & Keith Cudworth: 3/26 - Litchfield, 71 White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Office Feeders) -- 3 Purple Finches From Dave Rosgen, w/ Susan O'Neil, et. al.: 3/26 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Museum Feeders) -- our first Chipping Sparrow of 2007 (White Memorial's Mattatuck Trail @ Chickadee Bridge) -- 16 Fox Sparrows, 45 Rusty Blackbirds; Also, our first Pine Warblers (2) of 2007 From Dave Rosgen & Max Ehrman: 3/26 - Litchfield, White Hall Rd. (White Memorial's Activity Field) -- 2 Common Ravens From Dave Rosgen: 3/26 - Winchester, 121 Laurel Way (Rosgen Wildlife Sanctuary) -- 3 Purple Finches