It flew into the parking lot of the 

12/10 - Old Lyme: 3PM -- The YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT which was reported a couple of days ago in Old Lyme is still in the same thickets and bushes. Seems to have a preference for the bushes with the red berries. (Lieutenant River Lane, just past the Fulton-Theroux funeral home, in the thickets to the left. Sometimes the bird was down the embankment.) Also at this location at the top of the very tall spruce/fir tree (I soooo need a course in basic botany!) directly across from the funeral home: 1 red-shouldered hawk. Earlier in the afternoon: 1 large sharp-shinned hawk or small Coopers hawk It flew into the parking lot of the Old Lyme Shopping Center, landed, and proceeded to hop into the shrubs/hedge in front of the Hideaway Restaurant. I could hear him rustling around in there for a few minutes and then he flew out and landed several hundred feet away in a tall tree not far from the Old Lyme Bd of Ed building. By the time I ran back to the car to get my binoculars he was gone. I have never seen a hawk hop into a hedge. Must have been something tantalizing in there! Old Lyme Boat Launch/Observation Platform off Smith Neck Rd (off Rt 156): 4PM - 4:30PM with Hank Golet: 1 SHORT-EARED OWL 3 northern harriers 5 buffleheads Thank you Hank for helping me find my first ever short-eared owl! Carolyn Cimino Waterford ************************************** See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)