From Scott Kruitbosch: 10/04/12 - Stratford Point -- 1 CASPIAN TERN, 2 FORSTER'S TERN, 5 BLACK SKIMMER, 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW among 51 species. See the full list here: http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/2012/10/stratford-point-birds-104.html Considering Frank mentioned 2 Caspians were still present at Silver Sands before and after my sighting that takes us up to 3 birds on the day. Patrick, Donna, and Corrie posted about the Great Stratford Bird Festival, but I wanted to make one point clear as it is often asked of me - Stratford Point and the usually closed gate will be open for any visitors all weekend. Come on down! Even if it's a poor weather day it can be very productive just as this foggy and showery one was. ======== Scott Kruitbosch Conservation Technician Connecticut Audubon Society 2325 Burr St. Fairfield, CT 06824 CAS blog: ctaudubon.blogspot.com CAS Twitter: twitter.com/CTAudubon Email: skruitbosch@ctaudubon.org www.ctaudubon.org

And this afternoon (10/4) I found a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Stratford Point. It was perched on the east end of the dune (red) snow-fencing; many Savannah Sparrows were also present. This was the 2nd one in a month that I found there. Frank Mantlik Stratford ________________________________ From: Scott Kruitbosch <skruitbosch@ctaudubon.org> To: "ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Thu, October 4, 2012 2:51:37 PM Subject: [CT Birds] Stratford Point 10/4 and this weekend >From Scott Kruitbosch: 10/04/12 - Stratford Point -- 1 CASPIAN TERN, 2 FORSTER'S TERN, 5 BLACK SKIMMER, 1 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW among 51 species. See the full list here: http://ctaudubon.blogspot.com/2012/10/stratford-point-birds-104.html Considering Frank mentioned 2 Caspians were still present at Silver Sands before and after my sighting that takes us up to 3 birds on the day. Patrick, Donna, and Corrie posted about the Great Stratford Bird Festival, but I wanted to make one point clear as it is often asked of me - Stratford Point and the usually closed gate will be open for any visitors all weekend. Come on down! Even if it's a poor weather day it can be very productive just as this foggy and showery one was. ======== Scott Kruitbosch Conservation Technician Connecticut Audubon Society 2325 Burr St. Fairfield, CT 06824 CAS blog: ctaudubon.blogspot.com CAS Twitter: twitter.com/CTAudubon Email: skruitbosch@ctaudubon.org www.ctaudubon.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org