10/24 - New Haven - Lighthouse Point Park Hawkwatch - 217 migrating raptors and many small migrants including a very late EASTERN KINGBIRD which lit at the very top of a small tree east of the watch site. The rain was winding down when it happened, but I got a good bino look. Also counted were: 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 15 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 42 Cowbird sp., 725 Red-winged Blackbirds, 50 Tree Swallows, 110 Finch sp., 6 Purple Finch, 34 House Finch, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, 14 American Crows, 45 Cedar Waxwings, 43 American Robins, 35 Common Grackles, and 40 Blue Jays. -- The Rev. Dana L. Campbell Priest in Charge, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Middletown CT dana.l.campbell@gmail.com "In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence." Robert Lynd

I've no access to data from the last 15 years or so, but Z & B (1990) show the latest date EAKI date, as 10/13. Steve Mayo Bethany On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 4:48 PM, Dana Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: 10/24 - New Haven - Lighthouse Point Park Hawkwatch - 217 migrating raptors and many small migrants including a very late EASTERN KINGBIRD which lit at the very top of a small tree east of the watch site. The rain was winding down when it happened, but I got a good bino look. Also counted were: 1 EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 15 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 42 Cowbird sp., 725 Red-winged Blackbirds, 50 Tree Swallows, 110 Finch sp., 6 Purple Finch, 34 House Finch, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, 14 American Crows, 45 Cedar Waxwings, 43 American Robins, 35 Common Grackles, and 40 Blue Jays. -- The Rev. Dana L. Campbell Priest in Charge, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Middletown CT dana.l.campbell@gmail.com "In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence." Robert Lynd _______________________________________________ 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

Dana's report had me checking my own records, knowing that several of us had seen a very late one at Barn Island a few years back. Our record was on 10/28/2007. Eastern Kingbird vacates our region rather early in autumn and is downright rare after the first week in October. Oct-Nov (so...right now) also happens to be the time when vagrant GRAY KINGBIRDs appear most frequently in the northeast. Nick Bonomo Wallingford, CT www.shorebirder.com On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Steve Mayo and Rebecca Horowitz via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > I've no access to data from the last 15 years or so, but Z & B (1990) show > the latest date EAKI date, as 10/13. > > Steve Mayo > Bethany > > > > On Tuesday, October 28, 2014 4:48 PM, Dana Campbell via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > 10/24 - New Haven - Lighthouse Point Park Hawkwatch - 217 migrating raptors > and many small migrants including a very late EASTERN KINGBIRD which lit at > the very top of a small tree east of the watch site. The rain was winding > down when it happened, but I got a good bino look. Also counted were: 1 > EASTERN MEADOWLARK, 15 Eastern Bluebirds, 1 AMERICAN PIPIT, 42 Cowbird sp., > 725 Red-winged Blackbirds, 50 Tree Swallows, 110 Finch sp., 6 Purple Finch, > 34 House Finch, 2 Double-crested Cormorants, 14 American Crows, 45 Cedar > Waxwings, 43 American Robins, 35 Common Grackles, and 40 Blue Jays. > > -- > The Rev. Dana L. Campbell > Priest in Charge, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Middletown CT > dana.l.campbell@gmail.com > > "In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence." > Robert Lynd > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 >