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07/28/2014

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Roy Harvey
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 2:33 AM

From Frank Mantlik:
07/28/14 - Guilford, Shell Beach Rd, salt marsh pools opposite red
house -- adult STILT SANDPIPER continues at 9:15 AM, along with many
other usual shorebirds.  A bit later... in addition there is now an
adult LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER feeding by itself (and apart from 4
Short-billed Dowitchers). Rich Rusty underparts, white barred
undertail coverts, very long bill (probably female), exhibiting hump-
back and pot belly ("swallowed a grapefruit look").

From Paul Desjardins:
07/28/14 - Suffield, Suffield Wildlife Management Area -- Grasshopper
Sparrow and Eastern Meadowlark.
East Granby, East Granby Farms -- Black Billed Cuckoo.

From Maria Stockmal:
07/28/14 - Milford, Milford point -- Red Knot, Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron, White-winged Scoter.

From Dan, Emily and Danny Rottino:
07/28/14 - Milford, Coastal Center -- 8:00 AM; 2 RED KNOT.
Guilford, Shell beach -- 1:00 PM; 1 STILT SANDPIPER, then at 6:00 PM
(just Dan); 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and 2 STILT SANDPIPER.

From Chris Loscalzo, Patrick Comins, Paul and Maureen Wolter:
07/28/14 - Guilford, Leete's Island (Shell Beach) Marsh -- one
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and two STILT SANDPIPERS.

From Chris Loscalzo:
07/28/14 -  Westbrook, Menunketesuck River Marsh (observed from the
SBM NWR Salt Meadow Unit) -- Seven LITTLE BLUE HERON (four adults and
three juveniles).

From Don Morgan:
07/27/14 - Windham, Boston Hollow/Yale Forest -- 1 Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker, 1 Brown Creeper,

From Frank Mantlik: 07/28/14 - Guilford, Shell Beach Rd, salt marsh pools opposite red house -- adult STILT SANDPIPER continues at 9:15 AM, along with many other usual shorebirds. A bit later... in addition there is now an adult LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER feeding by itself (and apart from 4 Short-billed Dowitchers). Rich Rusty underparts, white barred undertail coverts, very long bill (probably female), exhibiting hump- back and pot belly ("swallowed a grapefruit look"). From Paul Desjardins: 07/28/14 - Suffield, Suffield Wildlife Management Area -- Grasshopper Sparrow and Eastern Meadowlark. East Granby, East Granby Farms -- Black Billed Cuckoo. From Maria Stockmal: 07/28/14 - Milford, Milford point -- Red Knot, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, White-winged Scoter. From Dan, Emily and Danny Rottino: 07/28/14 - Milford, Coastal Center -- 8:00 AM; 2 RED KNOT. Guilford, Shell beach -- 1:00 PM; 1 STILT SANDPIPER, then at 6:00 PM (just Dan); 1 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and 2 STILT SANDPIPER. From Chris Loscalzo, Patrick Comins, Paul and Maureen Wolter: 07/28/14 - Guilford, Leete's Island (Shell Beach) Marsh -- one LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, and two STILT SANDPIPERS. From Chris Loscalzo: 07/28/14 - Westbrook, Menunketesuck River Marsh (observed from the SBM NWR Salt Meadow Unit) -- Seven LITTLE BLUE HERON (four adults and three juveniles). From Don Morgan: 07/27/14 - Windham, Boston Hollow/Yale Forest -- 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 1 Brown Creeper,