11/06/2013
From Dan Rottino:
11/06/13 - Lebanon -- 4:45 PM; witnessing grackles by the hundreds of
thousands landing in Exeter swamp at Rte 16 / 207 in Lebanon. They've
been streaming in from the east since before 4:30 with dense clouds of
them swirling around at times. I am estimating 300,000. They'll have
to fly out in the morning.
From Frank Mantlik:
11/06/13 - Milford, Milford Point -- 75 Snow Buntings, 2 Nelson's
Sparrows, 1 "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow.
From Tina Green with NHBC 1st Wednesday group:
11/06/13 - Westport, assorted locations -- 2 Lesser Scaup, Peregrine
Falcon.
From Paul Carrier:
11/06/13 - ?????, Twin Lakes -- pair Red-headed Ducks.
Goshen, East Street N -- 3 Rusty Blackbird.
From Bill Asteriades:
11/06/13 - East Hartford, Hockanum River Linear Trail -- 7 PECTORAL
SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS and a DUNLIN.
From Steve & Charla Spector:
11/06/13 - Stratford, from Wayne's Walk (near Short Beach) -- male
Eurasian Wigeon (striking red head with golden forehead), Red-necked
Grebe.
Birdseye -- another Red-necked Grebe.
11/05/13 - Milford, Silver Sands SP, 2 Snow Bunting on main beach.
From Aaron Dollar:
11/05/13 - New Haven -- juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker at the
intersection of Bradley and Lincoln Streets at 9 AM, primarily on the
tree directly on the north west corner of the intersection, but moving
between a few of the trees surrounding the house on that corner.
Later, at 2:30 PM, bird continued.
From Richard Payne:
11/05/13 - New Haven -- 4 PM; Juvenile Red-headed Woodpecker found
earlier in the day was easily re-found on the corner of Lincoln and
Bradley Streets, in dead top of elm tree on the NW corner of the
intersection.
From Bill Banks:
11/05/13 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park -- 1 EVENING GROSBEAK.
From Keith Mueller:
11/05/13 - Durham, Greenbachers Pond -- Cackling Goose, 7 Lesser
Scaup.
Middlefield, Lyman's Pond -- 2 Northern Pintail.
From Chris Bosak:
11/05/13 - Darien, Selleck's Woods -- Brown Creeper, Winter Wren.
From Frank Mantlik:
11/05/13 - Stratford, Sea-watching from several sites along the shore
(Stratford Point, Russian Beach, Long Beach) -- 3 White-winged Scoter,
4 Black Scoter, 2 Bonaparte's Gull.
From Tina Green:
11/05/13 - Westport, Burying Hill Beach -- 2 Forster's Terns flying
east just off shore early in the morning.
From Annette Nejaime Pasek:
11/05/13 - South Glastonbury, Cotton Hollow -- 2 Brown Creepers.