From Don Morgan:
08/20/14 - Mansfield -- There was a tremendous flight of Common
Nighthawks this evening over the Willimantic River, just north of the
Eagleville Lake dam. The birds stayed farther north than usual, so
most of my sightings were bins and scope only, but I counted one
flock of 390 (very low, I'm sure). I saw flocks of birds at least 10
times or so, but I have no way of knowing if they were the same birds
or different flocks moving through. I counted well over 300 twice
more, but also had many smaller groups, from about 170 down to as few
as 8. If they were all different birds (unlikely) there would have
been well over 1000. I saw the first birds at 6:45 (but I had just
gotten there) and the last ones at 7:45 (I left then - almost dark).
Normally the birds follow the river down to and past Eagleville, but
tonight only a few ever made it that far south. Must have been a good
hatch up north. In previous years I have seen as many as 250 in a
single flock there.
From Sean Grace:
08/20/14 - Eagleville (Mansfield) -- When we arrived at 7:00 at the
Housatonic Valley Regional High School there was a flock of over 300
Common NightHawks passing over head down the Housatonic River. Then
another 200, then another 100 then 75. It was epic and Zach Adams our
educator and I both counted similar conservative numbers. 675 total.
From Tina Green:
08/20/14 - Westport, Sherwood Island SP -- Stilt Sandpiper (with 150
Semipalmated Sandpipers) in the Mill Pond before the entrance.
CT Audubon Tree Farm -- flyover Dickcissel.
From Bev Propen:
08/20/14 - Milford, Milford Point, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center
-- 10 to 1 PM; 4 JUVENILE YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS flying around,
landing, eating and then flying around some more. When one flew off,
the others followed.
From Alex Burdo:
08/19/14 - Fairfield, Hoydens Hill Open Space -- 1 YELLOW-BELLIED
FLYCATCHER, 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 20 BOBOLINK.
Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park -- 1 LITTLE BLUE HERON, 1
LITTLE BLUE HERON X TRICOLORED HERON.