No luck with the Lark Sparrow today between 1:30 and 4:30 at Hammonasset.? Rumor has it that other birders were present earlier in the day and also did not have any success.? On a positive note the Tricolored Heron was at the new marsh at the East Beach Parking lot at 3:30 though it?was not easy to find.? It was only visible for about 5 seconds and completely blended into the marsh before and after the sighting.

Other birds present behind the Nature Center during the 3 hour vigil there included -

1 Merlin

1 im. Goshawk - went after the sparrows but wasn't successful

1 Cooper's Hawk

1 Hummingbird

Mike Resch

Pepperell, MA

I see there were some negative reports on the Lark Sparrow.  I had the bird on 10/1, near the amphitheater behind the nature center.

A reminder that the Stratford Bird Festival kicks off with a bird walk this evening.  The bulk of the activities are on Saturday and there are also some public bird walks on Sunday.  For more details, please see:
http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_13452559

and
http://www.greatmeadowsmarsh.org/

Tomorrow's activities include bird walks, talks on bird conservation, bird banding (weather permitting), an American Kestrel from the Sharon Audubon Center, a shorebird ID seminar from the Connecticut Audubon Society, bird carving displays, including some historic Shang Wheeler decoys and a raptor presentation from Wing Over Wings.

Patrick

Patrick M. Comins
Director of Bird Conservation
Audubon Connecticut
pcomins@audubon.org

http://iba.audubon.org/iba/viewState.do?state=US-CT

Audubon Center at Bent of the River
185 East Flat Hill Road
Southbury,  CT 06488
Phone:  (203)264-5098 x305
or 203-267-6732 x305
Fax: (203)264-6332