9/12/10 - Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch, 9 - 5 pm,  OS 11, SS 18, CH 1, BW 1, AK 4, ML 1, UR 1.  37 total.
CHSW  6,  RTHU 5, a skein of ~80 small shorebirds in a modified "V" formation
and also a Whimbrel sized shorebird.  Shorebirds headed due south. SE winds,
overcast all day with two very minor mist events.  Visitors 3.

Mike Warner
Wilton CT.

Lighthouse Park had very similar hawk watch experiences today.  45 hawks on strong ENE winds and beautifully wild cloudy skies.  Cumulus moving fast at all altitudes.  3 visitors.
 
I had 39 thin, medium-sized shorebirds, east of the Park, heading SE towards the East Haven Beaches.  I can only conclude they were Lesser Yellowlegs.
 
As of now, Tuesday and Wednesday are looking good for migrants. 
 
 
Steve Mayo
Bethany

--- On Sun, 9/12/10, Mike Warner mjwarner@optonline.net wrote:

From: Mike Warner mjwarner@optonline.net
Subject: [CT Birds] Greenwich;QR Hawkwatch 9/12/10
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 6:40 PM

9/12/10 - Quaker Ridge Hawkwatch, 9 - 5 pm,  OS 11, SS 18, CH 1, BW 1, AK 4, ML 1, UR 1.   37 total.
                                                                                   CHSW  6,  RTHU 5, a skein of ~80 small shorebirds in a modified "V" formation
                                                                                    and also a Whimbrel sized shorebird.  Shorebirds headed due south. SE winds,
                                                                                    overcast all day with two very minor mist events.  Visitors 3.

Mike Warner
Wilton CT.

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