An attempted exercise walk at Hammonasset State Park this morning yielded a Clay-colored Sparrow (parking lot near rotary), 2 Royal Terns seen feeding at the mouth of the Hammonasset River and 3 American Pipits (carefully scrutinized!). Ebird report below. Gina Nichol Branford, CT Hammonasset Beach SP, New Haven, Connecticut, US Oct 25, 2016 8:10 AM - 10:03 AM Protocol: Traveling 2.0 mile(s) 35 species Brant 6 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 5 Great Egret 6 Osprey 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Black-bellied Plover 6 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 2 Ring-billed Gull 8 Herring Gull 12 Great Black-backed Gull 3 Royal Tern 2 Two fishing at mouth of Hammonasset River. Large terns w forked tail Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Merlin 1 Monk Parakeet 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Blue Jay 6 Horned Lark 4 Tree Swallow 110 Black-capped Chickadee 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 American Robin 8 Northern Mockingbird 1 American Pipit 3 Nature center parking lot Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 Clay-colored Sparrow 1 Well marked face pattern w finely streaked crown and eyeline behind eye. Pale legs and bill. Along the eastern edge of parking lot near the rotary. White-throated Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 8 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 24 House Finch 4 View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S32223407 Gina Beebe Nichol Sunrise Birding LLC Worldwide Bird Watching Tours & Wildlife Safaris PO Box 274, Cos Cob, CT 06807 gina@sunrisebirding.com www.sunrisebirding.com USA 203.453.6724