From Tom Auer:
11/17/13 - Stonington, Barn Island WMA -- I flushed a YELLOW RAIL from
the last impoundment in Barn Island around noon. I hope this map
market represent approximately the location I had the bird.
http://goo.gl/maps/huOaI
From Glenn Williams & Co:
11/17/13 - Stonington, Barn Island WMA -- SHORT-EARED OWL and NELSON'S
SPARROW (1+). Twelve of us followed up on Tom Auer's discovery and
had no luck refinding the Yellow Rail. Needle in a haystack, etc.,
etc. Always worth a try when you know one is around.
From Tina Green with Greg Hanisek & class:
11/17/13 - Litchfield, White Memorial, on Little Pond, from bridge --
Northern Shrike.
From John & Michele Barriger:
11/17/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park, Nature Center Parking Lot
-- 6 LAPLAND LONGSPURS.
From Dan Rottino:
11/17/13 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in
the nature center lot. Also WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS.
From Chris Loscalzo and Marianne Vahey:
11/17/13 - Stratford, Motil Pond (end of Motil Place, off Main St) --
one male EURASIAN WIGEON. Also, 8 Northern Pintail (2 drakes, 6 hens).
From Paul Desjardins:
11/17/13 - Suffield, Suffield Wildlife Management Area -- American
Woodcock (nearly stepped on it!).
From Fran Zygmont:
11/17/13 - Barkhamsted Yard -- 7 Fox Sparrows, 1 Brown Creeper, 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 2 Purple Finch.
Litchfield(?), Apple Hill on east side of Bantam Lake -- 3 American
Woodcock.