From Dana Campbell and the gang: 10/10/14 - New Haven. Lighthouse Point Park, hawk watch -- 1 adult REDHEADED WOODPECKER. 8 PINE SISKINS, 3 DICKCISSELS, 87 Purple Finches, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS, 2 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS. From Mark Danforth: 10/10/14 - Milford, Mondo Ponds -- Eurasian Wigeon continues in 2nd pond. From Jerry Connolly: 10/10/14 - Madison, Bauer Park -- 4 PURPLE FINCHES, LINCOLN'S SPARROW. From Paul Desjardins: 10/10/14 - Windsor, Northwest Park -- 3 Common Ravens, Tennessee Warbler. From Frank Mantlik, with Tom Murray (in part): 10/10/14 - Stratford, Beacon Pt Rd, Town Greenway -- lots of birds including DICKCISSEL, first spotted by Tom, and COMMON RAVEN. Stratford Community Garden (Connors Ln) -- 1 Purple Finch. From Angela Dimmitt: 10/10/14 - New Milford yard -- 2 male Purple finches together at the feeder, identical, soft raspberry, but one had buffy brown flank streaks which continued aft to its vent. 2nd year male not completed its transformation - or possibly a western bird? From Greg Hanisek: 10/10/14 - Naugatuck, Hop Brook Lake -- 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers; 6 species of warblers including Wilson's Warbler, 1 Lincoln's Sparrow; a few Purple Finches. From Susanne Shrader: 10/10/14 - West Hartford yard -- female or immature PURPLE FINCH at feeder. From Glenn Williams: 10/10/14 - Mystic, yard -- COMMON NIGHTHAWK. A late date for the yard by quite a bit. From Annie Perko with Janet Weisner, John Felton and Marjorie Watson: 10/10/14 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park -- at Hawk watch Red Headed Woodpecker flew over giving us a good look at about 10:30 AM. Madison, Hammonasett State Park -- 2 American Pipits and one Eastern Meadowlark in field across from Swan Pond. Still lots of Purple finches in Yard in Colchester, yard -- Still lots of Purple Finches, Male and female. From Robert Dixon: 10/10/14 - Sterling yard -- SWAINSON'S THRUSH (2) heard before daybreak, PURPLE FINCH (6), YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (5) all in the same tree, PINE SISKIN (40) swirling around yard and feeders then landing in choke cherry before flying off. From Annette Cunniffe: 10/10/14 - Greenwich, Fairchild Garden -- 6-7 Lincoln's Sparrow, Virginia Rail, Common Raven, 2-3 Winter Wren, Brown Thrasher, 2 Purple Finch. Black-billed Cuckoo, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker seen with Stefan Martin. From Steve Spector: 10/10/14 - Milford, Silver Sands State Park -- Noon; juv 2 White-crowned Sparrow. From Meredith Sampson: 10/10/14 - Old Greenwich, Greenwich Point -- PHILADELPHIA VIREO, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW From Frank Mantlik: 10/09/14 - Stratford, Motil Place Pond -- A pair of NORTHERN PINTAILS present today, and about the past week. Wilton, Allen's Meadows community gardens -- 1 PURPLE FINCH.