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09/12/2014

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Roy Harvey
Sat, Sep 13, 2014 2:58 AM

EXTRALIMITAL NOTE: A Whiskered Tern was being seen in Cape May NJ
regularly on Friday.  This is only the third record for this species
in North America.  (Both prior records were also at Cape May.)

From Hank Golet:
09/12/14 - Old Lyme, Great Island -- AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, PEREGRINE
FALCON.

From Mike Resch:
09/12/14 - Pomfret, CT Audubon facility -- in the hedgerows, 2
Lincoln's Sparrows and a somewhat late Bobolink.

From Preston Lust:
09/12/14 - Westport --  two migratory BLACK VULTURES.

From Eileen Becker-Dunn:
09/12/14 - Branford -- 7:45 PM; 125 NIGHTHAWKS streaming over the Farm
River around 7:45 PM in the area of the town line of Branford & East
Haven Route 142 (Shore Drive).

From Dana Campbell and friends:
09/12/14 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park, Hawk watch -- 3 PEREGRINE
FALCONS, 1 Common Nighthawk, 25 Bobolink.

From Angela Dimmitt:
09/11/14 - Litchfield, Cemetery Pond -- 2 solitary sandpipers;
Blue-winged Teal.

From Doug Beach:
09/11/14 - Simsbury -- A concentrated flock of 26 (twenty-six) Common
Ravens, first spotted by Sam Fried at 6:45 PM, soaring over Talcott
Mountain; approximately one-quarter mile north of Wintonbury Road. The
birds circled in the same location for at least 15 minutes before
settling into the trees just after 7:00 PM.

EXTRALIMITAL NOTE: A Whiskered Tern was being seen in Cape May NJ regularly on Friday. This is only the third record for this species in North America. (Both prior records were also at Cape May.) From Hank Golet: 09/12/14 - Old Lyme, Great Island -- AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, PEREGRINE FALCON. From Mike Resch: 09/12/14 - Pomfret, CT Audubon facility -- in the hedgerows, 2 Lincoln's Sparrows and a somewhat late Bobolink. From Preston Lust: 09/12/14 - Westport -- two migratory BLACK VULTURES. From Eileen Becker-Dunn: 09/12/14 - Branford -- 7:45 PM; 125 NIGHTHAWKS streaming over the Farm River around 7:45 PM in the area of the town line of Branford & East Haven Route 142 (Shore Drive). From Dana Campbell and friends: 09/12/14 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park, Hawk watch -- 3 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 1 Common Nighthawk, 25 Bobolink. From Angela Dimmitt: 09/11/14 - Litchfield, Cemetery Pond -- 2 solitary sandpipers; Blue-winged Teal. From Doug Beach: 09/11/14 - Simsbury -- A concentrated flock of 26 (twenty-six) Common Ravens, first spotted by Sam Fried at 6:45 PM, soaring over Talcott Mountain; approximately one-quarter mile north of Wintonbury Road. The birds circled in the same location for at least 15 minutes before settling into the trees just after 7:00 PM.