From Robert Dixon:
10/03/14 - Sterling yard -- heard the following nocturnal flight calls
between 5:00 and 6:15 AM this morning: SWAINSON'S THRUSH (5). Also at
feeders after daybreak first of season WHITE-THROATED SPARROW.
From Frank Mantlik:
10/03/14 - Stratford, Connors Ln, town Community Gardens -- 8 AM;
adult female DICKCISSEL.
Milford, Milford Point -- 50 species including Peregrine Falcon, BLACK
SKIMMER. Also Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, White-crowned Sparrow.
From Patrick Comins with Charlie Barnard and Tom Murray:
10/03/14 - Stratford, Conners Lane, Stratford Community Gardens --
Dickcissel as previously reported.
From Paul Desjardins:
10/03/14 - Windsor, Northwest Park -- 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers.
From Fran and Tom Holloway:
10/03/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 9:00 AM; two Winter
Wrens and one Marsh Wren.
From Charlie Makarewich:
10/03/14 - Kent, Tanguay Rd -- 1 White-crowned Sparrow, 7 Pine Siskin.
From Gary Valade:
10/03/14 - Pomfret Center, Bafflin Sanctuary -- morning; Had the good
fortune to observe a Grasshopper Sparrow from about 25' away
in perfect light.
From Russ Naylor via Ken Elkins:
10/03/14 - Woodbury, Hesseky Meadows -- 2 Blue-winged Teal.
From Sol Satin:
10/03/14 - uilford, Shell Beach -- 1 juvenile American Golden-Plover,
3 juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers, 4 American Pipits.
From Paul Cashman:
10/03/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 2 immature White-crowned
Sparrows, 1 Little Blue Heron.
From Danny Williams via Nick Bonomo:
10/02/14 - Waterford, Harkness Park -- a raft of 21 basic plumage
drake Common Eider (16 adults and 5 first winter birds) feeding and
preening just east of the park.
From Steve Spector:
10/02/14 - Milford, Milford Point (Cedar Beach) -- around 5:30 PM; 2
White-rumped Sandpipers.