I remember the Painted Bunting in Old Lyme. It stuck around until March or April and made the newspapers. I saw it on my second visit in March 1990. I was 16 and I think that was the first bird I chased.
Scott B.
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From: Dennis Varza dennisvz@optonline.net
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1887 Fox Sparrow Hartford
1894 Yellow Rail New haven, Quinnipiac Marshes
1908 Pine Siskin Portland
1928 White Pelican Branford, Stony Creek
1931 Golden-crowned Sparrow Glastonbury
1943 Canvasback Guilford
1949 Loggerhead Shrike East Windsor Hill
1983 Eurasian Wigeon East Haven Lake Saltanstall
1988 Eared Grebe Litchfield, Bantam Lake
1989 Glaucous Gull North Haven
1989 Painted Bunting Old Lyme, Residence
1996 Audubon's Warbler Westport, Sherwood's Island St. Pk.
1996 Audubon's Warbler Madison, Hammonasset St. Pk.
1998 Rufous Hummingbird Glastonbury, Residence
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I remember the Painted Bunting in Old Lyme. It stuck around until March or April and made the newspapers. I saw it on my second visit in March 1990. I was 16 and I think that was the first bird I chased.
Scott B.
----- Original Message ----
From: Dennis Varza <dennisvz@optonline.net>
To: Posting Bird List <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Wed, October 14, 2009 10:30:34 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] On This Day (10/15)
1887 Fox Sparrow Hartford
1894 Yellow Rail New haven, Quinnipiac Marshes
1908 Pine Siskin Portland
1928 White Pelican Branford, Stony Creek
1931 Golden-crowned Sparrow Glastonbury
1943 Canvasback Guilford
1949 Loggerhead Shrike East Windsor Hill
1983 Eurasian Wigeon East Haven Lake Saltanstall
1988 Eared Grebe Litchfield, Bantam Lake
1989 Glaucous Gull North Haven
1989 Painted Bunting Old Lyme, Residence
1996 Audubon's Warbler Westport, Sherwood's Island St. Pk.
1996 Audubon's Warbler Madison, Hammonasset St. Pk.
1998 Rufous Hummingbird Glastonbury, Residence
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