From Robert Dixon: 08/30/14 - Sterling yard --between 4:30 AM and 5:45 AM; EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL (2). From Tina Green: 08/30/14 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- 6:25 AM; Whimbrel seen in cove near sewage treatment plant (with Greater Yellowlegs) before being flushed by the a Peregrine Falcon which was actively hunting the entire time I was there. I did walk out to the outer beach to check for the Whimbrel and other shorebirds and terns but did not find much. From Christina Clayton: 08/30/14 - Old Lyme, Griswold Point -- immature Whimbrel. From Sara Zagorski and Deb McTigue: 08/30/14 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- American Golden-Plover (in with killdeer, least sandpipers and srmipalmated sandpipers). From ferry park entrance to meadows, first field on left after zig zag. Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- Buff-breasted Sandpiper flew off towards the back of the west end. From Patrick Comins: 08/30/14 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- American Golden-Plover still there at 9:30 AM, but a few minutes later flew off to the east, but may have landed in another field closer to the river. Back in the original location at 10 am. Pretty close to the road. From Jim Carr via Deb McTigue & Sara Zagorski: 08/30/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 10:20 AM; Buff-breasted Sandpiper at west end. From Gina Nichol and Steve Bird: 08/30/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 4:30 PM; checked the Boulder Pond and found a White-rumped Sandpiper. From Paul Desjardins and Steve Broker: 08/30/14 - morning; Baird's Sandpiper feeding in the boulder pond near Meig's Point. From Steve Spector: 08/30/14 - Milford, Milford Point sandbars -- around 4:00 PM; 2 juvenile Red Knots (beautiful scalloped fringing on coverts, scapulars) (hanging out with 90 Black-belied Plovers); also a Western Willet (with 8 Eastern Willets). From Frank Mantlik: 08/29/14 - Groton, Avery Point (UConn campus) -- flock of 32 COMMON EIDERS swimming in cove between here and Eastern Point. Old Lyme, Watch Rock -- 1 RED KNOT on mudflat during mid tide. Guilford, Shell Beach Rd marsh -- BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, with Nick Bonomo. Stratford, Rt 113, Great Meadows marsh near airport entrance -- 3 BOAT-TAILED GRACKLES. From Dana Campbell: 08/29/14 - New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park, hawkwatch -- 1 COMMON RAVEN, 19+ Bobolinks.