NOTE: Do you bird Oswegatchie Hills in East Lyme? (Do you wonder where it is?) If so, please read these messages from Glenn Williams. http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20130819/042697.html http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20130826/042711.html From Fran Zygmont: 08/26/13 - Simsbury -- 6:30 PM; on the way home from work, adult MISSISSIPPI KITE perched on one of three tobacco barns on Hoskins Road. From Paul Cianfaglione: 08/26/13 - East Hartford, Hockanum River Linear Trail -- 5 SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 14 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER, 1 WESTERN SANDPIPER, 6 PECTORAL SANDPIPER. From John Oshlick: 08/26/13 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- 8:30 AM; 1 Baird's Sandpiper. Milford, Milford Point -- with Steve Spector; 1 Baird's Sandpiper and 2 White-rumped Sandpipers. From Frank Mantlik: 08/26/13 - Stratford, Stratford Point -- immature GREAT CORMORANT flew over with a Double-crested; also seen by Anthony Zemba. Long Beach Blvd, Warehouse Pond of McKinney NWR -- 1 Northern Pintail, 2 Blue-winged Teal, 7 Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, juv Forster's Tern fishing. From Meredith Sampson: 08/25/13 - Old Greenwich, Innis Arden Golf Club -- 13 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS.