11/02/2013 Barnacle Goose
From Tina Green:
11/02/13 - Watertown, Judd's Farm Rd/Rt 132 -- 8 AM; Barnacle Goose on
Big Meadow Pond/Judd's Pond.
From Jamie Meyers:
11/02/13 - Bethlehem, Hard Hill Road -- By 8:45 AM the Barnacle Goose
had returned (with about 500 Canadas) to the original location.
From Greg Hanisek via Sara Zagorski:
11/02/13 - Bethlehem, Hard Hill Road -- 9:30 AM; Barnacle Goose
opposite maibox 229.
From John Marshall:
11/02/13 - Watertown, Judd's Farm Rd/Rt 132 -- 11:30 AM;
From Alex Burdo and Jim Orrico:
11/02/13 - Watertown, Judd's Pond -- Barnacle Goose present (below red
barn) as of 1:30 PM.
From Jason and Anthony Rieger:
11/02/13 - Watertown, Judd's Pond -- 1:40 PM; Barnacle Goose in farest
end of pond.
From Dan and Karen Mercurio:
11/02/13 - Watertown, Judd's Farm Rd/Rt 132 -- 2:15 PM; Barnacle Goose
at Big Meadow Pond.
From Jerry Connolly and The Audubon Shop Sat. Bird Walk:
11/02/13 - Madison, Hammonasset SP -- SHORT-EARED OWL, NORTHERN
GANNET, PURPLE SANDPIPER.
From Dan Rottino:
11/02/13 - Watertown, Big Meadow Pond-- 8:40am; 1 BARNACLE GOOSE. Seen
with 7 other birders. Viewed the pond from the top of the hill near
red barn through the trees.
Madison, Hammonasset SP -- 1 SHORT-EARED OWL seen by the whole family
from the Cedar Island platform. Birders coming and going continually.
At 2pm the owl dropped down to the ground from its perch and was not
visible.
From Dan Mercruio:
11/02/13 - Wallingford, North Farms Reservoir -- The Redhead Drake
continues. Follow the trail off the parking area to the west.
From Chris Loscalzo and Marianne Vahey:
11/02/13 - Woodbridge, Community Gardens -- Brown Thrasher, (FOS) Fox
Sparrow.
From Paul Wolter:
11/02/13 - Madison, Hammonasset Beach SP -- Short-eared Owl, found by
Jerry Connolly's Audubon Shop walk this morning. At end of the Cedar
Island trail look straight out east, perched on a branch two feet off
the ground about ten feet to the left of the small conifer at the left
end of the beach. As of noon it had been there over one hour.
From Fran and Tom Holloway:
11/02/13 - Waterford, Harkness State Park -- 9:00 AM; one WHITE-WINGED
SCOTER visible from the observation platform looking out at the Sound;
also first seal of the season.
From Arthur Shippee:
11/02/13 - Hamden, North Lake Dr -- 2 Yellow Bellied Sapsuckers around
our back feeders about noon Saturday; male & juvenile, sticking pretty
close together.
From Ernie Harris:
11/02/13 - Bolton Backyard -- 2:45 PM; BROWN CREEPER.
From Paul Carrier:
11/02/13 - Bristol, res #7 -- 4 Black Scoter (not often seen here) and
1 long necked (my guess-far out) grebe of what species I don't know!
Harwinton yard -- flock of 12 Purple Finch fly over house late in the
day headed west.
From Paul Desjardins:
11/02/13 - Wallingford, North Farms Reservoir -- The Redhead
continues.
Stratford, Long Beach -- Immature Little Blue Heron.
From Robert Dixon:
11/02/13 - Sterling yard / feeders -- PURPLE FINCH, YELLOW-BELLIED
SAPSUCKER. The Dickcissel was NOT seen today.
From Annette Nejaime Pasek
11/02/13 - Glastonbury, Cotton Hollow -- Brown Creeper.
From Kateri Kosek:
11/02/13 - Salisbury(?), Twin Lakes -- late afternoon -- quiet except
for two RED-NECKED GREBE. Slightly different plumages--one was very
subtle, the other had more of a contrasting cheek pattern and a bit of
rufous on the neck. They were off the boat launch and could be viewed
quite well by walking out on the docks. Also Common Raven.