From Robert Dixon:
08/29/14 - Sterling yard -- nocturnal migrants heard this morning from
4:30 AM to 5:30 AM included a first of season SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
Plainfield, Quinebaug Fish Hatchery -- SOLITARY SANDPIER (6), BOBOLINK
(8).
From Nick Bonomo:
08/29/14 - Groton, Bluff Point SP -- flyover DICKCISSEL.
Old Lyme, Watch Rock -- juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 3 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS.
Old Lyme, Griswold Pt -- juv RED KNOT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
Madison, Hammonasset Beach SP - "LITTLE BLUE x TRICOLORED" HERON
hybrid, juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.
Guilford, Shell Beach Rd with Frank Mantlik -- juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
(got up and flew west), no sign of the Wilson's Phalarope while I was
there.
From Nick Bonomo with Jake Musser:
08/29/14 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- 6:30 PM until nearly dark at 8
PM; 1 Whimbrel, 2 Bonaparte's Gull (basic adult and fresh juvenile), 1
Roseate Tern (possibly more but never saw or heard more than one at a
time)20 Forster's Tern.
From Bill Asteriades:
08/29/14 - East Hartford, Hockanum River Linear Trail -- 12
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER.
From John Marshall:
08/29/14 - Shelton, Shelton Rec Path, Lane Street section --
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the dead tree next to the footbridge south
of Lane Street.
From Ernie Harris:
08/29/14 - Bolton Backyard -- 6:30 to 7:30 AM; Blackburnian Warbler.
From Gina Nichol and Steve Bird:
08/29/14 - Branford, off Hosley Avenue -- The upper "Hiking" parking
lot of the Lake Saltonstall recreational area is open with east facing
tamarack trees along the edge and is good sometimes when the morning
light hits it. Highlight was Cape May Warbler. A Water Company
permit is required to visit this property.
From Jake Musser:
08/29/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 5:40 PM; 1 Baird's
Sandpipe, 1 Western Sandpiper, and 3 White-rumped Sandpiper at the
boulder pond (the pond across the main rd from Meig's nature center).
From Paul Carrier:
08/29/14 - New Hartford. Stub Hollow Rd -- One Olive-sided Flycatcher.
From Robert Dixon:
08/29/14 - Sterling yard -- nocturnal migrants heard this morning from
4:30 AM to 5:30 AM included a first of season SWAINSON'S THRUSH.
Plainfield, Quinebaug Fish Hatchery -- SOLITARY SANDPIER (6), BOBOLINK
(8).
From Nick Bonomo:
08/29/14 - Groton, Bluff Point SP -- flyover DICKCISSEL.
Old Lyme, Watch Rock -- juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 3 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS.
Old Lyme, Griswold Pt -- juv RED KNOT, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER.
Madison, Hammonasset Beach SP - "LITTLE BLUE x TRICOLORED" HERON
hybrid, juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER.
Guilford, Shell Beach Rd with Frank Mantlik -- juv BAIRD'S SANDPIPER
(got up and flew west), no sign of the Wilson's Phalarope while I was
there.
From Nick Bonomo with Jake Musser:
08/29/14 - West Haven, Sandy Point -- 6:30 PM until nearly dark at 8
PM; 1 Whimbrel, 2 Bonaparte's Gull (basic adult and fresh juvenile), 1
Roseate Tern (possibly more but never saw or heard more than one at a
time)20 Forster's Tern.
From Bill Asteriades:
08/29/14 - East Hartford, Hockanum River Linear Trail -- 12
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER and 2 SOLITARY SANDPIPER.
From John Marshall:
08/29/14 - Shelton, Shelton Rec Path, Lane Street section --
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER in the dead tree next to the footbridge south
of Lane Street.
From Ernie Harris:
08/29/14 - Bolton Backyard -- 6:30 to 7:30 AM; Blackburnian Warbler.
From Gina Nichol and Steve Bird:
08/29/14 - Branford, off Hosley Avenue -- The upper "Hiking" parking
lot of the Lake Saltonstall recreational area is open with east facing
tamarack trees along the edge and is good sometimes when the morning
light hits it. Highlight was Cape May Warbler. A Water Company
permit is required to visit this property.
From Jake Musser:
08/29/14 - Madison, Hammonasset State Park -- 5:40 PM; 1 Baird's
Sandpipe, 1 Western Sandpiper, and 3 White-rumped Sandpiper at the
boulder pond (the pond across the main rd from Meig's nature center).
From Paul Carrier:
08/29/14 - New Hartford. Stub Hollow Rd -- One Olive-sided Flycatcher.
