From: Jamie Meyers To: Subject: RBA: Connecticut, October 5, 2000 Date: Sunday, October 08, 2000 7:52 PM THE CONNECTICUT RARE BIRD ALERT Connecticut Statewide 5 October 2000 CTCT0010.05 Tape Made: 10 October 2000, Thursday 11:45h RBA Phone: 203-254-3665 Compiler: Jim Hunter Transcriber: Jamie Meyers (Ctredbird@aol.com) Species Mentioned: Double-crested Cormorant LITTLE BLUE HERON BLACK VULTURE Turkey Vulture Snow Goose Wood Duck Blue-winged Teal Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Northern Goshawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk SWAINSON'S HAWK ** (possible) Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Merlin Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sora Black-bellied Plover AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Semipalmated Plover American Oystercatcher Greater Yellowlegs WHIMBREL Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Short-billed Dowitcher Lesser Black-backed Gull Ruby-throated Hummingbird RED-HEADED WOODPECKER Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Northern Flicker OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Eastern Phoebe WESTERN KINGBIRD Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo PHILADEPHIA VIREO Red-eyed Vireo Tree Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch Marsh Wren Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Eastern Bluebird GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Gray Catbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Tennessee Warbler ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Magnolia Warbler Cape May Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Prairie Warbler Palm Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black & White Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird CONNECTICUT WARBLER Common Yellowthroat Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Field Sparrow VESPER SPARROW Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Lapland Longspur Rose-breasted Grosbeak BLUE GROSBEAK Indigo Bunting DICKCISSEL Bobolink ** This is a review species in CT. Details of any sighting should be sent to the Secretary of the CT ARCC, address given at the end of this report. Hello Birders! Welcome to the Connecticut Rare Bird Alert, jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Ornithological Association and the Audubon Council of Connecticut. This regularly scheduled update was made on Thursday October 5, 2000 at 11:45 p.m. The highlights of today's tape are: WESTERN KINGBIRD, SNOW GOOSE, BLUE GROSBEAK, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW, GRAY-CHEECKED THRUSH, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, BLACK VULTURE, BALD EAGLE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, WHIMBREL, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and an update on fall migration. Migration was in full swing this past week with a lot of our winter birds arriving and some of our summer residents still moving out. Most of the arrivals were seen in large numbers and dispersed throughout the state. Arrivals this week included: WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, SNOW GEESE, FIELD SPARROWS, DARK-EYED JUNCOS, and YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS. We also received many reports from all over the state of all of the following species including NASHVILLE WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACK and WHITE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, EASTERN PHOEBE, EASTERN TOWHEE, BROAD-WINGED HAWK, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, NORTHERN PARULA, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO and RED-EYED VIREO. Most notable this week have been the following: * On Sept. 30th there was a WESTERN KINGBIRD seen at Milford Point. * On Sept 28th there was a WESTERN KINGBIRD at Chaffinch Island. * On Sept 28th there was a CONNECTICUT WARBLER in Old Saybrook. * On Sept 28th there was a BLUE GROSBEAK at the Salt Meadow Unit in Westbrook. At the Salt Meadow Unit of the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge this week there was: * On the 28th there was RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, and a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. * While on the 29th there was AMERICAN KESTREL, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. * On October, 4 there was all of the before mentioned plus EASTERN BLUEBIRD, CEDAR WAXWING, 1500 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, INDIGO BUNTING, DICKCISSEL, EASTERN TOWHEE, 2 FIELD SPARROWS, 5 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 2 SWAMP SPARROWS, 4 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 2 DARK-EYED JUNCO, and BOBOLINKS. At Bluff Point in Groton on the 28th there were 5 species of warblers, plus orioles, SCARLET TANAGERS and a few grosbeaks. There were also lots of GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, DARK-EYED JUNCO, and YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. While on the 29th there were 11 SPECIES OF WARBLERS, not including possible CAPE MAY WARBLER, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and 1 OPORONIS sp., OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, 2 INDIGO BUNTINGS, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, BALD EAGLE, and PEREGRINE FALCON. At Milford Point this week there was: * On the 29th there were RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, SAVANNAH SPARROW, EASTERN PHOEBE, there were also reports of 25+ SORAS, and VIRGINIA RAILS. * On the 30th there were RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, EASTERN PHOEBE, GRAY CATBIRD, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, MERLIN, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, 5 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, 10 DUNLINS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 1 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER, 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, and NORTHERN HARRIER. * On the 3rd there were BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, BLACKPOLL WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, SWAMP SPARROW, MERLIN, NORTHERN HARRIER, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER, and GREATER YELLOWLEGS. At Sandy Point in West Haven on the 29th there were 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 6 BLACK-BELLIED PLOVERS, 10 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LEAST SANDPIPER, and 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. At Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison on September 27th there was 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, many YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, PALM WARBLER, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, and SAVANNAH SPARROW. On the 30th and 1st there were AMERICAN REDSTART, PRAIRIE WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, PALM WARBLER, RED-EYED VIREO, EASTERN TOWHEE, and 1 NORTHERN HARRIER. While on the 4th there were 130+ SNOW GEESE as flybys while 12+ tried to land, 3 GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSHES, 2 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 1 OVENBIRD, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, 5 MERLINS, 4 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, RED-EYED VIREO, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, FIELD SPARROW, SAVANNAH SPARROW, many, many COMMON YELLOWTHROATS and TREE SWALLOWS. To reach Hammonasset Beach take I-95 to exit 62 and head south on the connector. At the stop light go straight into the park. On the 30th at Naugatuck State Forest on the 30th there were: SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, EASTERN PHOEBE, COMMON RAVEN, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-EYED VIREO, EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, NORTHERN PARULA, MAGNOLIA WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and a buteo that was showing characteristics consistent with a light morph SWAINSONS HAWK. However this bird has not been relocated. Miscellaneous reports include: * In Waterbury on the 28th there were LINCOLN'S SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, NASHVILLE WARBLER and WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. * On the 27th at the Quaker Ridge Hawk Watch had all of the following: 1 BLACK VULTURE, 47 OSPREY, 7 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 107 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 5 COOPER'S HAWKS, 1 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, 610 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, 51 AMERICAN KESTRELS, 1 MERLIN, 2 PEREGRINE FALCONS, 6 BALD EAGLES, PALM WARBLERS, and NASHVILLE WARBLER. * On the 28th in Haddam at the elementary there was a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and 20 BROAD-WINGED HAWKS. * On the 28th at Barn Island in Stonington there was 1 WHIMBREL, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and 1 BROAD-WINGED HAWK. * In Southington on the 28th there was there were WORM-EATING WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE, MAGNOLIA WARBLER and BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER. * In Southport on the 28th there were several dozen SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, COOPERS HAWKS, BROAD-WINGED HAWKS, RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, and RED-TAILED HAWKS seen migrating. * On the 30th at the "W" lot at UCONN there were 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 8 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, 10 SAVANNAH SPARROWS, 3 FIELD SPARROWS, BOBOLINK, and PALM WARBLERS. While at Horsebarn Hill there were SAVANNAH SPARROW and FIELD SPARROWS. * On the 30th at Station 43 in South Windsor there were 17 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, 3 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS, 65 WOOD DUCKS, 6 VIRGINIA RAILS, 3 SORAS, 20 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS, and 3 SWAMP SPARROWS. * On the 1st at the Simsbury Community Gardens there was 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW. At The Simsbury Farms Community Gardens there was a flyby DOUBLER-CRESTED CORMORANT. * On the 2nd in Bloomfield there was a SNOW GOOSE mixed in with a flock of CANADA GEESE. * In Waterford on the 30th there was 1 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, 1 COOPER'S HAWK and 3 NORTHERN FLICKERS. * At Waterford Beach on the 1st there was MARSH WREN, HERMIT THRUSH and 1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER. * At Laurel Reservoir in Stamford on the 1st and 2nd there were 3 BLACK VULTURES mixed in with TURKEY VULTURES. Also here were 48 RING-NECKED DUCKS, 32 RUDDY DUCKS, 3 GREEN-WINGED TEAL, 1 HOODED MERGANSER, and 4 PIED-BILLED GREBES. * On the 3rd in Madison at Horse Pond there was a LITTLE BLUE HERON. * On the 3rd in East Haddam there were 20 WOOD DUCKS, 4 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, and 1 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. * On the 4th there were 3 flocks of SNOW GEESE totaling nearly 500 birds seen flying over Griswold Point. * On the 2nd there was a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL seen at Holly Pond in Stamford. The Connecticut Rare Bird Alert is jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Ornithological Association and the Audubon Council of Connecticut. Updates are usually made on Wednesday evenings, more often as warranted. Reporting your sightings is the ONLY way this alert gets updated. To report rare or unusual sightings, or to provide updates on current rarities, please phone Frank Gallo in New Canaan at 203-966-6756, Bruce Stevenson in Wilton at 203-762-5902, or Jim Hunter at 203-259-5778. You may submit your sightings via e-mail to Frank Gallo at Peeplo@aol.com, Bruce Stevenson at Bruce_Stevenson@Paribas.com, and Jim Hunter at wstkingbrd@aol.com. To report general sightings of birds or nesting species, send e-mail messages to Greg Hanisek at ctgregh@cyberbury.net. Reports should be submitted to the compilers by 7:30 pm on Wednesday. Reports of review species should be sent to: Mark Szantyr, Secretary ARCC, 145 Farmington Avenue, Waterbury, CT 06710. The Connecticut Ornithological Association is a non-profit organization that publishes information about Connecticut birds and birding, offers field trips, and sponsors meetings. For further information about the COA, please write to them at 314 Unquowa Road, Fairfield, CT 06430. Thank you for calling and great birding! - end transcript ***************************************************************** This e-mail list is sponsored by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA). 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