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The Connecticut Warbler a Journal of Connecticut Ornithology F' in THIS ISSUE Volume 30, Number 1 January 2010 CONTENTS 2 2009 Mabel Osgood Wright Award THE • CONNECTICUT WARBLER A Journal of Connecticut Ornithology Volume 30 No. 1 January 2010 Pages 1-36 The Connecticut Warbler A Journal of Connecticut Ornithology f' IN THIS ISSUE Volume 30, Number 1 January 2010 CONTENTS 2 2009 Mabel Osgood Wright Award 4 Citizen Scientist: John Picard Tom Sayers 11 Books on Birds Alan Brush 15 Connecticut Field Notes Greg Hanisek 27 Notes On Behavior, Status And Distribution 35 Photo Challenge Julian Hough ABOUT OUR COVER Northern Wheatears Connecticut enjoyed a good showing by Northern Wheatears in autumn 2009, inspiring Mark Szantyr to produce our cover illustration. You can deduce the age and sex of the bird he de­ picted by checking out an item in this issue's Notes on Behav­ Sedge Wrens were noteworthy additions to the autumn 2009 avian array in ior, Status and Distribution. Connecticut. Mark Szan tyr sketched these two that cooperated for observers in South Windsor. Read more about this species' fa ll presence zn Field Notes . The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 30 No.1, January 2010 1 The Connecticut Warbler A Journal of Connecticut Ornithology f' IN THIS ISSUE Volume 30, Number 1 January 2010 CONTENTS 2 2009 Mabel Osgood Wright Award 4 Citizen Scientist: John Picard Tom Sayers 11 Books on Birds Alan Brush 15 Connecticut Field Notes Greg Hanisek 27 Notes On Behavior, Status And Distribution 35 Photo Challenge Julian Hough ABOUT OUR COVER Northern Wheatears Connecticut enjoyed a good showing by Northern Wheatears in autumn 2009, inspiring Mark Szantyr to produce our cover illustration. You can deduce the age and sex of the bird he de­ picted by checking out an item in this issue's Notes on Behav­ Sedge Wrens were noteworthy additions to the autumn 2009 avian array in ior, Status and Distribution. Connecticut. Mark Szan tyr sketched these two that cooperated for observers in South Windsor. Read more about this species' fa ll presence zn Field Notes . The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 30 No.1, January 2010 1 MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AWARD 3 THE MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AWARD birding course or lecturing in his soft-spoken way, at the An­ nual Migration Festival. 2009: To Greg Hanisek A young man named Pete Dunne convinced him to compete in the first World Series of Birding. His team went on to win The following is the award presentation speech delivered by Steve four titles. Upon his arrival in Connecticut, he joined a Big Mayo at the COA Annual Meeting. Day team that blew away the 24-hour ABA record for our 1 state. Mabel Osgood Wright was a late 19th and early 20 h century naturalist, ornithologist, and nature writer. This year's re­ Education and an appreciation and respect for nature is the cipient is one of the state's premier field naturalists, an expert key to conservation. This year's recipient writes a popular in bird identification and distribution, and is also a prolific weekly nature column for the Waterbury Republican-Ameri­ nature writer. can where he serves as an editor. He also writes an informa­ He has an innate, unrelenting enthusiasm for the natural tive nature blog. His comments, opinions and contributions world. He is just as comfortable keying-out a mysterious to CTBirds discussions are sought after and sometimes even vascular plant in Gray's Manual of Botany, as he is reviewing requested by the Connecticut birding community. a sighting for our Avian Records Committee. Just two years ago, I had the privilege to award the first Betty As a young adult in northwest New Jersey, he shared his Kleiner Memorial Award to Greg Hanisek. Today, on behalf father's interest in birds. He was invited to join an infor­ of the membership of the Connecticut Ornithological Asso­ mal group called the Chapman Club and was amazed to ciation, I am very pleased to also present the Mabel Osgood find others, who happened to be much older, with the same Wright Award to Greg Hanisek. zeal for birding. He became a contributor to the New Jersey Correction: Frank Mantlik was the presenter of the 2008 award to Audubon Society's Field Notes. He discovered the first state Milan Bull. An incorrect presenter was listed in the article that ap­ record Pacific Loon and presented to delighted birders, a peared in the April 2008 issue of the Connecticut Warbler. Townsend's Warbler in his own back yard. Soon he was a Field Notes editor. In 1992, he moved to Connecticut and never slowed down. He transitioned from New Jersey Field Notes to editing COA's Field Notes, and the Connecticut Field Notes for American Birds. In 2004 he replaced Betty Kleiner as editor of "The Connecticut Warbler." From his Scott's Mountain Hawk Watch, he moved over to Lighthouse Point Park. And, because of his willingness to share his knowledge, attendance at that site is often higher on the Mondays when he serves as compiler. Every fall, he can be found at Lighthouse leading his popular adult education 2 The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 30 No.1, January 2010 MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AWARD 3 THE MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT AWARD birding course or lecturing in his soft-spoken way, at the An­ nual Migration Festival. 2009: To Greg Hanisek A young man named Pete Dunne convinced him to compete in the first World Series of Birding. His team went on to win The following is the award presentation speech delivered by Steve four titles. Upon his arrival in Connecticut, he joined a Big Mayo at the COA Annual Meeting. Day team that blew away the 24-hour ABA record for our 1 state. Mabel Osgood Wright was a late 19th and early 20 h century naturalist, ornithologist, and nature writer. This year's re­ Education and an appreciation and respect for nature is the cipient is one of the state's premier field naturalists, an expert key to conservation. This year's recipient writes a popular in bird identification and distribution, and is also a prolific weekly nature column for the Waterbury Republican-Ameri­ nature writer. can where he serves as an editor. He also writes an informa­ He has an innate, unrelenting enthusiasm for the natural tive nature blog. His comments, opinions and contributions world. He is just as comfortable keying-out a mysterious to CTBirds discussions are sought after and sometimes even vascular plant in Gray's Manual of Botany, as he is reviewing requested by the Connecticut birding community. a sighting for our Avian Records Committee. Just two years ago, I had the privilege to award the first Betty As a young adult in northwest New Jersey, he shared his Kleiner Memorial Award to Greg Hanisek. Today, on behalf father's interest in birds. He was invited to join an infor­ of the membership of the Connecticut Ornithological Asso­ mal group called the Chapman Club and was amazed to ciation, I am very pleased to also present the Mabel Osgood find others, who happened to be much older, with the same Wright Award to Greg Hanisek. zeal for birding. He became a contributor to the New Jersey Correction: Frank Mantlik was the presenter of the 2008 award to Audubon Society's Field Notes. He discovered the first state Milan Bull. An incorrect presenter was listed in the article that ap­ record Pacific Loon and presented to delighted birders, a peared in the April 2008 issue of the Connecticut Warbler. Townsend's Warbler in his own back yard. Soon he was a Field Notes editor. In 1992, he moved to Connecticut and never slowed down. He transitioned from New Jersey Field Notes to editing COA's Field Notes, and the Connecticut Field Notes for American Birds. In 2004 he replaced Betty Kleiner as editor of "The Connecticut Warbler." From his Scott's Mountain Hawk Watch, he moved over to Lighthouse Point Park. And, because of his willingness to share his knowledge, attendance at that site is often higher on the Mondays when he serves as compiler. Every fall, he can be found at Lighthouse leading his popular adult education 2 The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 30 No.1, January 2010 CITIZEN SCIENTIST 5 CITIZEN SCIENTIST: JOHN PICARD right time within the perfect organization to make a contribu­ tion to this noteworthy cause. How long have you been actively involved in your work Beginning in this issue of The Connecticut Warbler, with Purple Martins? we will publish periodic profiles of Connecticut citizen sci­ entists and their work. There are many, many citizens in the The martins have been teaching me since 2005, five nesting state who routinely devote countless hours of their time to seasons ago. bird-related citizen science projects. These folks often work in relative obscurity, their only reward being the intrinsic For those who might not know, could you please share with satisfaction they receive from knowing that they are trying to us what monitoring martin houses entails? make a difference. If you know of someone who is engaged There are many methods and levels of monitoring a martin in this type of work and would like to submit a profile on colony, aka, becoming a Purple Martin landlord. One can that person, please feel free to submit your proposal to Greg take a more casual approach to monitoring by doing nest Hanisek, Editor, at [email protected] or by mail at 175 checks once or twice a week and have some level of suc­ Circuit Ave., Waterbury, CT 06708. cess without extending too much time and effort. If you This issue's profile is on John Picard. The profile was in the want to be as successful as possible, more frequent or daily format of an interview and was submitted by Tom Sayers.
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