THE CONNECTICUT WARBLER a Journal of Connecticut Ornithology

THE CONNECTICUT WARBLER A Journal of Connecticut Ornithology

Volume 37 No. 4 October 2017 Pages 125-176 The Connecticut Warbler A Journal of Connecticut Ornithology THE 2017 SUMMER BIRD COUNT Volume 37, Number 4 October 2017 By Joe Zeranski and Patrick Comins

CONTENTS Note: Any evidence of nesting by state-endangered (E), threatened (T) or special concern (SC) species should be reported to the COA Natural 125 The 2017 Summer Bird Count Diversity Database (NDDB) Project. This will ensure that the best avail- Joe Zeranski and Patrick Comins able information can be taken into taken into account in land-use deci- 152 2016 Fall Hawk Watch sions. Steve Mayo Introduction 163 Connecticut Field Notes The Summer Bird Count (SBC) is our most intensive invento- Greg Hanisek and Frank Mantlik ry of breeding birds in Connecticut. This volunteer led effort, 175 Photo Challenge now in its 26th year helps us to gauge the changing status Julian Hough of breeding birds in the state and provide insight into the dynamic nature of the distribution and status of our breeding birds. Such broad scale monitoring efforts will only grow more important as we attempt to better understand how birds react to the changing landscape of Connecticut. Shift- ing development patterns, maturing habitats or their altera- tion by weather events, emerging forest pests and pathogens, the spread of invasive species, climate change and a whole host of other factors can alter our bird life and the habitats they depend on in the state. Your efforts are essential if we hope to detect and better understand the changes that result from these and other factors. Thank you!

State listed species are marked as (E) for endangered, (T) ON THE COVER for threatened and (SC) for special concern. Details on any potential breeding state-listed species should be reported to the state’s Natural Diversity Database in addition to being recorded for the count. Virginia Rail Results

This year 178 count-day species were recorded. This is The Summer Bird Count motivates birders to search for slightly below average (98%) and four less than the last year’s secretive species such as the Virginia Rail, rendered for count. Two additional count period species were observed: our cover by Paul Carrier of Harwinton Red-throated Loon in Greenwich/Stamford, and Red- headed Woodpecker in Woodbury/Roxbury. Litchfield Hills had the most species with 135 (remarkable for an inland

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 125 126 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 127 dy Duck, American Bittern porting evidence they will (E), Least Bittern (T), Little be considered non-nesting Blue Heron (SC), Northern visitors. Harrier (E), King Rail (E), Red Knot (T), Sanderling, Noteworthy among these: Wilson’s Snipe, Mourning A lingering Ring-necked Warbler, Boat-tailed Grackle Duck was a great find from and Pine Siskin. Woodbury/Roxbury, Two Lesser Scaup were a first for Non-nesting Species New Haven and their Black Scoter was only the second There were 24 species record- SBC occurrence since 1997. ed on the count days that do Greenwich/Stamford’s not regularly breed in Con- Ruddy Duck was a great necticut and can be consid- find for that area. Eleven ered either late migrants or Black-bellied Plovers from non-nesting visitors: those two coastal counts Brant, Ring-necked Duck, made for a new ten-year Lesser Scaup, White-winged statewide high. A Red Knot Mark Szantyr photo (T) in New Haven represents Barred Owls were reported in record numbers, Scoter, Black Scoter, Long- with 139 found during the 2017 SBC. tailed Duck, Red-breasted the fourth record since 1997 Merganser, Ruddy Duck, and the Sanderling from count to have the highest total!) and Hartford and Storrs tied Red-throated Loon, Black- Greenwich/Stamford the for the fewest with 107. There were 263 observers, in 152 par- bellied Plover, Semipalmat- fifth. Both coastal counts re- ties. The number of observers was down by one compared ed Plover, Greater Yellow- corded Dunlin. Greenwich with last year, and represents the third highest number of legs, Ruddy Turnstone, Red Stamford had four Least participants ever. Volunteers tallied 1384.5 party hours, with Knot, Sanderling, Dunlin, Sandpipers and New Haven 1336.5 being daylight hours and 48 night hours. Least Sandpiper, White- had seven White-rumped Sandpipers. Surprisingly There were 112,153 individual birds recorded, which is 2,415 rumped Sandpiper, Semi- palmated Sandpiper, Short- there have been more occur- below last year’s record total. The ten most abundant spe- rences of the latter species cies were, in descending order: American Robin, European billed Dowitcher, Wilson’s Snipe, (8) than the former (5) since Starling, Gray Catbird, Red-winged Blackbird, Common 1997. Two Short-billed Dow- Grackle, Canada Goose, Red-eyed Vireo, House Sparrow, Laughing Gull, Ring-billed itchers in New Haven were Cedar Waxwing and Song Sparrow. All but one of these re- Gull and Blackpoll Warbler a great find and only the sec- th peat from the last year, with Cedar Warxwing (11 last year) ond record since 1997. The th replacing Mourning Dove and (13 this year). The underlined species are Wilson’s Snipe from New potential nesters that nest Milford/Pawling was only Fifteen species were represented by a single individual: Ring- in nearby states, but in the necked Duck, Black Scoter, Red-breasted Merganser, Rud- the third statewide record absence of additional sup- since 1997. A Mourning

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 128 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 129 Warbler for Greenwich/Stamford was certainly a migrant, not a nesting bird considering the coastal location. Notable Nesting Species

While not uncommon on northern counts, Common Mer- gansers were great finds for New Haven and Greenwich/ Stamford (2) where they had not been seen since at least 1997. Barkhamsted found the only Ruffed Grouse (4) for the count, a species that is getting much harder to find in our area. Least Bittern (T) in Litchfield Hills andAmerican Bittern (E) in New Milford/Pawling were great birds to find. Both have been recorded in each of the last ten counts, but could easily be missed. A Little Blue Heron (SC) for Greenwich/Stam- ford is only the 4th since 1997. A Snowy Egret (T) away from coastal haunts was a good surprise for Woodbury/Roxbury. Litchfield Hills recorded aNorthern Harrier (E), a species Mark Szantyr photo which may not even nest in the state anymore. Red-breasted Merganser was one of the non-nesting species recorded on the 2017 Summer Bird Count. It is also one with potential to breed in the state. A King Rail (E) for Greenwich/Stamford is a candidate for the best bird of the entire count. This individual was regu- were recorded by Greenwich/Stamford and New Haven One larly seen for several weeks in an odd location along the Boat-tailed Grackle was found in Greenwich/Stamford only Scalzi River Walk in Stamford, much to the delight of birders the second SBC record since 1997. Litchfield Hills found one throughout the state. Sora has been missed in three of the Pine Siskin, only the sixth since 1997. previous ten counts. Single birds were recorded in Hartford and Greenwich/Stamford. Hartford again contributed Up- land Sandpiper (E) (2), which was a surprise considering the Species Recorded in Above Average Numbers intensive mowing of much of Rentschler Field that occurred this season. Northern Saw-whet Owls (SC) were found in Litchfield Hills and amazingly in Greenwich/Stamford. New Haven and Litchfield Hills recordedCommon Nighthawks Glossy Ibis (SC) didn’t just break the all-time SBC record, (E). they shattered it with 40 beating the old high count of eight. This was all the more remarkable that they were seen inland Woodbury/Roxbury’s Red-headed Woodpecker (E) for on the Hartford count, the first ever for this count. They count period was another shocking surprise when an adult likely represent a late migrating flock. Turkey Vultures briefly visited a feeder at the Audubon Center at Bent of the and Osprey both set new all-time highs, though not when River. A Hermit Thrush, away from their normal upstate corrected for party hours. New Haven had 216 of the 226 range was a great find for New Haven. Hartford had eight Semiplamated Sandpipers for a new ten-year high for this Grasshopper Sparrows (E), a species that has become be Arctic-nesting migrant shorebird. The all-time high occurred more difficult to find in the state Saltmarsh Sparrows (SC) in 2000 with 349.

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 130 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 131 poorly for a while. Chipping Sparrow and Field Sparrow also fit in that category and had new ten-year high counts. Species Recorded in Below Average Numbers

Only five species reached new lows, and none of them all- time lows. Least Terns (T) continue to struggle and this year’s results reflect this with only two found. This species was missing from the count between the years of 1978-1987, before the addition of the New Haven count area, but this is a new low mark since that time. Monk Parakeet numbers have been languishing in the SBC coverage area, but seem to be doing fine overall. Black-throated Green and Canada Warblers represent species that appear to be moving their way northwards out of our area. Scarlet Tanagers seem to have had quite a few poor showings in recent years, with this year’s only being 88% of their ten-year average. Other Bruce Finnan photo Black-throated Green Warbler was found in record low numbers, perhaps because species with poor showings but not reaching ten-year lows its breeding range is receding northward. include Common Tern (SC) (29% of ten-year average), Black- crowned Night-Heron (31%), and Ruffed Grouse (39%) . Barred Owl had a new all-time high count with 139. Two Also of note were the scarcity of Red-breasted Nuthatches species of woodpecker hit new highs as well, Red-bellied and Winter Wrens with each coming in at 53% of their ten- Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. These two year averages. Eastern Whip-Poor-Will (SC) was missed species are an interesting contrast with Red-bellied expand- for only the third time since 1997. Also missed was White- ing into our area from the south and sapsucker expanding throated Sparrow, for the first time since 1991. southwards from its traditional northerly range. Acadian Flycatchers are another species that has moved northwards Thank you into our state in recent decades and came in at a new all-time high count. Eastern Pheobes seem to be doing well with On behalf of the Connecticut Ornithological Association, we another all-time high count. Yellow-throated Vireos also would like to thank all of the volunteer observers, captains turned in a new all-time high. All of our swallows came in and compilers for all of your hard work. The data that you with above average numbers, but Northern Rough-winged provide is critical for understanding our summer bird abun- Swallow gets the prize for a new all-time high. Tufted dance and distribution! Titmouse, Worm-eating Warbler and Hooded Warbler also reached new high points, with titmouse representing an all- time high. Each of those species has been moving their range northward into Connecticut over the last few decades.

American Redstart achieved an all-time high and Prairie Warbler also had a new ten-year high; good news from the early successional suite of species that had been doing so

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 132 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 133 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 7 1 3 3 1 6 2 7 1 2 3 6 1 6 2 4 6 6 4 6 4 4 13 13 24 11 24 11 56 16 56 16 86 86 235 235 375 345 117 375 345 117 234 234 306 306 582 582 671 671 High High 1025 1025 4153 2064 4153 2064 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 7 1 1 1 66 66 86 86 97 97 22 22 211 120 211 120 415 415 547 547 272 272 Low Low 2635 1062 2635 1062 0 2 0 2 8 5 2 8 5 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 6 6 44 44 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 84 84 27 27 54 54 0.0 0.0 0.3 4.6 0.3 4.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.2 1.3 0.1 0.2 1.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.2 1.4 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.9 2.9 1.8 1.8 305 218 305 218 146 146 207 207 488 488 788 788 463 463 Ave Ave 3411 1560 3411 1560

2 9 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 6 5 1 1 5 6 1 5 1 5 1 5 1 1 5 2 3 1 6 5 2 7 3 5 1 6 7 5 8 8 cp cp 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 yrs yrs ======obs. obs. 2007-2016 2007-2016 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 43% 44% 43% 44% 91% 50% 39% 89% 91% 50% 39% 89% 34% 74% 34% 74% 83% 83% 59% 59% 56% 56% 89% 89% 98% 98% 73% 73% 200% 250% 167% 200% 250% 167% 123% 132% 123% 132% 158% 158% 165% 165% 103% 103% 101% 106% 101% 106% 1000% 1000% Average Average

2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 cp cp 19 19 40 40 53 53 374 162 111 374 162 111 198 198 171 171 517 517 732 732 492 492 2017 2017 3453 1140 3453 1140 State State Totals Totals The under stats State The under stats State 2 2 1 1 6 6 3 3 St St 36 36 35 35 82 33 27 82 33 27 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 12 12 21 21 95 95 LH LH 50 50 75 99 75 99 306 306 [double underline] [double underline] 4 4 8 8 1 1 90 90 11 11 49 49 36 96 36 96 Ba Ba 148 148 319 319 Norther Norther 1 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 63 63 29 29 16 16 64 64 37 37 312 312 140 140 2017 2017 NM/P NM/P 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 24 24 87 87 43 43 15 15 72 88 72 88 WR WR 362 362 119 119 Upland SBCs: Upland SBCs: Upland Mid-state Mid-state CT CT 55 55 16 16 19 19 99 99 21 21 Hfd Hfd 350 232 350 232 Valley Valley Connecticut Summer Bird Count Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 10 10 36 36 32 32 22 22 23 23 35 35 97 35 97 35 NH NH 429 124 429 124 but recorded on all the previous 10 years [underlined, boldfaced zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but 9 9 1 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 cp cp cp cp 41 42 41 42 49 49 42 87 42 87 GS GS 105 334 105 334 558 126 558 126 1293 1293 Coastal SBCs Coastal SBCs Coastal were tallied than were on any of the previous 10 years [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were were tallied than were recorded on any of the previous 10 year [boldfaced number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were [CD] species - not recorded on previous 10 years [darkened outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] - noted on fewer than five years during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - Species known to historically nest within Connecticut are shown in italics. in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare Day Count New numbers Higher numbers Fewer 2017, [CD] in recorded Not in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare SPECIES Day Count New numbers Higher Goose Snow numbers Fewer Brant 2017, [CD] in recorded Not Canada Goose records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time Mute Swan Duck Wood Gadwall Wigeon American AmericanSPECIES Black Duck Mallard Goose Snow Mallard/Black Duck Brant Teal Blue-winged Canada Goose Shoveler Northern Mute Swan Duck Ring-necked Duck Wood Scaup Greater Gadwall Scaup Lesser Wigeon American Eider King American Black Duck Surf Scoter Mallard Scoter White-winged Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Black Scoter Shoveler Northern Duck Long-tailed Duck Ring-necked Bufflehead Scaup Greater Common Goldeneye Scaup Lesser Merganser Hooded Eider King Common Merganser Surf Scoter Merganser Red-breasted Scoter White-winged Ruddy Duck Black Scoter Bobwhite Northern Duck Long-tailed Pheasant Ring-necked Bufflehead Grouse Ruffed Common Goldeneye Wild Turkey Merganser Hooded Loon Red-throated Common Merganser Common Loon Merganser Red-breasted Pied-billed Grebe Ruddy Duck Grebe Horned Cormorant Bobwhite Northern Double-crested Anhinga Pheasant Ring-necked American Bittern Grouse Ruffed BitternLeast Wild Turkey Blue Heron Great Loon Red-throated Egret Great Common Loon Egret Snowy Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga American Bittern BitternLeast Blue Heron Great Egret Great Egret Snowy

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 134 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 135 2 3 1 7 2 2 3 1 7 2 5 5 8 8 9 9 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 7 7 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 6 5 1 6 5 4 6 7 4 1 6 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 7 1 3 1 6 2 6 4 6 3 7 1 3 1 6 2 6 4 6 1 3 3 4 4 13 13 10 66 10 17 78 24 17 66 78 29 14 11 24 22 11 73 29 14 11 22 11 73 15 15 59 24 11 24 11 59 96 96 53 53 52 52 56 16 56 16 18 58 18 58 30 30 86 86 215 215 463 184 235 235 449 449 111 334 111 547 334 547 463 975 975 135 113 113 375 345 117 375 345 184 135 411 411 373 373 234 234 306 306 582 582 360 360 297 297 671 671 High High 1025 1025 4153 2064 4153 2064 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 7 1 1 7 7 8 8 90 48 31 48 37 31 37 13 82 13 82 55 21 59 59 66 21 90 55 45 45 87 87 13 13 20 20 86 86 97 97 23 23 22 22 10 10 292 292 413 413 211 120 211 120 105 105 415 415 547 547 217 217 272 272 Low Low 2635 1062 2635 1062 2 2 4 4 9 2 9 2 2 2 4 8 2 3 2 4 8 2 3 2 6 6 0 2 8 5 2 0 2 8 5 2 4 4 4 4 0 0 6 6 63 63 44 44 XX XX XX XX XX XX XX XX 52 56 52 56 16 20 16 35 20 35 34 34 93 36 79 79 84 93 36 64 64 27 27 34 34 27 27 12 41 12 41 16 16 54 54 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 2.8 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 2.8 0.4 4.4 4.4 0.1 0.3 4.6 0.1 0.3 4.6 1.4 0.1 4.6 0.1 0.1 4.6 3.7 3.7 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 1.3 1.3 0.1 0.1 4.7 4.7 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.9 2.9 0.1 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.8 389 142 194 194 389 663 155 311 663 155 311 305 218 305 218 295 295 142 195 195 146 146 207 207 488 488 788 788 289 289 223 223 463 463 Ave Ave 3411 1560 3411 1560

9 9 1 2 1 9 2 1 2 1 9 2 8 8 8 8 8 8 1 2 9 1 2 9 5 1 1 1 7 7 5 5 5 5 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 7 3 7 9 6 9 3 4 6 5 9 7 6 9 3 1 4 6 5 9 7 1 9 2 2 9 9 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 5 5 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 5 5 1 1 5 2 3 1 6 7 5 2 3 1 6 7 5 8 8 1 4 4 cp cp 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 yrs yrs ======obs. obs. 2007-2016 2007-2016 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 43% 44% 43% 44% 31% 77% 77% 31% 43% 13% 50% 11% 43% 13% 50% 11% 21% 21% 29% 29% 75% 75% 85% 85% 91% 50% 39% 89% 91% 50% 39% 89% 34% 74% 34% 74% 68% 68% 82% 82% 79% 79% 83% 83% 59% 56% 59% 56% 68% 68% 89% 89% 98% 98% 91% 91% 73% 73% 200% 200% 909% 909% 359% 359% 275% 275% 126% 142% 130% 115% 130% 126% 100% 111% 200% 150% 100% 111% 115% 200% 150% 125% 275% 100% 125% 250% 275% 286% 100% 250% 104% 286% 104% 500% 500% 217% 217% 153% 140% 200% 250% 167% 200% 250% 167% 123% 132% 123% 153% 143% 140% 142% 117% 143% 117% 202% 202% 158% 158% 165% 165% 118% 118% 100% 100% 103% 103% 104% 104% 101% 106% 101% 106% 1000% 1000% Average Average

4 4 2 2 6 6 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 5 2 1 2 1 3 4 7 5 2 2 7 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 8 8 cp cp 19 19 40 40 11 11 61 60 60 61 10 67 10 67 25 11 25 11 90 90 13 12 13 12 47 67 67 47 69 69 19 19 52 52 40 40 44 44 16 16 53 53 226 226 474 474 687 687 190 124 374 162 111 374 162 124 201 201 190 160 160 198 198 171 171 517 517 732 732 301 301 202 202 492 492 2017 2017 3453 1140 3453 1140 State State Totals Totals The under stats State The under stats State 5 5 4 4 4 4 2 2 5 2 2 1 1 1 1 5 6 6 3 3 St St cp cp 68 68 11 11 36 36 23 23 27 27 35 35 82 33 27 82 33 27 9 6 6 1 9 1 6 6 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 7 2 7 4 5 4 5 3 2 2 2 2 29 29 21 21 10 10 12 12 21 21 95 95 LH LH 32 32 17 17 50 50 87 75 99 75 99 87 306 306 [double underline] [double underline] 1 5 5 9 9 1 3 4 4 1 1 7 7 3 8 8 1 1 24 24 29 29 16 16 90 90 11 11 17 17 31 31 22 22 49 49 99 36 96 36 96 99 Ba Ba 148 148 319 319 Norther Norther 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 6 6 1 1 4 4 1 1 12 11 10 11 10 12 13 13 63 29 63 29 16 16 16 16 16 16 64 64 62 37 37 62 312 312 140 140 2017 2017 NM/P NM/P 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 7 1 1 7 7 2 4 1 2 4 1 1 9 9 3 3 7 7 32 32 24 24 87 87 52 52 20 20 43 43 51 15 15 72 88 72 88 51 WR WR 362 119 362 119 Upland SBCs: Upland SBCs: Upland Mid-state Mid-state 2 2 6 6 2 1 2 1 6 6 6 7 7 2 5 3 2 5 3 1 1 6 1 1 CT CT 40 40 31 31 42 42 36 36 55 55 22 16 19 16 19 99 21 99 21 22 Hfd Hfd 350 232 350 232 Valley Valley Connecticut Summer Bird Count Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut 4 4 7 7 2 2 3 3 7 7 1 4 8 1 1 4 1 8 1 1 7 6 1 7 2 5 6 1 2 2 5 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 13 13 10 10 64 10 10 14 14 29 12 29 19 12 11 19 11 64 13 12 13 12 51 51 36 36 45 32 22 32 23 22 35 97 35 35 97 35 45 NH NH 216 110 216 110 258 258 429 124 429 124 but recorded on all the previous 10 years [underlined, boldfaced zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but 3 3 1 2 1 1 3 2 8 6 1 1 3 9 2 1 8 6 1 1 9 2 4 1 1 5 1 4 1 4 5 1 1 4 7 7 9 1 4 2 1 2 9 1 4 2 1 2 cp cp cp cp cp cp 16 43 16 43 76 55 76 45 55 14 45 14 10 77 10 87 77 87 40 41 42 49 41 42 87 42 49 42 40 GS GS 101 101 429 108 429 108 105 334 558 105 126 334 558 126 1293 1293 Coastal SBCs Coastal SBCs Coastal were tallied than were on any of the previous 10 years [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were were tallied than were recorded on any of the previous 10 year [boldfaced number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were [CD] species - not recorded on previous 10 years [darkened outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] - noted on fewer than five years during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - Osprey Mississippi Kite Yellow-cr Night-Heron Yellow-cr Night-Heron Little Blue Heron Little Cattle Egret Heron Green Night-HeronBlack-cr Glossy Ibis Vulture Black Blue Heron Little Cattle Egret Heron Green Harrier Northern Night-HeronBlack-cr Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Glossy Ibis species accipiter Vulture Black Goshawk Northern Bald Eagle Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Harrier Northern Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Sharp-shinned Rail King Hawk Cooper's Rail Clapper species accipiter Rail Virginia Goshawk Northern Sora Bald Eagle Coot American Hawk Red-shouldered Oystercatcher American Hawk Broad-winged Plover Black-bellied Hawk Red-tailed Plover Semipalmated Rail King Piping Plover Rail Clapper Killdeer Rail Virginia Sandpiper Spotted Sora Sandpiper Solitary Coot American Yellowlegs Greater Oystercatcher American Willet Plover Black-bellied Sandpiper Upland Plover Semipalmated Ruddy Turnstone Piping Plover Knot Red Killdeer Sanderling Sandpiper Spotted Dunlin Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Purple Yellowlegs Greater Sandpiper Least Willet Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Upland Sandpiper Pectoral Ruddy Turnstone Sandpiper Semipalmated Knot Red Short-billed Dowitcher Sanderling SnipeWilson's Dunlin American Woodcock Sandpiper Purple Gull Bonaparte's Sandpiper Least Gull Laughing Sandpiper White-rumped Ring-billed Gull Sandpiper Pectoral Gull Herring Sandpiper Semipalmated Gull Black-backed Great Short-billed Dowitcher TernLeast SnipeWilson's Gull-billed Tern American Woodcock Tern Caspian Gull Bonaparte's Black Tern Gull Laughing Common Tern Ring-billed Gull Forster's Tern Royal Tern Gull Herring Gull Black-backed Great TernLeast Gull-billed Tern Tern Caspian Black Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Osprey Turkey Vulture Turkey Species known to historically nest within Connecticut are shown in italics. in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare Day Count New numbers Higher numbers Fewer 2017, [CD] in recorded Not records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time SPECIES Goose Snow Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan Duck Wood Gadwall Wigeon American American Black Duck Mallard Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Shoveler Northern Duck Ring-necked Scaup Greater Scaup Lesser Eider King Surf Scoter Scoter White-winged Black Scoter Duck Long-tailed Bufflehead in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species Common Goldeneye all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals Merganser Hooded recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Common Merganser Merganser Red-breasted Rare Ruddy Duck Day Count New Bobwhite Northern numbers Higher Pheasant Ring-necked numbers Fewer Grouse Ruffed 2017, [CD] in recorded Not Wild Turkey records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time Loon Red-throated Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned SPECIES Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga Goose Snow American Bittern Brant BitternLeast Canada Goose Mute Swan Blue Heron Great Duck Wood Egret Great Gadwall Egret Snowy Wigeon American American Black Duck Mallard Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Shoveler Northern Duck Ring-necked Scaup Greater Scaup Lesser Eider King Surf Scoter Scoter White-winged Black Scoter Duck Long-tailed Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Merganser Hooded Common Merganser Merganser Red-breasted Ruddy Duck Bobwhite Northern Pheasant Ring-necked Grouse Ruffed Wild Turkey Loon Red-throated Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga American Bittern BitternLeast Blue Heron Great Egret Great Mississippi Kite Turkey Vulture Turkey

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 136 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 137 2 3 1 7 2 5 8 9 2 2 1 1 7 1 1 2 1 2 1 6 5 4 6 7 1 9 9 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 6 2 6 4 6 1 3 4 4 4 6 6 13 10 17 78 24 66 29 14 11 22 11 73 15 11 11 22 22 30 30 13 13 35 35 24 11 59 96 53 78 78 52 10 10 74 56 16 18 58 30 59 59 21 21 18 18 74 87 87 86 36 36 215 235 449 111 334 547 463 975 197 197 900 900 649 622 622 113 974 362 974 362 132 132 375 345 184 135 411 373 335 407 407 335 356 356 891 366 891 366 115 115 234 306 118 118 242 242 649 139 591 139 227 591 227 170 170 582 360 297 333 333 188 188 671 613 613 664 664 High 2360 2360 1747 1747 2325 2239 2325 2239 2254 2254 1420 1420 3114 1025 2078 2078 3114 3526 3526 1175 1175 1095 4153 2064 2623 2623 1095 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 7 1 1 7 8 6 6 2 2 1 1 48 37 31 13 82 78 78 16 16 70 70 59 21 90 55 45 87 13 22 22 11 11 20 86 97 10 69 69 23 19 19 62 62 10 93 14 93 14 22 10 14 14 75 75 292 413 639 639 387 349 349 548 206 548 206 211 120 105 157 141 141 157 235 235 592 224 592 224 554 554 118 118 387 444 102 444 102 415 578 578 547 217 181 181 740 740 667 272 436 436 667 456 456 Low 1648 1648 1245 1506 1245 1506 1570 1570 2072 1227 1227 2072 2490 2490 2635 1062 1960 1960 2 4 9 2 2 4 8 2 3 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 3 3 0 2 8 5 2 4 4 0 8 8 6 8 8 63 44 XX XX XX XX 56 52 16 20 35 34 27 27 79 93 36 64 27 52 52 47 47 34 29 93 93 27 12 41 16 41 41 13 13 97 97 29 50 50 54 23 23 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 2.8 0.4 4.4 0.3 4.6 1.4 0.1 0.1 4.6 3.7 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 1.3 0.1 4.7 0.7 0.2 5.9 5.9 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.9 0.1 1.5 2.4 2.4 1.8 2.9 2.9 194 389 663 155 311 130 130 742 742 541 450 450 100 100 810 259 810 259 305 218 295 142 195 233 219 219 233 282 282 712 282 712 282 146 207 173 173 541 489 151 489 117 151 117 488 971 971 788 289 223 136 136 258 258 924 924 857 463 515 515 857 561 561 Ave 1899 1899 1000 1000 1841 1898 1841 1898 1889 1889 2541 1585 1585 2541 3060 3060 3411 1560 2329 2329

9 1 2 1 9 2 8 8 8 2 9 5 1 1 7 5 5 1 2 1 3 3 7 9 6 9 3 4 6 5 7 1 9 2 9 6 6 8 8 3 7 2 3 3 7 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 5 5 1 1 2 3 1 6 7 5 8 1 4 8 8 cp 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 yrs ======obs. 2007-2016 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 43% 44% 77% 31% 43% 13% 50% 11% 21% 29% 75% 85% 91% 50% 39% 89% 34% 74% 97% 25% 25% 83% 83% 68% 82% 79% 97% 83% 59% 56% 59% 59% 71% 71% 85% 85% 68% 69% 69% 96% 89% 98% 96% 91% 91% 73% 98% 98% 91% 200% 909% 359% 275% 130% 126% 100% 111% 200% 150% 115% 125% 275% 100% 250% 286% 104% 500% 217% 141% 141% 133% 133% 121% 165% 165% 153% 153% 139% 139% 121% 159% 121% 159% 200% 250% 167% 123% 117% 127% 117% 127% 153% 140% 142% 143% 117% 230% 230% 117% 117% 124% 121% 124% 121% 202% 113% 113% 158% 234% 142% 103% 142% 103% 117% 116% 117% 116% 165% 138% 138% 108% 108% 121% 133% 133% 143% 143% 103% 234% 103% 119% 119% 138% 173% 138% 173% 118% 100% 103% 122% 122% 104% 104% 113% 113% 113% 113% 113% 113% 104% 123% 123% 101% 106% 100% 100% 109% 109% 1000% Average

4 2 6 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 5 2 7 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 2 2 1 9 9 3 1 6 6 3 3 8 6 6 cp cp cp 19 40 11 60 61 10 67 25 11 90 13 12 67 13 13 47 69 19 52 68 96 96 40 24 24 17 17 68 44 44 86 86 44 16 53 24 24 226 474 687 182 182 374 162 225 257 257 225 124 201 190 160 108 108 331 331 880 342 880 342 139 139 411 411 656 198 984 984 171 239 239 977 977 656 138 138 584 128 584 161 128 161 517 673 673 688 688 732 154 154 291 291 301 202 777 492 513 513 777 612 612 2017 2414 2414 1423 1423 2159 2209 2159 2209 2036 2036 2434 1927 1927 2434 3444 3444 1140 1140 3453 1140 2283 2283 State Totals The under stats State 5 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 5 2 1 6 3 4 4 2 1 St cp 68 24 24 46 46 27 27 21 21 79 79 11 16 58 58 16 14 16 14 83 83 16 58 58 36 44 44 41 41 60 60 26 26 23 27 88 88 35 56 82 33 27 16 16 23 23 56 51 51 101 101 135 135 239 242 239 242 106 106 169 169 226 226 121 121 142 142 178 178 6 1 1 9 1 6 2 9 9 5 5 6 6 4 4 1 1 1 1 6 6 2 1 2 7 4 5 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 2 2 40 40 29 21 10 12 12 86 14 58 86 14 58 22 22 31 38 31 38 96 96 22 22 12 44 19 44 19 21 95 23 23 43 43 18 18 LH 32 17 50 70 91 91 52 52 75 99 87 70 88 88 365 321 365 321 225 225 327 327 126 126 100 100 119 328 162 162 328 119 114 114 851 851 175 175 149 149 364 364 278 278 306 [double underline] 5 9 1 5 5 4 1 7 3 1 1 8 0 0 1 24 29 16 90 18 18 12 12 37 37 85 65 85 65 30 30 19 19 41 41 68 68 11 17 78 78 57 70 57 70 92 69 92 69 31 22 49 38 38 55 55 40 40 36 96 99 Ba 270 270 762 762 100 100 109 109 195 195 380 200 200 331 148 545 545 331 380 597 597 124 124 667 667 102 102 236 605 605 566 803 566 803 319 236 226 226 1308 1308 Norther 1 7 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 6 6 6 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 2 1 2 1 4 4 3 3 3 8 3 8 1 4 1 11 10 12 13 29 17 29 17 88 34 88 85 34 36 36 63 29 16 28 85 28 14 39 14 39 11 44 11 44 16 16 43 43 61 61 83 83 67 67 90 64 45 45 36 36 50 50 37 62 90 40 40 212 122 122 212 139 139 191 191 197 285 197 285 147 187 164 147 187 164 312 140 2017 NM/P 4 4 3 4 4 7 1 7 8 8 4 1 4 1 6 6 7 3 7 3 3 3 2 4 1 9 3 7 cp cp 22 22 32 12 12 69 24 11 30 11 20 15 30 69 20 15 14 57 11 14 10 57 11 16 10 16 87 31 35 31 35 52 20 71 43 24 24 48 48 95 95 98 98 15 72 88 51 71 59 59 WR 137 137 133 133 115 115 375 375 128 128 114 114 136 136 173 173 180 180 103 103 381 364 381 364 290 243 290 290 243 290 362 119 Upland SBCs: Upland Mid-state 2 6 2 1 6 8 3 8 3 1 1 9 9 7 2 5 3 1 6 1 1 1 9 9 7 8 7 8 1 1 CT 40 31 13 13 24 17 24 17 69 24 69 14 24 74 14 74 42 36 17 17 54 55 40 40 80 80 98 82 98 82 38 77 38 46 77 76 73 46 76 73 16 19 99 21 22 54 28 28 Hfd 155 174 155 174 110 110 296 296 141 141 113 113 350 232 Valley Connecticut Summer Bird Count Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut 4 7 2 3 7 1 4 8 1 1 7 6 1 2 5 2 2 3 4 1 2 4 7 3 1 1 2 7 3 6 1 4 6 4 9 9 9 8 9 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 13 10 25 25 10 14 29 12 19 11 64 13 12 51 27 27 25 25 29 29 60 36 12 12 49 49 80 80 44 88 44 88 71 71 32 22 35 97 35 45 60 35 35 NH 216 110 258 122 222 122 222 167 167 289 289 164 105 164 105 109 109 101 109 109 149 107 101 117 149 107 117 429 124 but recorded on all the previous 10 years [underlined, boldfaced zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but 3 1 2 1 3 8 6 1 9 2 1 1 4 5 1 1 4 7 3 2 6 9 1 3 2 6 8 9 1 8 1 9 3 1 9 3 1 1 1 1 9 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 cp cp cp 16 43 76 55 45 14 10 77 87 11 18 11 74 18 27 74 27 39 82 30 39 82 75 12 30 52 75 12 28 52 28 41 42 49 42 40 85 85 GS 101 429 108 140 128 434 128 434 183 245 183 173 245 134 173 134 106 251 295 509 106 273 251 143 295 509 240 273 418 231 143 471 240 418 231 471 105 334 558 126 140 1293 Coastal SBCs Coastal were tallied than were on any of the previous 10 years [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were were tallied than were recorded on any of the previous 10 year [boldfaced number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were [CD] species - not recorded on previous 10 years [darkened outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] - noted on fewer than five years during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - Yellow-cr Night-Heron Little Blue Heron Little Cattle Egret Heron Green Night-HeronBlack-cr Glossy Ibis Vulture Black Harrier Northern Hawk Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's species accipiter Goshawk Northern Bald Eagle Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Rail King Rail Clapper Rail Virginia Sora Coot American Oystercatcher American Plover Black-bellied Plover Semipalmated Piping Plover Killdeer Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Yellowlegs Greater Willet Sandpiper Upland Ruddy Turnstone Knot Red Sanderling Dunlin Sandpiper Purple Sandpiper Least Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Semipalmated Short-billed Dowitcher SnipeWilson's American Woodcock Gull Bonaparte's Gull Laughing Ring-billed Gull Gull Herring Gull Black-backed Great TernLeast Gull-billed Tern Tern Caspian Black Tern Common Tern Forster's Tern Royal Tern Osprey Downy Woodpecker Downy Black Skimmer Black Pigeon Rock Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Cuckoo Black-billed Screech-Owl Eastern Owl Horned Great Skimmer Black Owl Barred Pigeon Rock Owl Saw-whet Northern Mourning Dove Common Nighthawk, Yellow-billed Cuckoo Whip-poor-willEastern Cuckoo Black-billed Chimney Swift Hummingbird Ruby-throated Screech-Owl Eastern Kingfisher Belted Owl Horned Great Woodpecker Red-headed Owl Barred Red-bellied Woodpecker Owl Saw-whet Northern Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Common Nighthawk, Whip-poor-willEastern Woodpecker Hairy Chimney Swift Flicker Northern Hummingbird Ruby-throated Woodpecker Pileated Kingfisher Belted Kestrel American Woodpecker Red-headed Merlin Red-bellied Woodpecker Falcon Peregrine Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Monk Parakeet Olive-sided Flycatcher Woodpecker Hairy Wood-Pewee Eastern Flicker Northern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Woodpecker Pileated Flycatcher Acadian Kestrel American Alder Flycatcher Merlin Flycatcher Willow Falcon Peregrine FlycatcherLeast Monk Parakeet species Epidonax Olive-sided Flycatcher Phoebe Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Flycatcher Crested Great Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Flycatcher Acadian White-eyed Vireo Alder Flycatcher Vireo Yellow-throated Flycatcher Willow Vireo Blue-headed FlycatcherLeast Vireo Warbling species Epidonax VireoRed-eyed Phoebe Eastern Blue Jay Flycatcher Crested Great American Crow Fish Crow White-eyed Vireo Raven Common Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Lark Horned Vireo Warbling Swallow Rough-w Northern VireoRed-eyed Martin Purple Blue Jay Tree Swallow American Crow Bank Swallow Fish Crow Barn Swallow Raven Common Swallow Cliff swallow. Sp? Lark Horned Chickadee Black-capped Swallow Rough-w Northern Titmouse Tufted Martin Purple Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Swallow Cliff swallow. Sp? Chickadee Black-capped Titmouse Tufted Species known to historically nest within Connecticut are shown in italics. in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare Day Count New numbers Higher numbers Fewer 2017, [CD] in recorded Not records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time SPECIES Goose Snow Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan Duck Wood Gadwall Wigeon American American Black Duck Mallard Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Shoveler Northern Duck Ring-necked Scaup Greater Scaup Lesser Eider King Surf Scoter Scoter White-winged Black Scoter Duck Long-tailed Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Merganser Hooded Common Merganser Merganser Red-breasted Ruddy Duck Bobwhite Northern Pheasant Ring-necked Grouse Ruffed Wild Turkey Loon Red-throated Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga American Bittern BitternLeast Blue Heron Great Egret Great cuckoo species cuckoo Mississippi Kite Turkey Vulture Turkey Downy Woodpecker Downy Eastern Kingbird Eastern Kingbird Eastern cuckoo species cuckoo crow, sp? crow, sp?

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 138 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 139 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 9 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 6 2 6 4 6 4 7 4 6 72 13 11 22 30 13 75 19 35 24 11 78 28 49 95 93 14 77 87 10 56 56 16 59 21 18 74 10 86 36 167 235 133 666 156 270 416 726 253 512 197 900 622 974 362 132 375 345 274 326 335 356 891 366 115 591 407 139 129 624 298 106 234 306 170 118 436 242 649 139 227 307 744 582 333 188 502 511 671 613 664 High 2957 1566 2360 1288 3115 2448 2067 1747 2325 2239 2254 8404 1420 1025 2078 3114 3526 1040 1375 4762 6613 2092 2297 1175 4153 2064 2623 1095 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 7 1 0 5 7 1 1 6 2 1 2 80 34 75 39 77 46 78 16 70 22 11 52 13 41 75 66 55 14 86 93 97 69 26 19 62 10 22 14 75 529 167 273 446 398 639 349 548 206 211 120 157 152 723 276 235 592 224 444 141 432 162 554 217 118 387 102 145 445 415 181 578 547 486 199 943 362 740 272 436 456 667 Low 2330 1131 1648 1234 1698 1398 1245 1506 1570 6901 1227 2072 2490 3538 4455 1706 1868 2635 1062 1960 6 5 5 3 6 0 2 8 5 2 4 4 0 6 8 6 8 6 51 44 XX XX XX XX 51 27 52 47 16 26 71 47 52 99 81 50 93 36 27 41 13 97 29 54 23 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.2 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 4.6 1.4 0.1 5.9 0.5 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.9 2.4 3.7 1.8 2.9 112 106 620 333 119 220 580 104 447 130 742 450 100 810 259 305 218 233 215 309 282 712 282 489 219 558 105 228 146 117 207 173 307 541 151 224 576 488 258 971 788 136 363 433 761 924 463 515 561 857 Ave 2601 1376 1899 1029 2313 1000 1841 1898 2165 1783 1889 7486 1585 2541 3060 1161 4111 5348 1904 2055 3411 1560 2329

1 1 7 2 2 7 2 2 2 1 3 2 9 5 1 6 8 3 7 2 3 1 1 6 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 5 5 1 1 2 3 1 6 7 5 8 8 cp 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 yrs ======obs. 2007-2016 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 43% 44% 81% 51% 97% 75% 88% 91% 50% 39% 89% 34% 74% 97% 25% 83% 53% 53% 68% 83% 99% 82% 93% 83% 99% 59% 56% 59% 71% 85% 69% 89% 98% 96% 81% 96% 86% 93% 73% 98% 91% 154% 145% 131% 116% 105% 138% 125% 115% 122% 141% 101% 133% 165% 153% 127% 139% 121% 159% 200% 250% 167% 123% 230% 117% 124% 121% 119% 117% 113% 123% 103% 173% 170% 109% 106% 135% 108% 113% 138% 158% 154% 142% 103% 117% 116% 104% 113% 165% 138% 108% 121% 133% 143% 234% 103% 140% 121% 101% 129% 111% 103% 113% 122% 104% 113% 113% 108% 115% 109% 104% 123% 101% 106% 100% 109% 1000% Average

2 8 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 2 4 5 9 3 1 6 3 7 6 cp cp 19 26 74 91 13 86 27 14 77 25 43 81 88 96 36 40 24 17 68 44 53 24 173 653 268 164 205 138 710 182 450 374 162 225 108 331 880 342 584 139 411 257 242 319 592 104 211 161 198 984 171 239 977 656 138 128 429 289 637 517 291 673 688 732 154 294 413 795 492 513 612 777 2017 1577 2414 3016 1265 1423 2159 2209 3067 2241 2017 2036 7273 1927 2434 3444 1281 4602 4724 1770 2232 1140 3453 1140 2283 State Totals The under stats State 2 7 7 1 1 2 3 2 4 2 3 1 3 4 3 1 6 3 4 2 1 St 22 28 10 24 32 46 27 21 79 58 98 58 35 10 58 16 14 83 16 66 28 29 14 69 36 44 41 60 26 88 24 91 32 56 58 35 82 33 27 16 23 51 56 101 291 135 239 242 106 123 181 106 559 169 226 360 529 107 134 223 121 142 178 4 2 1 8 7 7 3 2 2 9 4 5 6 4 1 1 6 2 1 3 2 3 5 2 2 16 29 99 40 52 72 50 18 25 18 16 22 52 12 19 12 86 14 58 22 22 31 38 96 12 44 21 61 35 13 95 18 23 43 LH 10 20 78 50 91 52 75 99 88 70 100 461 233 185 365 321 339 126 645 657 225 327 852 244 104 100 162 328 119 114 851 175 286 895 614 426 499 572 141 149 364 278 306 [double underline] 9 4 6 1 9 2 5 4 1 4 1 8 0 1 23 32 41 12 16 86 56 90 18 12 37 85 65 30 19 41 68 11 69 95 19 78 57 70 92 13 39 40 49 38 55 36 96 Ba 118 190 134 168 157 100 248 152 745 565 270 762 126 109 195 200 239 192 148 545 331 380 597 124 194 988 375 549 500 250 196 295 667 102 605 566 803 226 319 236 1069 1548 1028 1308 Norther 4 3 5 8 7 1 1 1 9 8 1 1 3 2 4 1 1 1 6 6 1 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 3 1 30 26 29 17 88 34 36 44 22 25 29 37 67 22 67 63 29 16 28 85 14 39 11 43 61 83 77 64 34 39 50 67 64 45 36 40 37 90 278 142 189 122 212 186 180 424 455 389 165 149 190 294 139 191 197 285 147 187 164 312 140 2017 NM/P 1 3 5 2 9 1 6 1 5 8 3 4 1 6 7 3 2 4 1 cp cp 15 58 33 22 71 10 48 10 33 58 63 27 57 46 12 24 11 30 20 15 69 14 57 11 16 87 31 35 70 39 38 40 95 43 24 48 98 59 15 72 88 71 WR 266 261 121 184 137 133 115 375 128 114 206 211 762 568 471 169 214 241 107 303 136 173 180 103 381 364 290 243 290 362 119 Upland SBCs: Upland Mid-state 8 3 2 4 2 8 3 1 9 8 1 1 7 2 4 9 2 9 7 8 CT 15 19 34 11 60 13 24 17 69 24 14 74 43 36 26 19 64 54 89 37 26 24 95 17 38 55 40 80 98 82 77 46 76 73 28 16 19 99 21 54 Hfd 153 804 219 601 198 155 174 110 296 141 113 350 232 Valley Connecticut Summer Bird Count Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut 2 9 7 8 1 7 1 1 4 4 1 2 7 3 1 6 4 9 9 8 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 cp 28 25 10 42 87 15 42 22 49 55 88 15 39 75 14 22 40 27 25 71 29 36 12 49 80 44 88 35 32 22 35 97 35 60 NH 883 274 715 308 128 147 122 222 167 289 164 105 109 109 101 149 107 117 429 124 but recorded on all the previous 10 years [underlined, boldfaced zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but 5 5 4 1 1 3 2 6 9 1 8 1 9 3 1 1 9 1 4 2 1 2 1 cp cp 18 62 57 84 21 37 39 30 14 33 47 69 35 11 18 74 27 39 82 30 75 12 52 28 85 41 42 49 42 GS 145 251 113 160 206 843 136 240 190 430 356 128 434 183 245 173 134 106 251 295 509 273 143 240 418 231 471 105 334 558 126 140 1961 1030 1293 Coastal SBCs Coastal were tallied than were on any of the previous 10 years [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were were tallied than were recorded on any of the previous 10 year [boldfaced number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were [CD] species - not recorded on previous 10 years [darkened outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] - noted on fewer than five years during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Creeper Brown Wren House Winter Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Kinglet Golden-crowned Bluebird Eastern Thrush Gray-checked Veery Thrush Bicknell's Thrush Swainson's Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush Robin American Gray Catbird Thrasher Brown Mockingbird Northern Starling European Waxwing Cedar Ovenbird Worm-eating Warbler Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Warbler Blue-winged Warbler" "Lawrence's Warbler" "Brewster's Black-&-White Warbler Warbler Nashville Mourning Warbler Warbler Kentucky Yellowthroat Common Warbler Hooded Redstart American Warbler Magnolia Warbler Blackburnian Yellow Warbler Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Blackpoll Blue Warbler Black-throated Pine Warbler Warbler Yellow-rumped Prairie Warbler Warbler Green Black-thr Canada Warbler Warbler Wilson's Chat Yellow-breasted Towhee Eastern Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Verper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Sparrow Nelson's Black Skimmer Black Pigeon Rock Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Cuckoo Black-billed Screech-Owl Eastern Owl Horned Great Owl Barred Owl Saw-whet Northern Common Nighthawk, Whip-poor-willEastern Chimney Swift Hummingbird Ruby-throated Kingfisher Belted Woodpecker Red-headed Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Woodpecker Hairy Flicker Northern Woodpecker Pileated Kestrel American Merlin Falcon Peregrine Monk Parakeet Olive-sided Flycatcher Wood-Pewee Eastern Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Flycatcher Acadian Alder Flycatcher Flycatcher Willow FlycatcherLeast species Epidonax Phoebe Eastern Flycatcher Crested Great White-eyed Vireo Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling VireoRed-eyed Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Raven Common Lark Horned Swallow Rough-w Northern Martin Purple Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Swallow Cliff swallow. Sp? Chickadee Black-capped Titmouse Tufted Eastern Kingbird Eastern crow, sp? Species known to historically nest within Connecticut are shown in italics. in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare Day Count New numbers Higher numbers Fewer 2017, [CD] in recorded Not records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time SPECIES Goose Snow Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan Duck Wood Gadwall Wigeon American American Black Duck Mallard Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Shoveler Northern Duck Ring-necked Scaup Greater Scaup Lesser Eider King Surf Scoter Scoter White-winged Black Scoter Duck Long-tailed Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Merganser Hooded Common Merganser Merganser Red-breasted Ruddy Duck Bobwhite Northern Pheasant Ring-necked Grouse Ruffed Wild Turkey Loon Red-throated Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga American Bittern BitternLeast Blue Heron Great Egret Great Northern Parula Northern Cerulean Warbler Cerulean Downy Woodpecker Downy cuckoo species cuckoo

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 140 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 141 3 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 1 1 5 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 6 2 6 4 6 7 7 4 11 22 50 70 26 68 72 72 13 75 19 75 19 28 24 11 28 49 95 93 14 49 95 93 14 77 77 10 56 56 56 16 10 86 126 577 703 463 200 277 698 188 888 170 167 167 156 235 133 133 666 666 156 270 270 416 416 726 726 253 253 512 512 375 345 274 274 326 326 139 129 139 129 624 624 298 298 106 106 234 306 436 436 307 307 744 744 582 502 502 511 511 671 High 6534 2836 3213 4194 1417 1198 2247 5453 1534 1226 1358 1566 2957 2957 1566 1288 1288 3115 3115 2448 2448 8404 2067 8404 2067 1025 1040 1040 1375 4762 6613 1375 4762 6613 2092 2297 2092 2297 4153 2064 114573 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 1 7 1 0 0 2 7 1 1 2 68 35 32 80 80 34 34 77 75 75 39 77 39 46 46 52 13 52 13 41 41 75 66 75 66 55 55 86 97 26 26 22 385 366 245 102 229 776 490 174 715 928 930 116 529 529 167 167 273 273 446 446 398 398 211 120 152 152 723 723 276 276 432 432 162 162 217 217 145 145 445 445 415 547 486 199 486 199 943 362 943 362 272 Low 90180 3502 1737 2718 1869 1184 1814 4291 1124 1131 2330 2330 1131 1234 1234 1698 1698 6901 6901 1398 1398 3538 4455 3538 4455 1706 1868 1706 1868 2635 1062 7 6 6 0 2 8 5 2 4 4 0 6 6 6 6 6 85 14 54 16 54 51 51 44 XX XX XX XX 51 51 16 16 26 71 47 26 71 47 52 52 99 99 81 81 36 36 27 54 0.1 1.8 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 4.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.2 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 1.5 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 4.6 1.4 0.1 1.3 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.9 3.7 3.7 1.8 482 485 333 152 254 996 581 182 782 141 112 112 119 106 106 620 620 333 119 333 220 220 580 580 104 104 447 447 305 218 215 215 309 309 558 558 105 105 228 228 146 207 307 307 224 224 576 576 488 788 363 363 433 433 761 761 463 Ave 4746 2297 2954 3360 1338 2025 4874 1144 1094 1284 1376 2601 2601 1376 1029 1029 2313 2313 2165 2165 7486 7486 1783 1783 1161 4111 5348 1161 4111 5348 1904 2055 1904 2055 3411 1560 100659

1 5 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 7 1 1 7 2 2 7 2 2 2 7 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 1 3 2 9 5 1 6 6 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 5 5 1 1 2 3 1 6 7 5 8 cp 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 yrs ======obs. 2007-2016 0% 0% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 95% 90% 87% 73% 75% 88% 98% 88% 92% 43% 44% 81% 51% 81% 51% 97% 97% 75% 75% 88% 88% 91% 50% 39% 89% 34% 74% 53% 53% 68% 53% 53% 68% 83% 83% 99% 82% 99% 82% 93% 93% 83% 99% 99% 59% 56% 89% 98% 81% 81% 96% 86% 96% 86% 93% 93% 73% 121% 111% 117% 103% 101% 100% 127% 111% 103% 104% 108% 100% 108% 108% 106% 107% 104% 154% 154% 145% 145% 138% 131% 131% 115% 116% 116% 105% 105% 138% 125% 125% 115% 122% 122% 170% 101% 101% 200% 250% 167% 123% 113% 113% 123% 123% 103% 103% 170% 109% 109% 106% 106% 135% 135% 108% 108% 121% 158% 154% 154% 104% 104% 165% 140% 140% 121% 101% 129% 101% 129% 113% 113% 111% 111% 103% 108% 115% 108% 115% 109% 109% 104% 104% 101% 106% 1000% Average

4 1 3 0 1 0 2 8 8 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 5 5 7 3 1 7 cp 68 12 48 19 26 26 74 74 27 91 91 27 14 77 25 14 77 25 43 43 81 81 88 88 36 36 40 53 103 534 436 333 111 263 580 178 686 152 173 173 653 653 268 164 268 164 205 205 138 138 710 710 450 450 374 162 242 242 319 319 592 592 104 104 211 211 198 171 429 429 289 289 637 637 517 732 294 294 413 413 795 795 492 4127 2697 3041 3388 1385 1076 2194 4481 1231 1157 1337 2017 1577 1577 3016 3016 1265 1265 3067 3067 2241 2241 7273 7273 2017 2017 1281 4602 4724 1281 4602 4724 1770 2232 1770 2232 3453 1140 State Totals The under stats State 1 8 1 3 7 2 2 7 7 7 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 1 6 3 St 10 12 14 81 44 61 65 10 96 22 22 28 28 10 10 32 32 98 98 58 58 35 35 10 10 66 66 28 28 29 29 14 14 69 69 36 24 24 91 32 91 32 56 56 58 58 35 82 33 27 244 137 131 234 107 167 518 163 117 107 291 291 106 106 123 123 559 559 181 181 360 529 360 529 107 134 223 107 134 223 8288 4 1 4 4 2 2 8 8 7 7 3 7 7 3 2 2 3 2 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 34 18 49 57 16 16 16 29 29 99 99 18 52 52 72 72 50 50 18 25 25 18 18 16 22 16 22 52 52 12 12 12 21 61 61 35 35 13 13 95 LH 10 10 20 20 78 78 50 75 99 238 494 297 491 328 165 117 110 235 869 174 111 135 180 107 100 100 461 461 233 233 185 185 339 339 645 645 852 852 657 657 244 244 104 104 286 895 614 286 895 614 426 499 572 426 499 572 141 141 306 15.5 195.5 17661 [double underline] 9 1 4 9 9 4 4 6 1 6 1 9 9 4 2 2 4 1 4 1 8 1 87 63 50 11 31 93 22 23 23 32 32 41 12 41 12 16 16 86 56 86 56 90 11 95 95 19 19 13 13 39 39 49 36 96 Ba 709 455 220 199 497 142 350 570 189 181 122 284 280 118 118 190 190 134 134 168 168 157 157 248 248 152 152 745 745 126 126 565 565 239 239 192 192 148 194 988 375 194 988 375 549 500 250 549 500 250 196 196 295 295 319 1000 1069 1069 1548 1548 1028 1028 25352 Norther 6 3 4 4 3 3 5 5 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 9 9 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 6 1 45 10 36 24 53 66 66 85 82 61 15 30 30 26 26 22 25 29 22 25 37 29 67 37 67 22 22 67 67 63 29 16 77 77 64 34 64 34 39 39 64 37 128 327 189 384 212 114 289 250 123 278 278 142 142 189 189 186 186 180 424 455 389 180 424 455 389 165 149 190 165 149 190 294 294 312 140 9315 2017 NM/P 9 1 6 1 4 1 3 1 3 5 5 2 9 1 6 2 9 1 1 6 5 1 5 2 4 1 cp cp 94 46 23 81 16 15 15 58 58 33 33 71 10 71 10 48 48 33 58 63 33 58 27 63 57 27 57 46 46 24 87 70 39 70 39 38 38 40 40 43 15 72 88 WR 129 378 113 271 108 502 278 171 197 223 215 125 130 126 261 261 121 121 266 266 184 184 206 206 211 762 568 471 211 762 568 471 169 214 241 169 214 241 107 303 107 303 362 119 12613 Upland SBCs: Upland Mid-state 7 1 1 9 8 8 3 3 2 2 4 4 2 2 8 8 7 7 2 4 9 2 4 9 2 2 13 44 97 40 28 48 29 97 23 CT 15 15 19 19 34 34 11 60 11 60 43 36 26 19 43 36 26 19 64 54 64 54 89 37 89 37 26 24 95 26 24 95 55 16 19 99 21 Hfd 114 286 189 637 400 106 245 523 107 115 153 153 804 219 601 804 219 601 198 198 350 232 8422 Valley Connecticut Summer Bird Count Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut 1 3 1 1 2 9 9 7 7 8 1 8 1 7 1 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 cp cp 34 39 44 88 12 42 18 28 28 10 42 87 15 42 42 22 87 15 42 49 55 22 88 15 49 39 55 88 15 75 39 14 75 14 22 40 22 40 36 32 22 35 97 35 NH 156 211 183 490 496 131 151 122 399 129 157 883 274 715 308 883 274 715 308 128 128 147 147 429 124 9690 but recorded on all the previous 10 years [underlined, boldfaced zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but 3 6 1 3 5 5 5 5 4 4 1 1 1 1 9 1 4 2 1 2 cp cp 88 40 90 13 40 32 18 62 57 18 62 57 84 21 37 39 84 21 37 39 30 14 30 33 47 14 69 33 35 47 69 35 41 42 49 42 GS 7.5 508 463 731 226 257 153 384 984 134 310 145 251 113 145 160 251 113 206 843 136 160 240 206 843 136 240 190 430 190 430 356 356 105 334 558 126 1433 1961 1030 1961 1030 1293 302.5 20812 Coastal SBCs Coastal were tallied than were on any of the previous 10 years [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were were tallied than were recorded on any of the previous 10 year [boldfaced number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were [CD] species - not recorded on previous 10 years [darkened outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD] - noted on fewer than five years during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Junco Dark-eyed Tanager Scarlet Cardinal Northern Grosbeak Rose-breasted Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Bobolink Blackbird Red-winged Meadowlark Eastern Grackle Common Boat-tailed Grackle Cowbird Brown-headed Orchard Oriole Oriole Bullock's Oriole Baltimore Finch House Finch Purple Crossbill Red Siskin Pine Goldfinch American Evening Grosbeak Sparrow House unidentified/hybrid other INDIVIDUALS TOTAL Species CD Species CP DEGREE OF EFFORT Observers Parties HoursParty Day Party Hours Hours Party Night Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Creeper Brown Wren House Winter Wren Marsh Wren Carolina Wren Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Kinglet Golden-crowned Nuthatch Red-breasted Bluebird Eastern Nuthatch White-breasted Thrush Gray-checked Creeper Brown Veery Wren House Thrush Bicknell's Winter Wren Thrush Swainson's Marsh Wren Hermit Thrush Carolina Wren Wood Thrush Gnatcatcher Blue-gray Robin American Kinglet Golden-crowned Gray Catbird Bluebird Eastern Thrasher Brown Thrush Gray-checked Mockingbird Northern Veery Starling European Thrush Bicknell's Waxwing Cedar Thrush Swainson's Ovenbird Hermit Thrush Worm-eating Warbler Wood Thrush Waterthrush Louisiana Robin American Waterthrush Northern Gray Catbird Warbler Blue-winged Thrasher Brown Warbler" "Lawrence's Mockingbird Northern Warbler" "Brewster's Starling European Black-&-White Warbler Waxwing Cedar Warbler Nashville Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Worm-eating Warbler Warbler Kentucky Waterthrush Louisiana Yellowthroat Common Waterthrush Northern Warbler Hooded Warbler Blue-winged Redstart American Warbler" "Lawrence's Warbler" "Brewster's Black-&-White Warbler Warbler Magnolia Warbler Nashville Warbler Blackburnian Mourning Warbler Yellow Warbler Warbler Kentucky Warbler Chestnut-sided Yellowthroat Common Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Hooded Blue Warbler Black-throated Redstart American Pine Warbler Warbler Yellow-rumped Prairie Warbler Warbler Magnolia Warbler Green Black-thr Warbler Blackburnian Canada Warbler Yellow Warbler Warbler Wilson's Warbler Chestnut-sided Chat Yellow-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Towhee Eastern Blue Warbler Black-throated Chipping Sparrow Pine Warbler Field Sparrow Warbler Yellow-rumped Verper Sparrow Prairie Warbler Savannah Sparrow Warbler Green Black-thr Grasshopper Sparrow Canada Warbler Sparrow Nelson's Warbler Wilson's Chat Yellow-breasted Towhee Eastern Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Verper Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Sparrow Nelson's Northern Parula Northern Species known to historically nest within Connecticut are shown in italics. in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare Day Count New numbers Higher numbers Fewer 2017, [CD] in recorded Not records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time SPECIES Goose Snow Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan Duck Wood Gadwall Wigeon American American Black Duck Mallard Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Shoveler Northern Duck Ring-necked Scaup Greater Scaup Lesser Eider King Surf Scoter Scoter White-winged Black Scoter Duck Long-tailed Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Merganser Hooded Common Merganser Merganser Red-breasted Ruddy Duck Bobwhite Northern Pheasant Ring-necked Grouse Ruffed Wild Turkey Loon Red-throated Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga American Bittern BitternLeast Blue Heron Great Egret Great Cerulean Warbler Cerulean Northern Parula Northern Cerulean Warbler Cerulean

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Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 1 1 1 1 7 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 7 1 3 1 6 2 6 4 6 4 11 22 50 70 26 68 13 24 11 56 16 86 126 577 703 463 200 277 698 188 888 170 235 375 345 234 306 582 671 1200 High 6534 2836 3213 4194 1417 1198 2247 5453 1534 1226 1358 1025 4153 2064 114573 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1 1 68 35 32 86 97 22 385 366 245 102 229 776 490 174 715 928 930 116 211 120 415 547 272 Low 1000 90180 3502 1737 2718 1869 1184 1814 4291 1124 2635 1062 7 0 2 8 5 2 4 4 0 6 85 14 54 16 54 44 XX XX XX XX 27 54 0.1 1.8 1.8 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.7 4.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 4.6 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 1.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 2.9 1.8 482 485 333 152 254 996 581 182 782 141 305 218 146 207 488 788 463 Ave 4746 2297 2954 3360 1338 2025 4874 1144 1094 1284 3411 1560 800 100659

1 5 2 1 1 1 1 5 2 9 5 1 1 1 1 5 1 6 1 5 5 1 1 2 3 1 6 7 5 8 cp 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 yrs ======obs. 600 2007-2016 0% 0% 7% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 95% 90% 87% 73% 75% 88% 98% 88% 92% 43% 44% 91% 50% 39% 89% 34% 74% 83% 59% 56% 89% 98% 73% 121% 111% 111% 117% 103% 101% 100% 127% 103% 104% 108% 100% 108% 108% 106% 107% 104% 200% 250% 167% 123% 158% 165% 103% 101% 106%

1000% 400 Average

0 4 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 cp 68 12 48 19 40 53 103 534 436 333 111 263 580 178 686 152 374 162 198 171 517 732 492 200 4127 2697 3041 3388 1385 1076 2194 4481 1231 1157 1337 2017 3453 1140 State Totals The under stats State 1 8 1 3 2 1 6 3 0 St 10 12 14 81 44 61 65 10 96 36 35 82 33 27 244 137 131 234 107 167 518 163 117 107 8288 4 1 2 2 1 2 2 34 18 49 57 16 12 21 95 LH 50 75 99 238 494 297 491 328 165 117 110 235 869 174 111 135 180 107 306 15.5 195.5 17661

[double underline] If only every species had a trend so easy to interpret. Red- bellied Woodpeckers are certainly being recorded in greater 9 1 4 4 8 1 87 63 50 11 31 93 22 90 11 49 36 96 Ba 709 455 220 199 497 142 350 570 189 181 122 284 280 148 319 1000

25352 numbers. Norther 6 3 1 1 6 1 45 10 36 24 53 66 66 85 82 61 15 63 29 16 64 37 128 327 189 384 212 114 289 250 123 312 140

9315 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2017 NM/P

600 9 1 6 1 4 2 4 1 94 46 23 81 16 24 87 43 15 72 88 WR 129 378 113 271 108 502 278 171 197 223 215 125 130 126 362 119 12613

Upland SBCs: Upland 500 Mid-state 7 1 1 9 13 44 97 40 28 48 29 97 23 CT 55 16 19 99 21 Hfd 114 286 189 637 400 106 245 523 107 115 350 232

8422 400 Valley Connecticut Summer Bird Count Totals Count Bird Summer Connecticut Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 34 39 44 88 12 42 18 10 36 32 22 35 300 97 35 NH 156 211 183 490 496 131 151 122 399 129 157 429 124 9690 but recorded on all the previous 10 years [underlined, boldfaced zero] [underlined, previous all on 10 the boldfaced years recorded but 200 3 6 1 3 9 1 4 2 1 2 cp cp 88 40 90 13 40 32 41 42 49 42 GS 7.5 508 463 731 226 257 153 384 984 134 310 105 334 558 126 1433 1293 302.5 20812 Coastal SBCs Coastal

100 were tallied than were on any of the previous 10 years [underlined previous 10 the number] of any on years were tallied than were were tallied than were recorded on any of the previous 10 year [boldfaced number] previous 10 [boldfaced the of any on year recorded were tallied than were [CD] species - not recorded on previous 10 years [darkened outlined box] [darkened previous on 10 years recorded not - species [CD]

0 - noted on fewer than five years during [outlined previous 10 fivebox] years years than fewer on noted - Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers appear to have more year to year variability, but overall are being found in greater numbers than they were 20 years ago. Saltmarsh Sparrow Seaside Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Junco Dark-eyed Tanager Scarlet Cardinal Northern Grosbeak Rose-breasted Blue Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Dickcissel Bobolink Blackbird Red-winged Meadowlark Eastern Grackle Common Boat-tailed Grackle Cowbird Brown-headed Orchard Oriole Oriole Bullock's Oriole Baltimore Finch House Finch Purple Crossbill Red Siskin Pine Goldfinch American Evening Grosbeak Sparrow House unidentified/hybrid other INDIVIDUALS TOTAL Species CD Species CP DEGREE OF EFFORT Observers Parties HoursParty Day Party Hours Hours Party Night Species known to historically nest within Connecticut are shown in italics. in italics. shown are Connecticut within nest historically to known Species all-time the results. double to unless underlined they pertain 10 prior the when SBCs to pertain Totals recorded. was species a when given yers only those are numbers for Low Rare Day Count New numbers Higher numbers Fewer 2017, [CD] in recorded Not records all previousl SBC surpassing - record SBC All-time SPECIES Goose Snow Brant Canada Goose Mute Swan Duck Wood Gadwall Wigeon American American Black Duck Mallard Mallard/Black Duck Teal Blue-winged Shoveler Northern Duck Ring-necked Scaup Greater Scaup Lesser Eider King Surf Scoter Scoter White-winged Black Scoter Duck Long-tailed Bufflehead Common Goldeneye Merganser Hooded Common Merganser Merganser Red-breasted Ruddy Duck Bobwhite Northern Pheasant Ring-necked Grouse Ruffed Wild Turkey Loon Red-throated Common Loon Pied-billed Grebe Grebe Horned Cormorant Double-crested Anhinga American Bittern BitternLeast Blue Heron Great Egret Great

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Eastern Phoebe Northern Rough-w Swallow

1000 600

900

500 800

700 400

600 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 500 300

400

200 300

200 100

100

0 0

While Eastern Phobes came in at an all-time high, that does Northern Rough-winged Swallows appear to be doing well not hold up when corrected for party hours spent in the field. in recent years. The trend appears to be fairly flat overall when that is taken into account.

Yellow-throated Vireo Tufted Titmouse

350 2500

300

2000

250

1500 200 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100

150 1000

100

500 50

0 0

There sure seems to be a jump in the numbers of Yellow- While our numbers of Tufted Titmouse hit an all-time high, throated Vireos that were found this year and it remains an the record does not hold up when corrected for party hours all-time high when corrected for party hours. because of a large number that were found with less observer effort in 2002. The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 146 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 147

Worm-eating Warbler American Redstart

250 1400

1200

200

1000

150 800 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 PHs Birds/100

600 100

400

200

0 0

Worm-eating Warbler presents an interesting graph. With an The all-time high count for American Redstarts this year apparent steep climb at the beginning of the 20 year period holds up even when corrected for party hours. Overall any then an apparent decline and leveling off. This year was a trend appears to be slight however. ten-year high, but pales in comparison to some earlier counts when corrected for party hours.

Hooded Warbler Prairie Warbler

60 250

50 200

150 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 PHs Birds/100 30

100

50 10

0 0

There appears to be much year to year fluctuation in the While this year had a new ten-year high for Prairie Warblers, numbers of Hooded Warblers found on the count. there are fewer being recorded than were in the first five years of the period.

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Chipping Sparrow Monk Parakeet

2500 250

2000 200

1500 150 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 PHs Birds/100

1000 100

500 50

0 0

Chipping Sparrow hit a new all-time high in raw numbers, There was a big spike in the numbers of Monk Parakeets but 2010 had more when corrected for party hours. in 2005, but overall they don’t seem to be turning up in the count areas, with a new low count in 2017.

Field Sparrow Black-thr Green Warbler

250 450

400

200 350

300

150 250 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100

200 100

150

100 50

0 0

Black-throated Green Warblers have been harder to find in While Field Sparrow had a new ten-year high, they appeared recent years and there was a new all-time low in 2017. Not to be more numerous in the late ‘90’s and early ‘00’s. surprising considering the declines in Eastern Hemlocks in our region. While not an all-time low in raw numbers it is a new low point in the past 20 years when corrected for party hours. The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 150 Zeranski and Comins 2017 Summer Bird Count 151

Canada Warbler Party Hours

80 1600.0

70 1400.0

60 1200.0

50 1000.0 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 PHs Birds/100 40 800.0

30 600.0

20 400.0

10 200.0

0 0.0

Canada Warblers do not seem to be showing up in the num- Party hours have been relatively flat since 2012, but overall bers they used to. there is more effort being logged than the earlier years of 20 year period.

Black-cr Night-Heron

500

450

400

350

300 Birds/100 PHs PHs Birds/100 250

200

150

100

Not surprisingly there are peaks and valleys for Black- crowned Night-Herons in some years. Overall 2017 was not a record low, but there have been few recorded in the last five years compared to earlier counts.

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 2016 Fall Hawk Watch 153 2016 FALL HAWK WATCH

By Steve Mayo

What is the best time to watch hawks in Connecticut? For Quaker Ridge (Greenwich), Boothe Memorial (Stratford) and all the far-inland sites, migrant Broad-winged Hawks flock together in kettles of several to several hundred individuals, on light northerly winds or just after light northerly winds. This flight peaks in Connecticut during the second and the third week of September. For Lighthouse Point Park (New Haven), watchers and photographers know to gather around Columbus Day. The time to go see hundreds of hawks, some even at shoulder level, is after blocking weather that is fol- Julian Hough photo lowed by strong, northwest winds. For Southern Connecti- A Northern Goshawk, like this well-marked juvenile, is a desired addition at every cut sites such as Boothe Memorial, Quaker Ridge and Light- hawk watch. house, there can be a huge Buteo or vulture push on bitterly spite of good coverage. It had the worst totals in its 17 year cold, powerful, northerly November winds. history. Suffield Wildlife Management Area (Suffield) had 44 If these weather conditions don’t correlate with these specific Broad-winged Hawks on September 21 and 53 on September calendar dates, the hawk flight can be lackluster at best. This 24. White Memorial (Litchfield) managed a very early Gold- appeared to be the case for the 2016 fall season. As with any en Eagle on September 16, but missed out with a total of only season, 2016 brought spectacular days of hawk watching. 15 Broad-winged Hawks in 20 hours of coverage. Unfortunately, the records that were set tended to be record On the afternoon of September 14, Quaker Ridge had 331 lows. Broad-winged hawks on north winds shifting west, just THE BROAD-WINGED HAWK FLIGHT ahead of a thunderstorm. The next day moderate winds from the north, then east, then south, brought the 2016 daily Booth Hill (West Hartland) had the lowest seasonal total and record of 1014 Broad-winged Hawks. On September 21, lowest coverage hours since 2011. Why stay if there are no another 691 passed the site, and 667 went over on the 24th. hawks moving? Botsford Hill (Bridgewater) had average These days contributed to a season total of 3484. Also on coverage hours, but the lowest Broad-winged totals since the 15 of September, Lighthouse managed 25 Broad-winged 2005. Chestnut Hill (Litchfield) did a little better with 1509 Hawks, some in loose kettles with Osprey. Boothe Memorial Broadies for the season, including 380 on September 14 and logged no Broad-wings for the month of September. Hope- 403 on the 21st. But still, it had its lowest season total since fully low coverage hours will rebound in future seasons. 2006. Johnnycake Mountain (Burlington) also had good Boothe Memorial has in the past, logged seasonal record coverage and a seasonal total of 1010, the lowest since 2010. numbers of raptors. The best day was on September 15 with 246 on light northeast winds. With the exception of 184 Broad-wings on Sep- QUAKER RIDGE tember 14, Middle School (Torrington) missed the flight in Quaker Ridge continued to have excellent hourly coverage,

152 The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 154 Mayo 2016 Fall Hawk Watch 155 with many exciting raptor and non-raptor finds. But the lack of “good hawk weather” continued, resulting in a record- low October count. November brought almost daily sightings of Turkey Vultures, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Coopers Hawks, Red-Shouldered Hawks and Red-tailed Hawks. All totals were within 10 year average values for the month of November. For the first time in the Count’s long history, coverage officially went into December. On December 1, an adult Northern Goshawk went by, the eighth Gos’ of the 2016 season. The season ended with Broad-winged Hawk, Sharp- shinned Hawk, Cooper’s Hawk and total hawk numbers all lowest since 2003. Northern Harriers (104) were lowest since the 1992 season. This species continues its decline in the Eastern United States. American Kestrel season totals (284) were the lowest in three decades of full-season coverage. LIGHTHOUSE POINT PARK

Lighthouse fared only slightly better than its record-low 2015 Julian Hough photo Sorting out local Ospreys from migrants can be a challenge, especially early in the season. There were some highlights however. On Septem- season, at Lighthouse Point in New Haven. ber 24, 447 raptors (13 species) were tallied. Another 358 (12 species) were counted on September 25, before winds went onshore the next day. September numbers for Sharp-shinned for the season. Again, this is Mark Aronson, Renee Baade, Hawk (570) and American Kestrel (210) were the worst Sep- only slightly better than the David Babington, Bill Banks, tember totals since full-time coverage began in 1980. On Oc- 2015 season total of 6780. Martin Barris, Dan Barvir, tober 9, a cold front picked up moisture from Tropical Storm Steve Beal, Raymond Beld- Additional data including ing, Gail Benson, Debbie Mathew and there was steady rain throughout Connecticut. daily, monthly and seasonal Northwest winds and clear skies followed on October 10. Bishop, Nick Bonomo, Polly summary reports, may be Brody, Steve Broker, Tracy The 888 hawks counted that day included 445 Sharp-shins, obtained from the Hawk 107 Cooper’s Hawks, 161 American Kestrels and 43 Merlins. Brown, Kaleigh Bryden, Tom Migration of North America Burke, Mark Burton, Dana This was one of few highlights for the month and 3804 hawks website, hawkcount.org. for October was a near-record low. Campbell, Paul Carrier, Ve- Summaries for Connecticut ronica Colacrio, Al Collins, In early November the hawks joined the expected hundreds and the rest of New England, Jim Cortina, Annette Cuniffe, of thousands of migrating blackbirds. On November 6, a can also be obtained from Louisa Cunningham, Mark late Accipiter push on moderate northwest winds resulted The Northeast Hawkwatch, Danforth, Kathy Davies, Rita in 251 hawks for the day. The next day the winds from the http://www.battaly.com/ Dempsey, Ayreslea Denny, north-northwest were lighter, but 305 hawks including 137 nehw/. Paul Desjardins, Brian Dono- Red-tailed Hawks, were counted, along with almost 200,000 WATCHERS van, Rich Donovan, Cynthia Common Grackles. Lighthouse ended up with 7314 hawks Ehlinger, Bruce Finnan,

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 156 Mayo 2016 Fall Hawk Watch 157 Chris Finlay, James Fischer, Bobbie Fisher, Anne Fisk, Da- vid Fisk, Steve Foisey, Ethel Follett, Jared Franklin, Barry 15 414 885 277 101 BW 1509 1010 Freed, Frank Gallo, Ted Gilman, Nancy Glynn, Tina Green, 4211 Carole Griffiths, Frank Guida, Carol Goertz, Ed Haesche, 0 0 0 5 0 2 27 34

Tony Hager, Greg Hanisek, John Hannan, Carol Harrington, RS Richard Harrington, Roy Harvey, Pasha Hogan, Julian 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hough, Brenda Inskeep, Lynn James, Keith Johnson, Anne 1 NG Kehmna, Aiden Kiley, Greg Kosakow, Scott Kruitbosch, Bob 0 4 Lamotte, Michael Lee, Ryan MacLean, Jim MacLean, Matt 5 7 5 42 18 81 CH Male, Frank Mantlik, Joh Marcellino, John Marshall, Mike AK-American Kestrel ML-Merlin PG-Peregrine Falcon uR- Unidentified Raptor Marsano, Jeff Martin, Shaun Martin, Stefan Martin, Steve 7 7 18 51 59 56 11 SS Mayo, Robin McAllister, Kevin McGrath, Dan Mercurio, 209 Karen Mercurio, Ken Merrifield, Nancy Meyer-Lustman, 0 3 2 2 1 2 29 Chris Mignone, Ken Mirman, Jim Moore, Judy Moore, Marty 39 NH Moore, Don Morgan, Tom Murray, Brendan Murtha, Sean 9 Murtha, Mike Obrien, Ben Oko, Emma Olsen, John Oshlick, 1 4 7 17 36 49 123 Brian O’Toole, David Peake-Jones, Ron Pelletier, Carol Per- BE rault, Janet Petricone, Andrea Petrullo, Patti Picard, Matt 9 4 11 14 18 48 10 114 Popp, Tim Reed, Anne Ribolow, Phil Ribolow, Rick Roach, OS Johnny Rodriguez, Paul Roberts, Dan Rotino, Ed sadowski, BW-Broad-winged Hawk RT-Red-tailed Hawk RL-Rough-legged Hawk GE-Golden Eagle 0 David Salmon, Olaf Saltau, Meredith Sampson, Ronnie Santo, 0 0 0 21 24 109 154 Sol Satin, Jeff Seneca, Scott Slora, Albert Shol, Jeff Sonshine, TV Ruth Sonshine, Dori Sosensky, Howie Sternberg, Christine 0 0 0 1 0 0 35 36

Sweeney, Paul Swigat, Jory Teltsen, Tony Tortora, Ellen BV Valle, George Walker, Jackson Walker, Bill Wallace, Chritine Walker, George Walker, Steve Walter, Mike Warner, Chris 18 53 78 66 83 59 20 377 Weintrab, Al Welby, John Wojtanowski, Joseph Wojtanowski, Connecticut - All Lookouts Fall 2016 Hours Sara Zagorski, David Zomach SS-Sharp-shinned Hawk CH-Cooper's Hawk NG-Northern Goshawk RS-Red-shouldered Hawk Town Suffield Litchfield Litchfield Burlington Torrington Bridgewater West Hartland Lookout Booth Hill Botsford Hill Chestnut Hill MiddleSchool Suffield WMA Johnnycake Mt. White Memorial INLAND TOTAL INLAND GROUP BV-Black Vulture TV-Turkey Vulture OS-Osprey BE-Bald Eagle NH-Northern Harrier

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 158 Mayo 2016 Fall Hawk Watch 159 1 213 BW 3698 3484 97 223 326 485 989 5215 1424 1671 TOTAL 0 721 566 155 RS 1 0 0 0 45 17 16 11 uR 8 7 0 15 NG 8 0 5 2 0 1 0 0 AK-American Kestrel ML-Merlin PG-Peregrine Falcon uR- Unidentified Raptor PG 0 343 CH 1356 1013 4 5 2 3 0 5 0 19 ML 2 SS 4036 1600 2434 7 3 7 3 20 46 24 110 AK 0 398 104 294 NH 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 GE 395 159 234 BE BW-Broad-winged Hawk RT-Red-tailed Hawk RL-Rough-legged Hawk GE-Golden Eagle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 RL 461 764 OS 1252 0 4 7 0 1 0 0 673 496 TV 30 18 1169 RT 0 34 24 10 BV 20 59 66 78 83 53 18 377 Hours Connecticut - All Lookouts Fall 2016 Connecticut - All Lookouts Fall 2016 13 733 611 1357 Hours SS-Sharp-shinned Hawk CH-Cooper's Hawk NG-Northern Goshawk RS-Red-shouldered Hawk Town Suffield Litchfield Litchfield Burlington Torrington Bridgewater W. Hartland Town Stratford Greenwich New Haven - TAL Lookout Booth Hill GROUP Lookout Botsford Hill Chestnut Hill MiddleSchool Suffield WMA COASTAL Johnnycake Mt. White Memorial INLAND TOTAL Quaker Ridge INLAND GROUP COASTAL TO Lighthouse Point Boothe Memorial BV-Black Vulture TV-Turkey Vulture OS-Osprey BE-Bald Eagle NH-Northern Harrier

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 160 Mayo 2016 Fall Hawk Watch 161 1 15 213 101 277 885 414 3484 7909 1010 1509 Total 35 8075 7314 15424 TOTAL 1 2 Nov 2 62 408 344 uR 9 0 44 Oct 0 0 1 0 5 42 0 422 107 111 28 176 148 25-30 PG 0 30 23 53 687 201 101 226 1 22-24 75 381 305 ML 1 2 13 44 21 691 239 421 403 0 744 284 460 AK 0 0 5 4 9 59 11 25 20 11 7 3 0 10 GE 0 0 0 19 1 0 1 0 RL 2 0 18 1 0 2 31 21 17 0 630 197 433 RT 0 0 0 16 15 44 51 16 13 733 611 1357 Connecticut - All Lookouts Fall 2016 Hours 25 18 15 246 288 254 1014 Sept Broadwing Flight - Connecticut Fall 2016 2 0 2 61 14 571 211 196 413 403 thru Sept Town Stratford Greenwich New Haven 2 1 11 Aug Total Lookout GROUP GROUP Lookout INLAND Booth Hill Quaker Ridge "COASTAL" Botsford Hill Chestnut Hill Quaker Ridge Lighthouse Point Boothe Memorial Suffield WMA Middle School Johnnycake Mt. COASTAL TOTAL White Memorial COASTAL GROUP Lighthouse Point Boothe Memorial

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870 CONNECTICUT FIELD NOTES 8105 1906 5252 Total 59 12 7314 1174 3804 2265 Total Spring Season, March 1 through May 31, 2017 0 0 62 14 23 25 6 1 uR 80 344 155 102 uR By Greg Hanisek and Frank Mantlik 0 4 0 0 0 58 13 41 29 78 41 PG PG 148 The season began with the now-expected array of rare geese 1 6 1 1 2 75 31 36 45 81 305 176 ML ML carrying over from winter. Overall an extensive list of rare and uncommon species kept observer interest high, and 0 2 5 0 2 3 63 284 214 460 245 210 AK AK seasonal movement progressed at a crisp pace. Heavy and varied migration occurred during the last five days of April, 3 0 1 1 1 0 7 0 5 2 0 0 GE GE which bought a flood of first arrivals. 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RL RL These included two Ameri- see, Nashville and Chestnut- 0 1 5 0 14 25 can Redstarts on April 26 in sided Warblers at Cedar Hill 77 433 286 108 RT 197 114 RT Lyme (DPe), and two Least Cemetery in Hartford (DMc, 0 2 2 0 1 9 44 11 Flycatchers on April 27 at PCi); and Scarlet Tanager 213 165 BW BW 3484 3463 Boston Hollow in Ashford at multiple locations. A 0 2 6 0 16 82 44 13 155 RS 566 331 227

RS (DMo). On April 28 these highlight of this movement included 12 Semipalmated was the discovery of Pro- 7 1 2 4 0 0 8 1 3 4 0 0 NG

NG Sandpipers at Hammonasset thonotary Warblers at two Beach State Park in Madison, locations, Edgewood Park 0 1 9 1 52 58 343 232 151 654 198 CH CH 1013 hereafter HBSP, (CI, AP) and in New Haven on April 29 one at Stratford Point (PCo); (LRo) and Fisher Meadow in 1 3 3 0 79 SS 639 878 SS 249 570 1600 2434 1612 Blackburnian Warbler at Bos- Avon on April 30 (BT). First ton Hollow (DMo); Veery at arrivals on April 30 included 1 3 2 3 16 35 49 59 104 294 128 102 NH NH Sherwood Island State Park Yellow-billed and Black-

Quaker Ridge, Greenwich - Fall 2016 in Westport (TG), in Stratford billed Cuckoos in Lyme (TC); 1 8 6 0 22 46 82 35 98 95 159 BE 234 Lighthouse Point, New Haven - Fall 2016 BE (SK) and in Colchester (EHr); eight reports of Swainson’s 0 1 0 3

0 Worm-eating Warbler at East Thrush; and Lawrence’s 36 31 461 393 OS 764 150 611 OS Rock Park in New Haven Warbler in Chaplin (ADe, 6 1 0 1 0 673 50 211 455 (JOs); and Blue-winged War- AB), Magnolia Warbler in TV 496 144 301 TV bler and Black-throated Blue Boston Hollow (DMo) and 0 9 1 0 0 3 6 1 0 24 14 10 BV BV Warbler at multiple loca- Cape May Warbler in Wilton tions. (JB). 7 9 14 66 733 183 611 167 217 235 186 260 Hours Hours April 29 arrivals included Following is a list of first ar- Common Nighthawk in Dur- rivals for a selection of other ham (FG); Yellow-throated regular spring migrants: Total Total Vireo at the Racebrook Tract Great Egret – March 24 in August August October October December December November November September September in Woodbridge (CL); Tennes- Milford (GH) and Guilford

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 163 164 Hanisek Connecticut Field Notes 165 (CH); Snowy Egret – March in Ashford (DMo); Eastern bler – April 17 in Litchfield March 24 flight that included 24 in Guilford (CH); Tricol- Kingbird – April 19 in Wol- (GH); Wilson’s Warbler – 500 over Guilford (PWo), ored Heron – April 3 in Old cott (JSw); White-eyed Vireo May 7 in New Haven (GM); 450 over Canton (JMe) and Saybrook (JOg); Little Blue – April 19 in Guilford (GH); Saltmarsh Sparrow – May 6 350 over Woodbury (RN). Heron – April 2 in Madison Blue-headed Vireo – April in Stratford (FMa); Lincoln’s A Ross’s Goose wandered (JMo); Green Heron – April 11 in Norfolk (RB); Warbling Sparrow – May 1 in Westport around Westport March 6-15 16 in Stonington (RT); Yel- Vireo - April 24 in six loca- (JT); Indigo Bunting – April (TG et al.). A Black Brant, low-crowned Night-Heron tions; Barn Swallow – April 26 in Hamden (FMc); Rose- the western North American – March 25 in Westport 5 in Westport (PL); North- breasted Grosbeak – April 19 subspecies, was at Seaside (TG); Glossy Ibis – April 1 in ern Rough-winged Swal- in Greenwich (ADo); Bobo- Park in Bridgeport on March Madison (KM); Virginia Rail low – March 29 in Litchfield link – April 29 in Redding 26 (NB). In addition to a – April 14 in Madison (EHa); (MD); Purple Martin – April (MF); Boat-tailed Grackle – handful of singles, two Cack- Sora – April 11 in Westport 9 in Stonington (PR); Blue- March 29 in Stratford (FMa, ling Geese were at Macken- (TG); Semipalmated Plover gray Gnatcatcher - April 5 RS); Orchard Oriole – April zie Reservoir in Wallingford – April 27 in Milford (SSp); in Westport (PL); Wood 27 in Stratford (PCo) and on March 15 (NB). Piping Plover – March 18 in Thrush – April 23 in East Woodbridge (JMo); Balti- Milford (MB); Least Sandpip- Hampton (DCi). more Oriole – April 17 in The only report of a Eurasian er – April 14 in Milford (SSp); East Haven (JRi). Green-winged Teal came Pectoral Sandpiper – March Also Ovenbird – April 23 in from Shell Beach in Guilford 29 in Madison (CH); Short- Ashford (DMo); Northern A Pink-footed Goose on on March 26 (CL). A sea- billed Dowitcher – April 24 Waterthrush – April 17 in the Connecticut River and watch March 25 in Stratford in Stonington (DPe); Spotted Ashford (DMo); Louisiana nearby fields in the Enfield produced 5,000+ Greater Sandpiper – April 17 in West Waterthrush – April 3 in Kill- area in February carried over Scaup, 350 Long-tailed Hartford (PDe); Solitary ingworth (GH); Black-and- to March 10 (m.ob.), then Ducks and 53 Surf Scoters Sandpiper - April 15 in Port- White Warbler – April 16 in one appeared March 11-13 (PCo). Four Redheads were land (LN); Willet – April 14 Plainfield (RD) and Ashford at Southport Beach (AK et on Coventry Lake on March in Milford (SSp); Least Tern (DMo); Northern Parula – al.). Another report from 13 (AV), but the big day was – May 1 in Stratford (SMa); April 16 in Mystic (JRe); Ce- Enfield March 15 indicated March 29, which produced 12 Common Tern – April 24 in rulean Warbler - April 27 in two different birds were at Milford Point (TM), five at Greenwich (WS). Lyme (AV, TC); Bay-breasted probably involved (DH). A Captain’s Cove in Bridgeport Warbler – May 5 in Darien total of seven Greater White- (JHu) and four at Wethers- Also Chimney Swift – April (TG, CEh); Yellow Warbler fronted Geese included four, field Cove (PDe). The high 19 in Stonington (RD); Ruby- – April 18 in Litchfield (BS); likely a family group, March counts of Ring-necked Ducks throated Hummingbird Blackpoll Warbler – May 1 24 at Leetes Island Road in were 850 on March 24 at – April 16 in Salem (CTa & in New Haven (JOs, m.ob.); Branford (CH). A March 11 Twin Lakes in Salisbury (RB) PTa); Acadian Flycatcher Palm Warbler – April 5 in cold front produced multiple and 550 on March 16 at Lake – May 6 in Easton (JN); Seymour (ES) and Wilton sightings of Snow Geese in- Mamanasco in Ridgefield Alder Flycatcher – May 16 (MW); Prairie Warbler – cluding 60 in the Short Beach (AW). A female King Eider, in Southbury (NB); Great April 10 in Southbury (BR); area of Stratford (MW). noted for spring appear- Crested Flycatcher – April 23 Black-throated Green War- These were dwarfed by a ances, was at Long Beach in

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Julian Hough photo This stunning Lapland Longspur, shown here on April 23, performed for many observers in late April at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.

Bruce Finnan photo One of several in the state during the season, this Prothonotary Warbler visited Dunlap Lake in Darien May 4-9.

Bruce Finnan photo Andrew Dasinger photo This is one of a pair of Least Bitterns in residence at McKinney National Wildlife This adult female Red-necked Phalarope visited Glastonbury Meadows, a private Refuge in late May and into the summer.. location, on May 21.

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Stratford May 11-20 (FMa et Aprl 9 (DPr), and 800 on the Management Area in Ston- May 17 (DPe). al.). A Barrow’s Goldeneye water off Stratford Point on ington on May 17 (AV). An Mississippi Kite reports that wintered at Tuxis Island April 12 (SMa). An American adult Little Blue Heron X involved one on May 17 at off Madison was present to White Pelican, always a bit Tricolored Heron hybrid Durham Fairgrounds (LB); at least March 30 (HS et al.). of a heart-stopper, visited the returned to HBSP on April two on May 21 over New A significant gathering of 102 Thames River in Groton on 17 (FMa). One of the now Haven (JHo, DF); and one Hooded Mergansers was at April 6-7 (AV et al). sporadic visits by a Cattle Bantam Lake in Litchfield on Egret occurred on April 18 in May 30 in Fairfield (PL). March 6 (BD). American Bitterns were Westport (TG); others were An early Osprey visited reported from nine locations at HBSP on May 7 (CK) and Wethersfield Cove on the A Pied-billed Grebe un- in five counties, both coastal in Stratford May 18 (FMa et Connecticut River on March expected May 21 at North and inland. A Least Bittern, al.). A Yellow-crowned Night 2 (PCo). A few Rough-legged Farms Reservoir in Walling- found injured April 22 in Heron April 15 at Barn Island Hawks lingered into March, ford (MMo). A wintering a cul-de-sac in Stamford, in Stonington was well east with reports from five south- Eared Grebe remained at perished despite efforts to of its state stronghold in the eastern locations to March Nathan Hale Park in New get it to a rehabber (SMa). Stratford-Milford area (PR). 22 (RD, DPe et al.). A Com- Haven through at least April One found away from likely The now predictable ap- mon Gallinule showed itself 11 (RS et al.). Another was off breeding locations presented pearances by White-faced May 14 at Wimisink Marsh Greenwich Point on March itself to a number of observ- Ibis began with two found in Sherman (ADi), and 8 (SMa, MMc), and a sec- ers May 20-21 at Ash Creek April 19 along Route 1 on the one found May 26 at Little ond long-staying one was in in Fairfield (AK et al.). A pair Clinton-Westbrook town line Pond in Litchfield remained Stonington to at least March was discovered May 30 at (GH, BBa, BF). Scattered re- through season’s end (TM 29 (DPr). The high inland McKinney NWR in Stratford ports continued through the et al.). Up to four Sandhill count of Red-necked Grebes (FMa). Great Blue Herons season with two in Mystic on Cranes were in North Ca- was six on Bantam Lake in occupied five nests as early Litchfield on March 31 (MD); as March 21 at North Farms eight were at Greenwich Reservoir in Wallingford Point on March 13 (MMr). (MMo). They were also still Single shearwaters May 20 on the move April 3 with in West Haven (JMe) and flocks of 17 and seven over May 29 in Norwalk (ID) were Cromwell (JSh) and 13 over likely Manx Shearwaters. Madison (GH). An adult Lit- An incredible showing by tle Blue Heron made an un- Northern Gannets included expected inland visit to the 65 in a single binocular view Heritage Village Golf Course and more than 100 during a in Southbury on May 18 20-minute period on April (GH). An exceptional count Paul Fusco photo 7 at Stratford Point (SMa); of three Tricolored Herons This is one of two Mississippi Kites seen over New Haven on May 400 to 500 passing Stoning- was at Barn Island Wildlife 21. ton Point in two hours on

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 170 Hanisek Connecticut Field Notes 171 5, one at Maynard’s (aka in Lyme (HG). Red-headed Ingham Hill) Pond in Old Woodpeckers continued Saybrook (RD et al) and one their recent elevated pres- at Barn Island in Stoning- ence in the state, with reports ton (JRi et al.). Extending a from at least 12 locations two-year run in which three and most of them present for subspecies of Mew Gulls extended periods (m.ob.). were found in Connecticut, a A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Mew (Kamchatka) Gull was seen briefly on May 17 in photographed in Stratford Southbury was a good can- on March 20 (NB). A Gull- didate for bird of the season billed Tern, a hard species (fide TZ). The season’s only to come by in Connecticut, Northern Shrike was found Chris Wood photo This Sandhill Crane passed over Bent of the River Audubon Sanctuary in made a brief visit to the on March 18 in Norfolk Southbury on May 16. Stratford shoreline on May (PCa). A very early Cliff 18 (FMa). Reports of single Swallow on April 2 in Col- naan March 11-13 (KK, BF none higher than five (NB et Caspian Terns were scat- linsville was at a spot were et al.). Other reports were of al.). A White-rumped Sand- tered through May (FMa et the species breeds (DL); two two over Bent of the River piper was early May 1 at al.). The season’s only Black more on April 11 at Nepaug Sanctuary in Southbury on Milford Point (FMa), and the Tern was at Compo Beach Reservoir in Canton were May 16 (KE, CW) and two on high count was 13 on May in Westport on May 16 (TG). still early on that date (PDe). May 28 at Benedict Pond in 30 at a marsh in Stratford The first two Forster’s Terns, A Red-breasted Nuthatch on Norfolk (JMa). (FMa). A nice flock of seven infrequent in spring, were May 20 at HBSP was late for Pectoral Sandpipers dropped found May 11 in Greenwich that location (PDe). An early A remarkable flight of in at Portland Fairgrounds Whimbrels, usually seen as (SMu). A high count of 11 Gray-cheeked Thrush was on April 28 (TA). After a Black Skimmers was made at banded at Birdcraft Sanctu- scattered singles in spring, major snow storm the day produced a flyby flock of at Cockenoe Island in Westport ary in Fairfield on May 2 before, March 15 dawned on May 26 (TG). Also note- (DMr). A stunning breeding least 50, but possibly sig- with American Woodcocks nificantly more, on May 22 at worthy were nine on May plumaged Lapland Longspur scattered all over the state; 21 at Calf Pasture Beach in entertained visitors to HBSP HBSP (SSt), the same day 11 a high count of 39 were at were at Milford Point (RS). Norwalk (BMu). beginning on the late date HBSP including six around of April 18 (EHa, JC, m.ob.). Then on May 24 a flock of the edge of the traffic rotary A White-winged Dove 40+ flew by Compo Beach in It was seen through at least (MK, EHa et al.). A Red- visited Bradford Nature April 28. Westport (TG), followed by necked Phalarope showed Preserve in East Haven on 13 flying northwest at Sher- well May 21 at Glastonbury May 9 (EHa, TG). The nearly An Orange-crowned War- wood Island (TG). Red Knots Meadows (ADa, DJ). non-existent Barn Owl was bler, present since Dec. 10, again occurred in minimal found in Old Saybrook on remained in Mystic to at least numbers in May, with most The two Black-headed Gull May 28 (GW et al.). A Whip- April 1 (LRe). An uncom- reports of one or two and reports were both on March poor-will was early April 12 mon spring migrant Orange-

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 172 Hanisek Connecticut Field Notes 173 crowned sang its easily this overshooting southern overlooked little trill May 6 species. A Black-throated in Ridgefield (AW). A Ken- Green Warbler on March 28 tucky Warbler was a quality in Derby presumably win- addition to the May 13 flight tered somewhere well north at East Rock Park in New of its typical locations (BBa, Haven (RW, JOs et al.). An- GH). other sang May 21-22 in Ne- hantic State Forest in Lyme The discovery of an adult (GW et al.). Overshooting male Summer Tanager on Hooded Warblers sometimes May 1 at Lighthouse Point arrive here well ahead of our Park in New Haven brought local breeders. Such was the birders in for a look, and it case with one found April 7 was found to be accompa- at Cove Island in Stamford nied by a female (ST, GH et Bruce Finnan photo al.). They were present to at This American Woodcock, at Hammonasset Beach State Park on March 17, (VD). A nocturnal flight call was part of a statewide fallout after a March 15 snowstorm recording station in West- least May 5. Another male port picked up two early turned up the next day in April 28-May 10 (TB et al.), breeding stronghold was 33 Mourning Warblers on May Coventry (KT); one was at and a female was at Rocky on April 7 (FMa). Two were 10 and two more on May Selleck’s Woods in Darien Neck State Park in East at Sherwood Island State 16 (PL). All were backed by on May 10 (SK et al.); and Lyme May 3 (BMa). A female Park in Westport on April 11 spectrogram analysis. More one was present May 15-17 Painted Bunting, a species (TG), and five were at Clin- cooperative than the April in Sherman (BBi fide BD). A making increasing appear- ton Town Beach on May 13 birds, a Prothonotary War- Seaside Sparrow was early ances in coastal Fairfield (DCi). The wintering Eve- bler found May 4 at Dunlap April 19 at Cove Island Wild- County, visited a yard in ning Grosbeaks in Canaan Lake in Darien showed itself life Sanctuary in Stamford, Darien on April 8 (DA). The still numbered 19 on April 6 for many birders through where it was only the second season’s single Dickcissel (CEl). A Barkhamsted feeder at least May 9 (WS et al.). In record for the site (PDu). The was at Trout Brook Valley in still held 75 Pine Siskins on an excellent season for this Bent of the River Audubon Easton on May 20 (JN). March 14 (FZ). uncommon species, others feeders attracted eight Fox were reported from Durham Sparrows in the aftermath Female Yellow-headed Exotics – A Black-backed on May 14 (MG) and at Little of the March 14 snow storm Blackbirds were reported Oriole, a species native to Pond in Litchfield on May (KE). Four Yellow-breasted from Ferry Point in Old Say- Mexico, was seen briefly May 27 (LS). Yellow-throated Chats for the season included brook on March 18 (DCi) and 14 at Shippan Point, Stam- Warblers were a good find in a very cooperative one seen at Southport Beach on March ford (PDu, AC). A European Colebrook on April 18 (WH) by many May 19 through 19 (TG). An immature male Goldfinch visited feeders at and at Miller Pond State Park season’s end in Coventry remained at Stratford Point Bent of the River Audubon in in Durham on April 23 (AF), (KT, Pth et al.). A female May 5-20 (SMa, FMa et al.). Southbury on March 14 (GS), a typical range of dates for Blue Grosbeak visited a The high count of Boat-tailed and one was in Madison on home in Wallingford on Grackles in their Stratford May 24 (PW).

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 174 Hanisek Observers: David Alpeter, Tim Stefan Martin (SMa), Gail PHOTO CHALLENGE Antanaitis, Bill Banks, (BBa) Martino, Flo McBride (FMc), By Julian Hough Tom Baptist, William Batsford, Mark McGrath (MMc), Deborah Joe Bear, Ray Belding, Barb McTigue (DMc), Jamie Meyers While on a routine tern survey on an offshore island, you are Binzen (BBi), Nick Bonomo, (JMe), Darlene Moore (DMr), shocked to see a dark-backed tern fly past. You fire off a few Aaron Bourque, Matt Bradshaw, Judy Moore (JMo), Marty shots as it flies away. You know the bird is either a Bridled or Leslie Bulion, Donna Caporaso Moore (MMo), Michelle Moore a Sooty Tern and you wrack your brain in the midst of panic (DCa), Jim Carr, Paul Carrier (MMr), Don Morgan (DMo), (PCa), Paul Cianfaglione (PCi), Keith Mueller, Tom Murray, trying to recall the salient points: which one is the darker Dan Cimbaro (DCi), Christina Brendan Murtha (BMu), Sean one?; which one is bigger than a Common Tern?; which one Clayton, Al Collins, Patrick Murtha (SMu), Jeremy Nance, has more white on the forehead? Reviewing the images, the Comins (PCo), Tom Cordock, Russ Naylor, Larry Nichols, upperparts are grayish brown, contrasting with a jet black Andrew Dasinger (ADa), Anders Ogren, John Ogren crown, separated by a pale nuchal area... it has to be a Bri- Vanessa David, Paul Desjar- (JOg), John Oshlick (JOs); Dylan dled Tern! A look at the forehead patch reveals a more linear dins (PDe), Ian Devlin, Alex Pedro (DPe), Annie Perko, Dave white forehead patch, again cementing the identification. Delehanty (ADe), Buzz Devine, Provencher (DPr), Brendan Angela Dimmitt (ADi), Robert Reilly, Larry Reiter (LRe), James Bridled Tern and Sooty Tern, while superficially similar, are Dixon, Ani Dorian (ADo), Mike Restivo (JRe), Jason Rieger (JRi), easily separated given decent views. Even when not seen Doyle, Patrick Dugan (PDu), Lesley Roy (LRo), Phil Rusch, well, with experience, the overall tone to the upperparts is Ken Elkins, Cynthia Ehlinger Ed Sadowski, Sol Satin (SSt), the best feature, being paler above and not so coal-black, a (CEh), Chris Elphick (CEl), Sam Saulys (SSa), Will Schenck, good indicator of Bridled before plumage features can be Daniel Field, Bruce Finnan, Jannie Shapiro (JSh), Lucy Andrew Foerster, Mary Fox, Shephard, Russ Smiley, Glenn deduced. Bridled are also smaller than Sooty Tern, a feature Frank Gallo, Hank Golet, Somogie, Ben Sonnenborg, often useless on a lone bird, but if the bird in question is Michael Good, Tina Green, Ed Steve Spector (SSp), Howie Common Tern-sized, it’s likely a Bridled Tern. Haesche (EHa), Greg Hanisek, Sternberg, Jack Swatt (JSw), Ernie Harris (EHr), William Mark Szantyr, Christine Tambo- On closer views, the white supercilium extends back to the Hobbie, Tom Holloway, Dorrie rra (CTa), Pat Tamborra (PTa), Holmes, Julian Hough (JHo), Charley Taney (CTn), Jory Chris Howe, Jim Hunter (JHu), Teltser, Steve Thomas, Kevin Chuck Imbergamo, Denise Thompson, Peter Thompson Jernigan, John Johnson, Aidan (PTh), Tim Thompson, Brian Kiley, Jeffrey Kimball, Cindy Toal, Robert Turnbull, Anthony Kobak, Micky Komara, Kat- Vicciarelli, Mike Warner, John eri Kosek, Scott Kruitbosch, Weeks, Alan Welby, Glenn Wil- Dave Lawton, Chris Loscalzo, liams, Ryan Wirtes, Paul Wolter, Preston Lust, Bob MacDonnell Chris Wood, Priscilla Wood, (BMa), Andrew Main, Charles Sara Zagorski, Tom Zissu, Fran Makarewich, Frank Mantlik Zygmont. (FMa), John Marshall (JMa),

Julian Hough photo Cedric Duhalde photo

The Connecticut Warbler, Vol. 37 No 4, October 2017 175 176 Hough THE CONNECTICUT WARBLER eye in a line, whereas on Sooty Tern, the patch is larger, more Editor Greg Hanisek - 175 Circuit Ave., Waterbury, CT 06708 rhomboid-shaped. The black cap merges uniformly with the (203) 754-4401 email: [email protected] back, giving a uniformity to the upperparts, lacking any con- Departments Editorial Advisory Board trast between the mantle and the cap. In flight, although hard Feature Articles Site Guides Louis Bevier to see in the field unless close, the pattern of the underwings Robert A. Askins Arnold Devine William Davis is different. Bridled has the white bleeding down the prima- George A. Clark, Jr. Dwight Smith John Kricher Field Notes ries while on Sooty Tern, the white ends at the primary bases Photo Challenge Wayne Petersen Greg Hanisek Julian Hough and is well delineated. (See accompanying Julian Hough Frank Mantlik Layout/Production Bird Counts photo.) Manny Merisotis Steve Broker Steve Mayo This Bridled Tern was discovered on July 28 by researchers Joseph Zeranski Cedric Duhalde and James Heuschkel on Falkner Island in Guilford. The original Challenge Photo was taken by Cedric. The Connecticut Warbler (ISSN 1077-0283) is devoted to the study of birds and This is the second state record; the first was in 1992 coinci- their conservation in Connecticut and is published quarterly (January, April, dentally also at Falkner Island. Word got out quickly and July, and October) by the Connecticut Ornithological Association. allowed many motivated birders to charter boats out to the Send manuscripts to the Editor. Please type double spaced with ample island. The bird was faithful to the jetty on the west side, and margins, on one side of a sheet. Submit a copy on a computer disk, if possible. Style should follow usage in recent issues. All manuscripts receive peer review. a lot of birders were able to connect and get great views of Illustrations and photographs are needed and welcome. Line art of Con- this rare tern. necticut and regional birds should be submitted as good quality prints or in original form. All submitted materials will be returned. We can use good quality Bridled Terns are extremely rare in the Northeast, and often photographs of birds unaccompanied by an article but with caption including involve summering birds at tern colonies. Sooty Terns are the species, date, locality, and other pertinent information. default tropical tern associated with hurricanes and tropical CONNECTICUT ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION storms, often occurring inland, whereas, the slighter Bridled President: Steve Broker, 50 Hidden Place, Cheshire, CT 06410 Tern is rarely found inland. Even when good numbers of Vice-President: Frank Mantlik, 195 High View Drive, Stratford, 06614 Secretary: Denise Jernigan, 618 Hopewell Road, Glastonbury, CT 06073 Sooty Terns occurred during Hurricane Irene, no Bridled Treasurer: Paul Wolter, 8 Sybil Creek Place, Branford, CT 06405 Terns were found in Connecticut - even though many were Assistant Treasurer: Jason Rieger, 2 Pauline Court,Wallingford,CT 06492 seen along the south shore of Long Island – the latter seem- Chairman Rare Records: Jay Kaplan, 71 Gracey Road, Canton, CT 06019 ingly a big geographical door stop, preventing many pelagic Board of Directors (terms ending) species from entering Long Island Sound. 2018 2019 2020 Robert Dixon Bill Batsford Andrew Dasinger Frank Mantlik Angela Dimmitt Chris Howe John Marshall Tina Green Craig Repasz Larry Reiter Scott Kruitbosch Tom Robben Jason Rieger Gina Nichol Ben Sonnenberg Sara Zagorski Maureen Wolter Kathy Van Der Aue

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