5/31/16 Sandy Point, West Haven, Royal Tern, White-rumped Sandpiper

5/31/16 Sandy Point, West Haven, Royal Tern, White-rumped Sandpiper

Royal Tern, Sandy Point, 5/31/16

Royal Tern, Sandy Point, 5/31/16

Green Heron, Walker's Pond, 5/31/16

White-rumped Sandpiper in Horseshoe Crab, Sandy Point 5/31/16

Yellow-breasted Chat, Silver Sands SP, 5/27-28-29-30-31/16

Chat found easily in same place on 5/31/16 T 7:30 M.  Singing while flying back and forth over the service road.  A chance there are two Chats: we can hope for breeding.

Yellow-breasted Chat, 5/30/16, Silver Sands SP, still in the Ailanthus

Yellow-breasted Chat, discovered by John Oshlick on 5/27/16, found yesterday and again today, from 5/18/16, just off the main paved road through SSSP.  Also, I found a Yellow-breasted Flycatcher in the deep, dark cover with the foraging Chat on 5/27.  Both birds commonly found years ago when active at  Milford Point banding station, but never saw the birds there except during banding.  Below, a record photo of the Chat and a deer and WIFL today:

Yellow-breasted Chat, SSSP, 5/28/16

Yellow-breasted Chat, Silver Sands SP, 5/31/16

Yellow-breasted Chat, Silver Sands SP, 5/31/16

Yellow-breasted Chat, Silver Sands SP, 5/31/16

Pine, Frosted Elfins; Cobweb Skipper, Mansfield Hollow 5/14/16

Pine, Frosted Elfins; Cobweb Skipper, Mansfield Hollow 5/14/16.  Butterflies seen on Lenny Brown's CBA trip.

Cobweb Skipper, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

American Copper, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

American Copper, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Gray Hairstreak, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Frosted Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Frosted Elfin, Mansfield Hollow 5/14/16

Dreamy Duskywing, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Frosted Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Frosted Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Pine Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Pine Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Pine Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Pine Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Pine Elfin, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Cobweb Skipper, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Cobweb Skipper, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Cobweb Skipper, Mansfield Hollow, 5/14/16

Prothonotary WA, Walker's Pond, 5/13/16

Prothonotary WA, Walker's Pond, 5/13/16

My first Prothonotary Warbler at Walker's Pond, 5/13/16, around 7:55 AM, in coolish, overcast weather with rain on the way.  Prothonotary slowly working through overhanging branches and feeding.  A few photos of this beauty below:

Prothonotary Warbler,  Milford CT, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

Prothonotary Warbler,  Milford CT, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

Prothonotary Warbler,  Milford CT, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

Prothonotary Warbler,  Milford CT, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

Prothonotary Warbler,  Milford CT, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

May Migrants

May Migrants, Milford

Bobolink, Silver Sands SP, 5/9/16

Yellow-crowned Hight-Heron, Trumbull Ave 5/9/16

Yellow-crowned Hight-Heron, Trumbull Ave 5/9/16

Indigo Bunting, Walker's Pond, 5/10/16

Piping Plover at new nest, Milford Point, 5/5/16

Piping Plover on new nest with eggs, Milford Point, 5/5/16

Northern Waterthrush, Walker's Pond5/8/16

Scarlet Tanager(s), Walker's Pond, 5/8/16

Scarlet Tanager(s), Walker's Pond, 5/8/16

Scarlet Tanager(s), Walker's Pond, 5/8/16

Black-and-White Warbler, Walker's Pond 5/8/16

Scarlet Tanager(s), Walker's Pond, 5/8/16

Northern Waterthrush, Walker's Pond, 5/8/16

Prairie Warbler, Walker's Pond 5/9/16

Yellow-throated Vireo, Walker's Pond 5/9/16

Black-throated Green Warbler Walker's Pond 5/9/16

Black-throated Green Warbler Walker's Pond 5/9/16

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Walker's Pond  5/9/16

Northern Parula, Walker's Pond, 5/9/16

Northern Parula, Walker's Pond, 5/9/16

Northern Parula, Walker's Pond, 5/9/16

Bobolink Silver Sands SP, 5/9/16

Tree Swallows at nest, Silver Sands SP

Bobolink Silver Sands SP, 5/9/16

Bobolink Silver Sands SP, 5/9/16

Bobolink Silver Sands SP, 5/9/16

Greater Yellowlegs, Trubull Ave 5/10/16

Little Blue Heron, Wilcox Park

Scarlet Tanager, Walker's Pond 5/10/16

Scarlet Tanager, Walker's Pond 5/10/16

Scarlet Tanager, Walker's Pond 5/10/16

Indigo Bunting, Walker's Pond, 5/10/16

Baltimore Oriole, Eisenhower Park, 5/5/16

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Eastern Towhee, East Rock

Sanderling, Milford Point

Sanderling, Milford Point

House Wren, Eisenhower Park

Veery, Walker's Pond

Black-and-White Warbler 5/9/16 Walker's Pond

Worm-eating Warbler, Walker's Pond

Scarlet Tanager(s), Walker's Pond, 5/8/16

Green Heron, Walker's Pond, 5/11/16

Orchard Oriole, NH Land Trust, 5/11/16

Tree Swallow, Eisenhower Park, 5/11/16

Tree Swallow,  Eisenhower Park, 5/11/16

Yellow Warbler, Eisenhower Park, 5/11/16

Chestnut-sided Warbler Est Rock 5/11/16

Orchard Oriole, NH Land Trust, 5/11/16

Hen Wild Turkey, Silver Sands SP, 5/12/16 

Ovenbird, Walker's Pond, 5/12/16

Common Yellowthroat, Mondo Ponds, 5/12/16

Eastern Kingbird, Mondo Ponds, 5/12/16

Prothonotary Warbler, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

Prothonotary Warbler, Walker's Pond 5/13/16

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP, 5/17/16

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP, 5/17/16

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP, 5/17/16

Barn Swallow, Silver Sands SP, 5/17/16

Barn Swallow, Silver Sands SP, 5/17/16

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP, 5/17/16

Least Terns, Milford Pt, 5/19/15

Least Terns, Milford Pt, 5/19/15

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Milford Pt, 5/19/16

RUTU, Milford Point 5/19/16

AMOY chick, Milford Pt, 5/19/16

AMOY chicks, Milford Pt, 5/19/16

AMOY on nest, Milford Point, 5/19/16

drake Wood Duck,  Mondo Ponds, 5/19/16

Wood Duck family, Mondo Ponds, 5/19/16

Semipalmated Sandpiper, 5/25/16, Milford Fort Trumbull Beach