January 22, 1964, Hartford, southerly through Middletown to Higganum and south to 39°F. Clinton and Hammonasset Beach State Park, Clinton Township, Connecticut-8-9 a.m. Blue Jay - 2 Common Crow - 4 Starling - 12's Common Grackle - 6 Herring and Ring-billed Gulls. Jan. 22, 1964, Clinton and Twnshp to Old Lyme and O.L.Tnshp via Cornfield and Guardhouse Points, Old Saybrook Twnshp, Conn. 9:15-11 a.m. 40-44°F. Red-throated Loon - 2 Eared Grebes- 3 Red-necked Grebe - 1 Black Duck - 12 Greater Scaup - 12's White-winged Scoters - 12's Bufflehead - 50 Glaucous Gull Ring-billed Gull Black-backed Gull Bonaparte Gull Herring Gull Common Crow - 10 Fish Crow - 3 Starlings - 12's House Sparrows - 12's Purple Finches - flocks -total 150-200. Jan. 22, 1964, Rocky Neck State Park, E.Lyme Twnshp, Conn. 11:10-12 noon. 45°F. Horned Grebe - 3 Black Duck - 200 Mallard - 10 Greater Scaup - 12's Red-brstd Merganser (Black Point)25 White-wing Scoter Sparrow Hawk - 1 ad. M Belted Kingfisher- 2 Blue jays Common Crow Black-capped Chickadee Seaside Sparrow. Jan. 22, 1964, Harkness Memorial State Park, S of New London, Waterford Twnshp, Conn. (and Estuary of Thames River) 12:40-1:30 p.m. 48°F. Horned Grebe European Cormorant 1(Th.River) Black Ducks - 30 Mallard - 2 Greater Scaup - 140 Buffleheads - 80-100 Pigeon Hawk - 1 adult Sparrow Hawk - 1 adult M. ***Purple Sandpiper - Erolia maritima - #899 - a single approached within 10 feet for 3 or 4 minutes at very southern-most wave-washed rock on park point. Herring Gull Bonaparte Gull Black-backed Gull Starlings. Jan. 22, 1964. From New London NW on CSH 85 to Seven Corners - 130-150 p.m. Connecticut occasional Blue Jay, Crow and Starlings only. No birds at all alongN-S road through middle of snow-covered Devil's Hopyard Park. 2 Blue Jays at Millington, E. Haddam Twnshp NW of above Park. Starlings near settlements along way northward. 1 Ruffed Grouse in gravel road at Days Pond State Park, Colchester Twnshp. Red-shouldered Hawk NE of Hartford. January 26, 1964, Home to Sugar Ioaf Mtn & Return, Montgomery Co. Md. 11-2 p.m. Windy, clear. Vultures Red-shouldered Hawk golden-shafted Flicker Mockingbirds W. Bluebirds Starlings common Cardinals Crows, Common Slate-colored Juncos - 2 January 27, 1964, 5201 Westwood Dr. at District/Maryland Line, 4-4:30 p.m. Ovc. Cool. At feeding station of Art Baker's. Mourning Doves Downy Woodpecker - 2 Blue Jays Tufted Titmouse - 3 or 4 Starlings - 2 Cardinals Slate-colored Juncos White-throated Sparrows Blk-cap & Carolina Chickadees. ***White-winged Crossbill - Loxia leucoptera - #900 - came for viewing two times for 12 and 8 minutes each. Full-colored male, with almost black wings showing two white areas plainly. Also rump almost flaming red in late p.m. cloudy light.