BIRDS OBSERVED IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY 



80. Saw-whet, or Acadian Owl. Nyctala acadica. Frequent as 



a migrant and rare as a summer resident. Mr. Williams 

 found a pair occupying an old crow's nest, in Winsted, 

 twelve to fifteen years ago. It was the middle of May, 

 and there were three young. They occur in winter, and 

 are sometimes found in buildings or picked up dead. 

 Hunters occasionally flush them in bushy tracts in the fall. 



81. Screech Owl. Megascops asio. Common resident through- 



out the year. 



82. Great Homed Owl. Bubo virginianus. Rather common in 



wild, mountainous sections of the County, increasingly 

 scarce in others. Owing to its loud hootings its presence 

 is more easily detected than that of some other owls. 



83. Snowy Owl. Nyctea nivea. A rare, irregular visitor from 



the North, more apt to occur along the coast. 



84. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus. A not com- 



mon summer resident. 



85. Black-billed Cuckoo. Coccyzus erythropthalmus. A rather 



common summer resident, more so than the preceding. 



86. Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcyon. A common summer resi- 



dent near bodies of water. They sometimes winter, of 

 which thi*ee cases have been reported to me. 



87. Hairy Woodpecker. Dryobates villosus. Resident through- 



out the year, not common, but generally distributed. 



88. Northern Do-miy Woodpecker. Dryobates pubescens medi- 



anus. Quite common throughout the year. 



89. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus varius. A migrant, 



not very common, but sometimes fairly so in the fall. 

 Some fifteen years ago Mr. Williams found two nests in 

 Winchester, to verify one of which he shot the birds, and 

 he still has eggs and data. He believes that they still 

 breed, as he occasionally hears their notes in the nesting 

 season. The region where he lives, including the neigh- 

 boring towns of Litchfield, Norfolk, Winsted, and others, 

 are of very high elevation, and are somewhat Canadian in 

 their fauna, flora and climate. The season is fully two 

 weeks later than in the southern part of the State. Careful 



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