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11/19/25 8:06 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Final Call: COA Advanced Workshop on Nov. 22
11/19/25 6:44 am Sunrise Birding via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 11/19/25 - Hammo Forster’s Terns
11/19/25 6:27 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Spam post
11/19/25 5:13 am ROBERT MIRER via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hi! Sorry to bother, do you shop on Amazon?
11/18/25 10:30 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Correction on empid
11/18/25 9:17 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Empid at Indian lake
11/18/25 8:47 am Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Foster terns
11/18/25 8:31 am ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Foster terns
11/17/25 9:47 am Dave via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: An adult adorable bird video 10 minutes long.
11/17/25 7:34 am Bird Comcast Bird via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] An adult adorable bird video 10 minutes long.
11/17/25 7:33 am Bird Comcast Bird via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] An adult adorable bird video 10 minutes long.
11/16/25 11:51 am Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Red-headed Woodpecker
11/15/25 10:54 am Dyl Pedro via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Colchester Evening Grosbeak
11/15/25 8:03 am Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern Gannets
11/14/25 2:15 pm Folsom-O'Keefe, Corrie via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Upcoming event: Increasing Coastal Resilience at Hammonasset Beach State Park at the Scranton Library, Monday Dec 8th
11/14/25 6:42 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Vesper sparrow,middle beach parking entrance. Bruce , Greg and Bill banks
11/13/25 6:39 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Golden eagle- Kellogg center, Derby
11/13/25 6:18 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Evening grosbeak
11/13/25 6:17 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Evening grosbeak
11/12/25 3:33 pm Richard Gedney via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] COA Workshop November 22nd
11/12/25 12:05 pm Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
11/12/25 10:19 am Nancy via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Westetn Cattle Egret
11/11/25 6:54 am ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Western cattle egret
11/11/25 3:35 am Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Western Cattle Egret continues
11/10/25 1:20 pm Laurie Doss via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 2 Cave Swallows Kent
11/10/25 5:34 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cave swallows
11/9/25 8:18 am Cara Stelzel via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ruff Barn Island
11/8/25 1:54 pm Andrew Block via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Sora, Saltmarsh Sparrows, and Nashville Warbler
11/8/25 5:43 am Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Grasshopper Sparrow
11/7/25 11:46 am Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bristol Snow Goose
11/6/25 6:16 pm Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cave Swallow pics 11-6-25
11/6/25 10:13 am James Muchmore via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: CAVE SWALLOWS
11/6/25 7:17 am Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] CAVE SWALLOWS
11/6/25 3:29 am Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] eBird Checklist - 5 Nov 2025 - Sherwood Island State Park - 63 species
11/5/25 6:09 pm svelles via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Congrats Barry Fasciano #300
11/5/25 2:09 pm Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Amazing flyovers
11/5/25 1:37 pm Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Amazing flyovers
11/5/25 11:14 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
11/5/25 8:16 am Andrew Block via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] extralimital Tundra Bean-Goose
11/5/25 8:02 am Tim Riley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlarks Hammo
11/4/25 9:59 am Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] CAVE SWALOWS
11/3/25 2:19 pm Michael Carpenter via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
11/3/25 1:52 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
11/3/25 10:57 am JEFFREY KOHAN via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
11/3/25 10:45 am Andrew Stack via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
11/3/25 9:32 am Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Community garden harvest - final results
11/3/25 6:23 am ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] White wing scoter, Hammo
11/2/25 10:51 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Community garden harvest - final results
11/2/25 10:50 am Rob Ballinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Golden Eagle - Clinton
11/1/25 6:10 pm Dana Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Lighthouse Point Hawkwatch Saturday final
11/1/25 9:34 am Dana Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Goshawk
11/1/25 8:59 am clutchzat--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Scarlet Tanager
11/1/25 8:56 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] November welcome
11/1/25 6:38 am Jesse Farnham via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] First hooded merganser
10/31/25 1:39 pm Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Community garden harvest deadlines
10/30/25 9:06 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Connecticut Warbler journals
10/29/25 5:06 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] LHAS Mtg 11/3: Larry Fischer - Broad-winged Hawks
10/29/25 10:53 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
10/29/25 2:04 am AMY HOPKINS via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Halloween costume ideas for birders (humor)
10/28/25 3:11 pm Christina Nieves via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Peregrine Falcon
10/28/25 12:15 pm Joanne Gabriel via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eagle Expert and Author, Tina Morris, to speak at Darien Library on November 6, 6:30 p.m.
10/28/25 10:50 am Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Vesper, White-crowned Sparrows, Allen’s Meadows
10/28/25 4:07 am Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Study comparing Merlin to Humans
10/27/25 4:56 pm Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Lighthouse Point Golden Eagle
10/27/25 3:34 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Final schedule of 2025-2026 Christmas Bird Counts in CT
10/27/25 3:01 am Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Sunday Hawk Watch at Lighthouse Point Park
10/26/25 11:17 am ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] First Sapsucker
10/26/25 10:13 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Week four community garden harvest
10/25/25 4:37 pm Lisa Wahle via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Friday and Saturday at Lighthouse Point Park
10/25/25 1:55 pm Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common Gallinule
10/25/25 3:47 am Jane Little via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Coastal Center
10/24/25 11:33 am ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 4 Purple Finches, 1 male at home feeder
10/23/25 9:35 am Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Vespers
10/22/25 1:36 pm imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cattle Egret head's up
10/22/25 1:08 pm Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
10/21/25 4:08 pm Don Mullen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6664, Issue 1
10/21/25 1:43 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] White- crowned Sparrow
10/21/25 9:02 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] The birding Dictionary
10/21/25 8:44 am Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Off the Deck
10/21/25 6:06 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cattle egret back
10/21/25 6:01 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cattle egret in milford now
10/21/25 5:42 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cattle egret 8:30
10/20/25 3:07 pm Stuart Winquist via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: PSA - Hunters are active
10/20/25 2:16 pm John Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] PSA - Hunters are active
 
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Date: 11/19/25 8:06 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Final Call: COA Advanced Workshop on Nov. 22
There are just a few spots left for this weekend's in-person COA Advanced
Level Workshop on the topic of “Avian Hybrids and Subspecies Occurring in
Connecticut: A Discussion on Taxonomy and Birding.”
Location: Birdcraft Sanctuary – Connecticut Audubon Society, 314 Unquowa
Road, Fairfield, CT
Date: Saturday, November 22, 10am – 12:30pm
Free, but registration is required.
Sign up now at https://www.ctbirding.org/eventcal/nov-25-workshop/
and scroll to the bottom

If you’ve wondered about things like the finer field marks that denote the
difference between a Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) and the
recently split Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea), the many
Red-tailed Hawk subspecies, or why some hybrids are more common than
others, this is the workshop for you. Our two presenters, Nick Bonomo and
Aidan Kiley, will be giving insight into species such as the Blue-winged x
Golden-winged Warbler (Brewster’s and Lawrence’s), gull hybrids,
Short-billed Dowitcher, Willet, and more.

This workshop is open to anyone who would like to further their knowledge
about the avian world

Cynthia S Ehlinger
President, Connecticut Ornithological Association
Riverside

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Date: 11/19/25 6:44 am
From: Sunrise Birding via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 11/19/25 - Hammo Forster’s Terns
On Meig’s Point jetty 9:40 am

Gina Nichol
Sunrise Birding LLC
www.sunrisebirding.com

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Date: 11/19/25 6:27 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Spam post
Fellow CT Birders –

The message a little earlier from Robert Mirer was clearly a spam message and it is likely that his email was hacked.

One should never reply to or interact with messages such as these; just delete the email. Please DO NOT move it to your junk folder, since doing so will increase the likelihood that legit messages from our list will end up in spam.

Thank you!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 11/19/25 5:13 am
From: ROBERT MIRER via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hi! Sorry to bother, do you shop on Amazon?
Hi

May i ask a favor, Do you have an Account with Amazon?

Thanks
ROBERT MIRER

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Date: 11/18/25 10:30 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Correction on empid
11/18 orange. Indian lake.
What I thought was an “ empid” turns out is an eastern phoebe- 2 of them. Thank you Barry for checking & correctly identifying it.
Beverly Propen, orange.

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Date: 11/18/25 9:17 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Empid at Indian lake
Orange - 11/18 at 11:45am
At Indian lake ( third pond at end of Margaret lane.)
Flycatcher species hawking insects at edge of pond-
Gray crest & head, white neck, pale yellow belly, olive/ gray back.
Bev Propen, orange

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Date: 11/18/25 8:47 am
From: Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Foster terns
There were also at least 2 Northern Gannets farther out in the sound seen from the platform earlier this morning. American Bittern also seen by Boulder Pond.

Jack Swatt

Lempster, NH

Colchester, CT

> On Nov 18, 2025, at 11:31 AM, ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> Now showing off hammo platform on rocks where seal go also horned larks
> nature center park lot ron serianz newington
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Date: 11/18/25 8:31 am
From: ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Foster terns
Now showing off hammo platform on rocks where seal go also horned larks
nature center park lot ron serianz newington

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Date: 11/17/25 9:47 am
From: Dave via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: An adult adorable bird video 10 minutes long.
Cute video. This is a Gray-headed Swamphen. They are similar to a Purple Gallinule but different species. Thanks for sharing.
Dave Alpeter
Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 17, 2025, at 10:34 AM, Bird Comcast Bird via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> 
> I think this is what we would call a purple galinule. This guy is very loving, at least in his video.
> https://youtu.be/FG96ELHg_ZE
>
>
> Susanne (Susie) Shrader
> West Hartford
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Date: 11/17/25 7:34 am
From: Bird Comcast Bird via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] An adult adorable bird video 10 minutes long.

I think this is what we would call a purple galinule. This guy is very loving, at least in his video.
https://youtu.be/FG96ELHg_ZE


Susanne (Susie) Shrader
West Hartford

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Date: 11/17/25 7:33 am
From: Bird Comcast Bird via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] An adult adorable bird video 10 minutes long.
I think this is what we would call a purple galinule. This guy is very loving, at least in his video.
https://youtu.be/FG96ELHg_ZE


Susanne (Susie) Shrader

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Date: 11/16/25 11:51 am
From: Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Red-headed Woodpecker
Bird has been seen often on one of the “islands” at the bottom of Marshlands Conservancy in Rye. Exquisite plumage.

Alec Wiggin
Darien

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Date: 11/15/25 10:54 am
From: Dyl Pedro via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Colchester Evening Grosbeak
On a two mile kayak around Babcock Pond, I heard the repeated flight call of an Evening Grosbeak. It was in a particular coniferous section with Red? And White Pines at the southern end. Also nearby Pine Siskin, RB Nuthatches, and Purple Finches. I believe there are trails leading to the area from Miles Standish Rd but beware of hunters (both on land and lake!)
Also nearby in a marshy section of the lake was a Virginia Rail grunting away. 
Dylan Pedro
Lebanon

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Date: 11/15/25 8:03 am
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern Gannets
6am-9am
Eaton’s Neck to Throg’s Neck Bridge Long Island

Dozen of mixed adult and immature Northern Gannets migrating south. None plunge diving. The first wave of them locally I’ve seen migrating through.

Capt. Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.
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Date: 11/14/25 2:15 pm
From: Folsom-O'Keefe, Corrie via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Upcoming event: Increasing Coastal Resilience at Hammonasset Beach State Park at the Scranton Library, Monday Dec 8th
Dear CT Birding Community,
On Monday, December 8th, staff from the CT office of the National Audubon Society will be giving a presentation at the Scranton Library in Madison entitled Increasing Coastal Resilience at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Details are below. We look forward to sharing information about this project with you.
Event Title: Increasing Coastal Resilience at Hammonasset Beach State Park
Date: Monday, December 8, 2025
Time: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Location: Scranton Library, 801 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT - Lifelong Learning Room
Register here: https://scranton.librarycalendar.com/event/audubon-connecticut-increasing-coastal-resilience-55911
Event Description:
Join Audubon Connecticut for a free public presentation on efforts to increase coastal resilience at Hammonasset Beach State Park.
Together, we'll discuss:
* The environmental threats facing Hammonasset Beach State Park.
* The benefits of nature-based solutions for coastal restoration and protection.
* How Audubon and our partners are working to restore and protect the park's marsh and eastern shoreline.
Come learn how this collaborative effort is helping to build a more resilient coast for both wildlife and people and share your input to help shape its future!
To learn more, visit: Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison | Audubon<https://www.audubon.org/connecticut/projects/hammonasset-beach-state-park-madison>
Cheers,
Corrie

Corrie Folsom-O'Keefe
Director of Bird Conservation
203.405.9116

National Audubon Society
Connecticut / New York Office
185 East Flat Hill Road
Southbury, CT 06388
www.audubon.org<http://www.audubon.org/>


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Date: 11/14/25 6:42 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Vesper sparrow,middle beach parking entrance. Bruce , Greg and Bill banks



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Date: 11/13/25 6:39 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Golden eagle- Kellogg center, Derby
One golden eagle lazily drifting to the Southwest along the ridge line at Kellogg center. Noticeable dihedral to wings. White wing patches underneath, banded tail. 
Bill BanksSeymour


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Date: 11/13/25 6:18 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Evening grosbeak

This is from Bill BanksSeymour ct

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Date: 11/13/25 6:17 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Evening grosbeak
One flyover, visual and call notes heard. At Kellogg Environmental center. Across the street at top of path between the two ponds

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Date: 11/12/25 3:33 pm
From: Richard Gedney via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] COA Workshop November 22nd
Hi Folks,

The COA Workshop Committee invites you to join us for an Advanced Level Workshop on the topic of “Avian Hybrids and Subspecies Occurring in Connecticut: A Discussion on Taxonomy and Birding”. The Workshop will be led by two of our local birders, Nick Bonomo and Aidan Kiley. If you’ve wondered about things like the finer field marks that denote the difference between a Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris borealis) and the recently split Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea), the many Red-tailed Hawk subspecies, or why some hybrids are more common than others, this is the workshop for you. Our two presenters will be giving insight into species such as the Blue-winged x Golden-winged Warbler (Brewster’s and Lawrence’s), Gull hybrids, Short-billed Dowitcher, Willet, and more.

This workshop will be geared towards intermediate to expert birders and ornithologists, but is open to anyone who would like to further their knowledge about the avian world!

We are 10 days out on the workshop and we have about 12 spots left. Please visit the events tab on the COA website and sign up for this advanced level presentation and discussion of hybrids and subspecies.

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Date: 11/12/25 12:05 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
11/12 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 9:45am-1PM. overcast,
low tide rising, 39F.
Quiet at the center today.
On the marsh: 1 Bald Eagle on the marsh at low tide, 6 flyover Canada
Geese, 19 American Black ducks, 5 Cormorants flew over, 4 Gadwalls, and
far out about 100 Dunlin (in winter plumage). Thank you Ava for help with
the ID.
On the grounds & feeders: Flock of about 150 Starlings again in trees, at
bird baths and bathing in the fountain, 1 Cedar Waxwing & 1 Cardinal joined
about 30 of the starlings at the fountain, 15 White throated sparrows, 22
House sparrows, 16 House finches, 2 Song sparrows, 3 Titmouse, 30 Mourning
doves, 1 Downy woodpecker.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 11/12/25 10:19 am
From: Nancy via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Westetn Cattle Egret
11/12 1:16 pm Greenbackers Farm- Durham 
Western  Cattle Egret on hill right along with the Cattle.

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Date: 11/11/25 6:54 am
From: ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Western cattle egret
Now showing in field with cows about half mile from rt 17 on rt 68 in
durham.ron serianz newington

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Date: 11/11/25 3:35 am
From: Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Western Cattle Egret continues
Durham, Greenbacker Pond, 6:30am, the WESTERN CATTLE EGRET found by Nick Bonomo yesterday continues on and near the cattle by the pond.
Dan Rottino
East Haddam, CT

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Date: 11/10/25 1:20 pm
From: Laurie Doss via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 2 Cave Swallows Kent
There are at least two Cave Swallows at the Kent Land Trust Barn pond,
parking lot area now. The KLT office is adjacent to the Housatonic River.

Connie Manes texted me and asked for a Merlin identification confirmation.
One had hit a window on the office barn and was looking at her through the
window. Tried to get her to capture it so could be evaluated for head
injury but the window ledge was high up. Bird took off after a few minutes
and found a friend in the sky. Both birds appear to be flying well.

Connie is putting in an incidental report into eBird.

Laurie Doss
Kent


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Date: 11/10/25 5:34 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cave swallows
At least 5 CAVE SWALLOWS so far at Lighthouse park in with Tree swallows. Here with Greg Hanisek and Chris Wood.Bill Banks


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Date: 11/9/25 8:18 am
From: Cara Stelzel via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ruff Barn Island
Shori Velles found a Ruff at Barn Island this morning. Currently being seen
on the north side of the first impoundment.

Cara Stelzel
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Date: 11/8/25 1:54 pm
From: Andrew Block via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Sora, Saltmarsh Sparrows, and Nashville Warbler
11/8/25 - Milford Pt., Milford, CT
1 Sora4 Nelson's Sparrows1 Nashville Warbler30+ Snow Buntings
- Sherwood Island S.P., Westport, CT
3 American Pipits3 Semipalmated Plovers1 Lesser Black-backed Gull2 Purple Finchesseveral Common Loonsseveral Red-throated Loons1 Peregrine Falcon (adult sitting in tree giving great shots)1 Merlin
- Birdseye Boat Launch area, Stratford, CT
2 Peregrine Falcons (1 juv. sitting low in a tree giving great shots)
Andrew
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Date: 11/8/25 5:43 am
From: Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Grasshopper Sparrow
Old Lyme, Smith Neck Boat Launch- 8:30 am the GRASSHOPPER SPARROW found by Noah Reid continues on the fence next to the platform. No Caves yet, light rain.
Dan Rottino (East Haddam) with Noah Reid, Sara Zagorski, and Dan Errichetti.

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Date: 11/7/25 11:46 am
From: Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bristol Snow Goose
One snow goose mixed in with the Canada geese at Memorial Blvd. Park in Bristol.

Jack Swatt

Lempster, NH

Colchester, CT

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Date: 11/6/25 6:16 pm
From: Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cave Swallow pics 11-6-25
Lighthouse pt. Park Hawk watch, New Haven.
Ed Haesche ,Guilford      https://photos.app.goo.gl/sXPVBgRhQMpKGbTr9

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Date: 11/6/25 10:13 am
From: James Muchmore via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CAVE SWALLOWS
I just had 4 at 1245pm at Tod's Point Greenwich CT
James MuchmoreRiverside CT 
On Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 10:17:02 AM EST, Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

Branford, Ecology Park - 4 CAVE SWALLOWS
Dan Rottino
East Haddam, CT

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Date: 11/6/25 7:17 am
From: Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] CAVE SWALLOWS
Branford, Ecology Park - 4 CAVE SWALLOWS
Dan Rottino
East Haddam, CT

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Date: 11/6/25 3:29 am
From: Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] eBird Checklist - 5 Nov 2025 - Sherwood Island State Park - 63 species
Highlights from the New Haven Bird Club 1st Wednesday Walk that I led yesterday were 3 Cave Swallows seen flying over the model airplane field and a Type 3 Evening Grosbeak we heard and recorded west of the main entrance road.
The weather conditions were perfect with almost no wind and moderate temperatures for the 22 attendees. We tallied 63 species in four hours and enjoyed good views of most of the birds. The full eBird list is below. Sherwood Island SP continues to be one of the best birding locations in the state.
Thank you to all attendees who helped make for a delightful morning of birding.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S283052997

Tina Green
Westport
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Date: 11/5/25 6:09 pm
From: svelles via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Congrats Barry Fasciano #300
Barry Fasciano successfully spotted his 300th bird of 2025, a Cave Swallow, at Lighthouse Point today.Congratulations on your accomplishment!Speros and Shori VellesFranklinSperos VellesSent from my mobile 

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Date: 11/5/25 2:09 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Amazing flyovers
At the Coastal center around 9:45 am today, Merlin picked up the call of an Evening Grosbeak but I didn’t enter it since I didn’t see it. But now I realize that it’s a likely match.
Thanks Chuck,
Bev


> On Nov 5, 2025, at 4:37 PM, Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> In addition to the CAVE SWALLOWS reported by Dan Rottino yesterday and being seen at several shoreline locations over the last couple of days, there have been reports of other uncommon flyovers.
>
> Especially notable is that EVENING GROSBEAKS have been heard and seen flying over for the last few days. This morning I had one overhead at Bauer Farm in Madison, and reports also came in today from Barn Island in Stonington and Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, where Tina Green was leading a bird walk and heard them.
>
> Since this species might make an incursion into our state this winter, it’s a good time to study their calls so you are ready should they fly over. I believe it was Tina who suggested studying Evening Grosbeak calls and I wholeheartedly agree after today’s experience!
>
> Chuck Imbergamo
> CT Birds Moderator
> Madison
>
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Date: 11/5/25 1:37 pm
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Amazing flyovers
In addition to the CAVE SWALLOWS reported by Dan Rottino yesterday and being seen at several shoreline locations over the last couple of days, there have been reports of other uncommon flyovers.

Especially notable is that EVENING GROSBEAKS have been heard and seen flying over for the last few days. This morning I had one overhead at Bauer Farm in Madison, and reports also came in today from Barn Island in Stonington and Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, where Tina Green was leading a bird walk and heard them.

Since this species might make an incursion into our state this winter, it’s a good time to study their calls so you are ready should they fly over. I believe it was Tina who suggested studying Evening Grosbeak calls and I wholeheartedly agree after today’s experience!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 11/5/25 11:14 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
11/5 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 9:35am-1PM. High
tide-receding, 55-60F, overcast.
On the grounds: Very birdy at the center today with a noisy flock of about
250 Starlings flying around and in the trees with about 10 Monk parakeets
and 2 Red winged blackbirds mixed in. About 25 Robins, 14 Mourning doves,
15 Yellow rumped warblers, 1 female Purple finch at the water fountain,18
House finches, with Song, White throated and House sparrows and Cardinals
drinking and bathing. One male House finch had a badly infected left eye
and a female House finch had some yellow feathering by the upper mandible.
1 Flicker, 3 Red bellied woodpeckers, 1 Yellow bellied sapsucker, 1 Downy,
and a Northern Harrier fly by, 2 Mockingbirds, 3 Titmice, 2 White breasted
nuthatches.
On the marsh: 2 Fly-by D.C. Cormorants, 20 American Black ducks, 53 Canada
Geese, 5 Gadwall, and 5 Ring billed gulls and 1 Herring gull.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 11/5/25 8:16 am
From: Andrew Block via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] extralimital Tundra Bean-Goose
In case anyone is interested there is a Tundra Bean-Goose in Upper Brookville and Mill Neck on Long Island's Nassau County about two days ago.  It was first found at Planting Fields Arboretum and then relocated the next morning early at Beaver Lake just north of there in Mill Neck.  It seems to roost in the lake and then go to the arboretum later.  I went this morning about 7am and it was on the south end of the lake with people viewing from the causeway on Cleft Rd. and me viewing it through the culvert under the train tracks as viewed from Shu Swamp Preserve boardwalk along the tracks.  I saw it from about 100ft. for about five or six minutes until it swam out of view to the south east corner of the lake.  Others had a much farther but longer look from the causeway.  The only place to park is in the lot for  Shu Swamp off Frost Mill Rd. just south of the train tracks.
Andrew
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Date: 11/5/25 8:02 am
From: Tim Riley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlarks Hammo
Three Meadowlarks in the field at the end of west end of Hammo SP.  Walked out of the large weed  bed and are out walking around now.   Also a Vesper Sparrow at the same location.
Tim Riley Niantic 








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Date: 11/4/25 9:59 am
From: Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] CAVE SWALOWS
Lighthouse Pt just now 4 CAVE SWALLOWS spotted and photographed by Russ Smiley at the hawkwatch.
Dan Rottino
East Haddam, CT

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Date: 11/3/25 2:19 pm
From: Michael Carpenter via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
Hello Chuck,

Thank you for offering the Community Garden Harvest challenge again
this year and for tracking everyone's progress. All the time you put
into this is greatly appreciated. It is great fun and good seeing how
everyone else is doing. Redding will never catch Allen's or Bauer but
it is still fun doing the best we can. Maybe someday we'll have a few
surprises. Many new birds are certainly possible, including Wilson's
Snipe and Vesper Sparrow! Best bird for us this year was probably a
somewhat unexpected Black-throated Green Warbler. It is a great spot
for a relatively wide range of Sparrows. Thanks again!

Michael Carpenter,
Redding

On 11/2/2025 1:48 PM, Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds wrote:

CT Birders -

Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest contes
t…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch birding
’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows you to tune
into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages you to bird more
intensively in search of something different. And of course getting out more o
ften and birding with a purpose also sharpens your ID skills!
My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s Snipe whic
h I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer Farm. Photos are
on my checklist [1]https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a patch fir
st, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others in our communit
y!
Good birding,
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
Below are the final totals for 2025:
1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60
T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0

To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below.

Ansonia Nature Center
[2]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
[3]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Canton Community Garden
[4]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
[5]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
[6]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
[7]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Madison - Bauer Farm
[8]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Mansfield Community Gardens
[9]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Edgerton Park
[10]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
[11]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Newington - Deming Young Farm
[12]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
[13]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Sherman - Colonial Park
[14]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Simsbury Community Gardens
[15]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Stratford Community Garden
[16]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Vernon Community Gardens
[17]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
[18]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
West Hartford - Westmoor Park
[19]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
[20]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Woodbridge Community Gardens
[21]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec

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References

1. https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
2. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
3. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
4. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
5. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
6. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
7. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
8. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
9. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
10. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
11. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
12. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
13. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
14. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
15. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
16. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
17. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
18. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
19. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
20. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
21. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
22. mailto:<ctbirds-request...>
23. https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/
24. https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

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Date: 11/3/25 1:52 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
Sherman's Community Gardens were disappointing but with a good excuse:  a church is being built right adjacent - trucks and noise all day, and on weekends soccer for 6-year-olds at 9 am on Saturday - again adjacent with the goal post right against the fence.  I enjoyed it all anyway - best bird was a merlin catching a goldfinch on the wing!  I heard a squawk, turned and actually saw the falcon catch the little one and fly off with it.  A white-crowned sparrow came second (no other fancy sparrows).Thank you again, Chuck, for organizing this - it's a great idea!
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford
On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 01:57:45 PM EST, JEFFREY KOHAN via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

For Veteran's Park in Wallingford, we were down about 9 birds from last year as we missed a few warblers and last years Black-billed Cuckoo didn't appear. Highlights were Tennessee warbler and a Dickcissel which hung around for a while.
Thanks again Chuck for coordinating!
Jeff Kohan
Wallingford
    On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 01:45:43 PM EST, Andrew Stack via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote: 

My wife and I have run the Woodbridge Community Gardens for the past 25 years. This birding challenge brings out all the local birders and really helps make my fall days working at the harvest that much more fun! Congrats to Allen’s meadows and Bauer. Keep a lookout for Woodbridge to catch up!

Andy Stack
Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 3, 2025, at 12:32 PM, Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> For me, what was most enjoyable were the amazing sunrises, with
> the fields often cloaked in morning fog until the sun broke the horizon.  I
> really enjoy getting out early as so much is moving around predawn, and
> this community garden harvest challenge just gave me another reason to do
> so at Allen's Meadow.  I did not have any particularly unusual sightings,
> but same as Chuck I had a Wilson's Snipe in the mowed grass fields one
> morning which was probably the most unexpected species, although on my
> radar as I scanned the fields early mornings before the foot traffic began.
> I'd say my big misses were Winter Wren and Belted Kingfisher- usually
> hearing them well before seeing. Congrats to all who participated in this
> casual and fun event!
>
> Joe Bear
> Wilton
> Go GATORS!
>
> *"In every walk in nature one receives far more than one seeks**."*
> *-John Muir*
>
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 13:48:45 -0500
>> From: Chuck Imbergamo <imbercj...>
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest  - final results
>> To: "<ctbirds...>" <ctbirds...>
>> Message-ID: <1D1E960C-9714-49BA-AC21-1284B37DDF88...>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;      charset=utf-8
>>
>> CT Birders -
>>
>> Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest
>> contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
>> No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch
>> birding’.  It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows
>> you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages
>> you to bird more intensively in search of something different.  And of
>> course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your
>> ID skills!
>> My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s
>> Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer
>> Farm. Photos are on my checklist  https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
>> Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a
>> patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others
>> in our community!
>> Good birding,
>> Chuck Imbergamo
>> CT Birds Moderator
>> Madison
>> Below are the final totals for 2025:
>> 1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
>> 2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
>> 3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
>> 4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
>> T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
>> T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm -  60
>> T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
>> T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
>> 6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
>> 7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
>> 8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
>> T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
>> T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
>> 10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
>> 11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
>> 12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
>> 13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
>> 14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
>> 15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
>> 16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0
>>
>> To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links
>> below.
>>
>> Ansonia Nature Center
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Canton Community Garden
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Madison - Bauer Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Mansfield Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> New Haven - Edgerton Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Newington - Deming Young Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Sherman - Colonial Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Simsbury Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Stratford Community Garden
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Vernon Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> West Hartford - Westmoor Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Woodbridge Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
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Date: 11/3/25 10:57 am
From: JEFFREY KOHAN via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
For Veteran's Park in Wallingford, we were down about 9 birds from last year as we missed a few warblers and last years Black-billed Cuckoo didn't appear. Highlights were Tennessee warbler and a Dickcissel which hung around for a while.
Thanks again Chuck for coordinating!
Jeff Kohan
Wallingford
On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 01:45:43 PM EST, Andrew Stack via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

My wife and I have run the Woodbridge Community Gardens for the past 25 years. This birding challenge brings out all the local birders and really helps make my fall days working at the harvest that much more fun! Congrats to Allen’s meadows and Bauer. Keep a lookout for Woodbridge to catch up!

Andy Stack
Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 3, 2025, at 12:32 PM, Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> For me, what was most enjoyable were the amazing sunrises, with
> the fields often cloaked in morning fog until the sun broke the horizon.  I
> really enjoy getting out early as so much is moving around predawn, and
> this community garden harvest challenge just gave me another reason to do
> so at Allen's Meadow.  I did not have any particularly unusual sightings,
> but same as Chuck I had a Wilson's Snipe in the mowed grass fields one
> morning which was probably the most unexpected species, although on my
> radar as I scanned the fields early mornings before the foot traffic began.
> I'd say my big misses were Winter Wren and Belted Kingfisher- usually
> hearing them well before seeing. Congrats to all who participated in this
> casual and fun event!
>
> Joe Bear
> Wilton
> Go GATORS!
>
> *"In every walk in nature one receives far more than one seeks**."*
> *-John Muir*
>
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 13:48:45 -0500
>> From: Chuck Imbergamo <imbercj...>
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest  - final results
>> To: "<ctbirds...>" <ctbirds...>
>> Message-ID: <1D1E960C-9714-49BA-AC21-1284B37DDF88...>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;      charset=utf-8
>>
>> CT Birders -
>>
>> Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest
>> contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
>> No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch
>> birding’.  It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows
>> you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages
>> you to bird more intensively in search of something different.  And of
>> course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your
>> ID skills!
>> My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s
>> Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer
>> Farm. Photos are on my checklist  https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
>> Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a
>> patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others
>> in our community!
>> Good birding,
>> Chuck Imbergamo
>> CT Birds Moderator
>> Madison
>> Below are the final totals for 2025:
>> 1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
>> 2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
>> 3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
>> 4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
>> T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
>> T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm -  60
>> T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
>> T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
>> 6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
>> 7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
>> 8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
>> T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
>> T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
>> 10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
>> 11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
>> 12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
>> 13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
>> 14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
>> 15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
>> 16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0
>>
>> To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links
>> below.
>>
>> Ansonia Nature Center
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Canton Community Garden
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Madison - Bauer Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Mansfield Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> New Haven - Edgerton Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Newington - Deming Young Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Sherman - Colonial Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Simsbury Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Stratford Community Garden
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Vernon Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> West Hartford - Westmoor Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Woodbridge Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Subject: Digest Footer
>>
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Date: 11/3/25 10:45 am
From: Andrew Stack via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Community garden harvest - final results
My wife and I have run the Woodbridge Community Gardens for the past 25 years. This birding challenge brings out all the local birders and really helps make my fall days working at the harvest that much more fun! Congrats to Allen’s meadows and Bauer. Keep a lookout for Woodbridge to catch up!

Andy Stack
Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 3, 2025, at 12:32 PM, Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> For me, what was most enjoyable were the amazing sunrises, with
> the fields often cloaked in morning fog until the sun broke the horizon. I
> really enjoy getting out early as so much is moving around predawn, and
> this community garden harvest challenge just gave me another reason to do
> so at Allen's Meadow. I did not have any particularly unusual sightings,
> but same as Chuck I had a Wilson's Snipe in the mowed grass fields one
> morning which was probably the most unexpected species, although on my
> radar as I scanned the fields early mornings before the foot traffic began.
> I'd say my big misses were Winter Wren and Belted Kingfisher- usually
> hearing them well before seeing. Congrats to all who participated in this
> casual and fun event!
>
> Joe Bear
> Wilton
> Go GATORS!
>
> *"In every walk in nature one receives far more than one seeks**."*
> *-John Muir*
>
>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 13:48:45 -0500
>> From: Chuck Imbergamo <imbercj...>
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest - final results
>> To: "<ctbirds...>" <ctbirds...>
>> Message-ID: <1D1E960C-9714-49BA-AC21-1284B37DDF88...>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>
>> CT Birders -
>>
>> Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest
>> contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
>> No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch
>> birding’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows
>> you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages
>> you to bird more intensively in search of something different. And of
>> course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your
>> ID skills!
>> My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s
>> Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer
>> Farm. Photos are on my checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
>> Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a
>> patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others
>> in our community!
>> Good birding,
>> Chuck Imbergamo
>> CT Birds Moderator
>> Madison
>> Below are the final totals for 2025:
>> 1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
>> 2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
>> 3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
>> 4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
>> T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
>> T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60
>> T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
>> T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
>> 6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
>> 7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
>> 8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
>> T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
>> T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
>> 10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
>> 11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
>> 12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
>> 13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
>> 14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
>> 15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
>> 16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0
>>
>> To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links
>> below.
>>
>> Ansonia Nature Center
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Canton Community Garden
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Madison - Bauer Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Mansfield Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> New Haven - Edgerton Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Newington - Deming Young Farm
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Sherman - Colonial Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Simsbury Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Stratford Community Garden
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Vernon Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> West Hartford - Westmoor Park
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>> Woodbridge Community Gardens
>> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>>
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Date: 11/3/25 9:32 am
From: Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest - final results
For me, what was most enjoyable were the amazing sunrises, with
the fields often cloaked in morning fog until the sun broke the horizon. I
really enjoy getting out early as so much is moving around predawn, and
this community garden harvest challenge just gave me another reason to do
so at Allen's Meadow. I did not have any particularly unusual sightings,
but same as Chuck I had a Wilson's Snipe in the mowed grass fields one
morning which was probably the most unexpected species, although on my
radar as I scanned the fields early mornings before the foot traffic began.
I'd say my big misses were Winter Wren and Belted Kingfisher- usually
hearing them well before seeing. Congrats to all who participated in this
casual and fun event!

Joe Bear
Wilton
Go GATORS!

*"In every walk in nature one receives far more than one seeks**."*
*-John Muir*


> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2025 13:48:45 -0500
> From: Chuck Imbergamo <imbercj...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest - final results
> To: "<ctbirds...>" <ctbirds...>
> Message-ID: <1D1E960C-9714-49BA-AC21-1284B37DDF88...>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> CT Birders -
>
> Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest
> contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
> No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch
> birding’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows
> you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages
> you to bird more intensively in search of something different. And of
> course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your
> ID skills!
> My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s
> Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer
> Farm. Photos are on my checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
> Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a
> patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others
> in our community!
> Good birding,
> Chuck Imbergamo
> CT Birds Moderator
> Madison
> Below are the final totals for 2025:
> 1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
> 2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
> 3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
> 4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
> T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
> T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60
> T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
> T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
> 6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
> 7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
> 8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
> T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
> T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
> 10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
> 11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
> 12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
> 13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
> 14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
> 15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
> 16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0
>
> To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links
> below.
>
> Ansonia Nature Center
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Canton Community Garden
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Madison - Bauer Farm
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Mansfield Community Gardens
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> New Haven - Edgerton Park
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Newington - Deming Young Farm
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Sherman - Colonial Park
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Simsbury Community Gardens
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Stratford Community Garden
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Vernon Community Gardens
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> West Hartford - Westmoor Park
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
> Woodbridge Community Gardens
> https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
>
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Date: 11/3/25 6:23 am
From: ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] White wing scoter, Hammo
Just now. Off rocks opposite Bouldre Pond.Tom and Fran Holloway, Madison

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Date: 11/2/25 10:51 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest - final results
CT Birders -

Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch birding’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages you to bird more intensively in search of something different. And of course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your ID skills!
My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer Farm. Photos are on my checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others in our community!
Good birding,
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
Below are the final totals for 2025:
1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60
T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0

To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below.

Ansonia Nature Center
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Canton Community Garden
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Madison - Bauer Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Mansfield Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Edgerton Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Newington - Deming Young Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Sherman - Colonial Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Simsbury Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Stratford Community Garden
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Vernon Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
West Hartford - Westmoor Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Woodbridge Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec

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Date: 11/2/25 10:50 am
From: Rob Ballinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Golden Eagle - Clinton
While doing yardwork outside today a kettle of 6 black vultures, then a
flock of 6 ravens, followed closely by a Cooper's hawk, a red-shouldered
hawk, an immature bald eagle and a GOLDEN EAGLE. It's always nice to add a
life bird as a yard bird. All birds were headed WNW.
Fortunately my camera was close by, photos on ebird checklist:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S282587744
Also the regulars of both ruby and golden-crowned kinglets, a
yellow-bellied sapsucker, red-tailed hawk, few white-throated sparrows,
juncos, a sharp-shinned hawk, and a brown-headed cowbird which I haven't
seen in quite a while.


Rob Ballinger - Clinton

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Date: 11/1/25 6:10 pm
From: Dana Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Lighthouse Point Hawkwatch Saturday final
New Haven, Lighthouse Point Park Hawkwatch
45 migrating raptors counted:
9 Northern Harriers (incl. 2 Gray Ghosts
9 Sharp-shinned Hawks
7 Cooper's Hawks
1 AMERICAN GOSHAWK (juvenile)
3 Bald Eagles (2 adults, 1 immature)
2 Red-tailed Hawks
3 American Kestrels
9 Merlins
2 Peregrine Falcons

Thanks to contributions by a crew of excellent observers: Ed Haesche, Ken
Merrifield, Bobbi Fisher, Tom Murray, Sara Zagorski,and Julian Hough.

Tomorrow: cooler, light WNW wind turning W in the afternoon, partly cloudy.
Morning will be best.

Morning flight today is recorded in eBird Checklist S282407631. We had 2
thousand Common Grackles, 804 Cedar Waxwings, 446 American Robins, and many
other species.

The Rev. Dana L. Campbell (she, her, hers)
East Hartford, CT <dana.l.campbell...>
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Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
- Benjamin Franklin

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Date: 11/1/25 9:34 am
From: Dana Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Goshawk
Congratulations to Sara Zagorski and Tom Murray on a juvenile American
Goshawk at the Lighthouse Point Park Hawkwatch. Great spotting by Tom and
Sara's 300th bird of 2025!

The Rev. Dana L. Campbell (she, her, hers)
East Hartford, CT <dana.l.campbell...>
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Date: 11/1/25 8:59 am
From: clutchzat--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Scarlet Tanager
Excitement!Just saw an immature male scarlet tanager in my back yard.

Andy ThiedeBerlin, CT

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Date: 11/1/25 8:56 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] November welcome
Greetings CT birders and welcome to November…known to many in our community as ‘rarity month’! Vagrant birds from other regions and even other hemispheres have been known to show up during November, so don’t let the colder weather discourage you from going birding!

Please don’t forget to sign your posts with your first and last name and your town. Thank you!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 11/1/25 6:38 am
From: Jesse Farnham via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] First hooded merganser
On Long Meadow Pond in Middlebury. Strangely, only saw one.

Jesse Farnham
Middlebury

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Date: 10/31/25 1:39 pm
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Community garden harvest deadlines
The deadline to add any birds to your community garden harvest lists is tonight at midnight! Perhaps an owl will call this evening if you visit your patch. A Great Horned Owl did the very thing for me last year on October 31st. Spooky!

Admin note: Please submit any October checklists by tomorrow night so I can check the final tallies on Sunday morning. This will hopefully give you some time to add any photos or sound recordings to your checklists.

Happy Halloween CT Birders!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 10/30/25 9:06 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Connecticut Warbler journals
If anyone is interested, I have many *Connecticut Warbler* journals dating
back to 2015.
I can bring them to a NHBC meeting or to the Milford Pt Audubon.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 10/29/25 5:06 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] LHAS Mtg 11/3: Larry Fischer - Broad-winged Hawks
Monday, November 3, 6:45 pm - Litchfield Hills Audubon Society's monthly meeting.  Larry Fischer will be talking about Broad-winged Hawks in Connecticut and the success of the Broad-winged Hawk Project.  The meeting is at the Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Rd (Rte.202), Litchfield.  Free and open to the public.  The talk will also be on Zoom.  To register for Zoom, go to the Calendar section of the website, lhasct.org, before 5 pm on November 2.  You will be sent the login link.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 10/29/25 10:53 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
10/29 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:30am-1PM . overcast,
mid-tide receding, 54F.
Very busy at the center today with class visits and regular visitors. Class
visits were on the inside, on the marsh and sanctuary grounds.
On the marsh: 12 American Black ducks, 1 Great Egret, 2 mallards, 2 Mute
swans, 27 Brant, 8 Canada Geese and several gulls foraging.
On the grounds & feeders: 4 Hermit Thrushes (2 were caught inside fencing
surrounding recently planted trees)- but I got them out, 1 Golden Crowned
kinglet foraging right above my head in a cedar tree, 6 House finches, 5
Robins, 3 Blue Jays, 12 Yellow rumped warblers at the fountain, 2 Tufted
titmice, 2 Catbirds, 16 Mourning doves- (at feeders), 1 Cedar waxwing, and
a mixed sparrow flock along paved road (1 Field sparrow, 1 Chipping
sparrow, 3 Song, 8 White throated) and about 10 House sparrows at feeders.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 10/29/25 2:04 am
From: AMY HOPKINS via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Halloween costume ideas for birders (humor)
Just in time for Halloween we have Halloween costume ideas for birders from Rosemary Mosco!
https://rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-and-moon/halloween-costume-ideas-for-birders?utm_source=rosemarymosco&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ma-events-new-shirt-a-nasal-aaagh

Amy HopkinsGuilford

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Date: 10/28/25 3:11 pm
From: Christina Nieves via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Peregrine Falcon
Windsor Locks - between CT River and WL Canal.
Just saw a pair of Peregrine Falcon soaring, they climbed several hundred feet up before assuming that fantastic pose pulling wings back, and diving at an incredible speed. Likely one caught its intended prey, while the other emerged and flew to a nearby tree on the banks of the river about 30 feet away from me and proceeded to vocalize with quite a unique sound before flying off. Normally I would’ve seen many ducks in the area but none were visible, they were likely aware of the falcons before I was. Fantastic sight to see.
Christina Nieves
Windsor Locks
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Date: 10/28/25 12:15 pm
From: Joanne Gabriel via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eagle Expert and Author, Tina Morris, to speak at Darien Library on November 6, 6:30 p.m.
Author Tina Morris will discuss her book, Return to the Sky: The Surprising Story of How One Woman and Seven Eaglets Helped Restore the Bald Eagle<https://catalog.darienlibrary.org/GroupedWork/7dee4787-2d9e-0dfa-a36b-3492aaccfd6d-eng/Home?searchId=10261004&recordIndex=1&page=1&searchSource=local&referred=resultIndex>, on Thursday, November 6, at Darien Library. Here is the link<https://www.darienlibrary.org/event/author-event-tina-morris-return-sky-darien-land-trust-93304> to the event. Darien Library is located at 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT. The event will take place in the Community Room.

This is a free lecture. In Return to the Sky, Tina Morris, one of the first women to engage in a raptor reintroduction program, shares her remarkable story that is as much about the human spirit as it is about birds of prey. In the spring of 1975, on the eve of the US Bicentennial, Tina was selected to reintroduce Bald Eagles into New York State in the hope that the species could eventually repopulate eastern North America. Tina was handed an assignment to rehabilitate a population that had been devastated by the effects of DDT. The challenges were prodigious-there was no model to emulate for a bird of the eagle's size, for one-but Tina soon found that her own path to self-discovery and confidence-building was deeply connected with the survival of the species she was chosen to protect.

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Date: 10/28/25 10:50 am
From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Vesper, White-crowned Sparrows, Allen’s Meadows
1:30 PM, Tuesday (today)

Vesper, White-crowned Sparrows, Allen’s Meadows, along the gravel road by A & B plots of gardens, usual locations I gather.

Tx, Joe Bear, for confirmation.


A. Shippee, Hamden
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Date: 10/28/25 4:07 am
From: Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Study comparing Merlin to Humans
An interesting study comparing the accuracy of Merlin to humans in point
count surveys. Nothing we didn't know already, but more proof that you
can't just take Merlin's word for it.

https://academic.oup.com/condor/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ornithapp/duaf049/8222742?login=false

Jack Swatt


Lempster, NH

Colchester, CT

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Date: 10/27/25 4:56 pm
From: Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Lighthouse Point Golden Eagle
Today (10/27) our 158 raptors included 8 species including a single imm
Golden Eagle at c 11:20 a.m. High by far were 93 Turkey Vultures. Also in
double figures were 28 Cooper's Hawks and 14 Red-tailed Hawks.Winds were
north all day but cloudless skies and mostly high flight were challenging.
Wind was very light early; most raptors were logged from 10-1.

There were c 40 species noted overall. In a decent morning flight, the
highest count for any species was 800 Common Grackles. The first week of
November should bring some spectacular daily high counts of 6 figures.

Greg Hanisek
Waterbury

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Date: 10/27/25 3:34 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Final schedule of 2025-2026 Christmas Bird Counts in CT
The final full schedule of this year's Christmas Bird Counts in Connecticut
is now available at
https://www.ctbirding.org/connecticut-christmas-bird-count-schedule-announced/

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is an annual, citizen-science bird census
organized by the National Audubon Society that takes place between December
14 and January 5. Volunteers count all the birds they can find and hear
within a specific 15-mile diameter circle on one day, with the data used to
monitor bird populations, understand their health, and guide conservation
efforts. It is the longest-running citizen science survey in the world,
with origins dating back to 1900.

If you have never participated in one before, this may be the year to give
it a try. Contact the compiler of a location near you to see if they are
taking new observers, in the field or at a feeder.

--
Cynthia S Ehlinger
President, Connecticut Ornithological Association
Riverside

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Date: 10/27/25 3:01 am
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Sunday Hawk Watch at Lighthouse Point Park
Raptor activity at Lighthouse Point on Sunday was most active between 10 AM and Noon. Winds were North but light, averaging 3 mph most of the day. Overall on the day, we notched 9 species for the Hawk Count, totaling 191 Raptors with Sharp-shinned Hawks and Turkey Vultures being the most prevalent species. There were also 6 Northern Harriers, including a Gray Ghost, and one (late) Osprey at 1:45.

Morning Flight was VERY active early with many large flocks of Blackbirds (over 5,000). Redwing Blackbirds and Tree Swallows made up the majority of birds (3,865 and 1,515) with large numbers of Common Grackles, Robins and Cedar Waxwings as well.

Thanks to all of the 12 people who turned out and helped by adding eyes to the sky. An eBird list with all species and totals was added from the “Lighthouse Point Park” hotspot.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S281511473

Adam and Jo Fasciolo
Norwalk



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Date: 10/26/25 11:17 am
From: ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] First Sapsucker
Adult male Yellow Bellied Sapsucker on our feeder just now. Female Purple Finch earlier.Tom Holloway, Madison

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Date: 10/26/25 10:13 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Week four community garden harvest
CT Birders -

Week four of our community garden harvest challenge is complete!
Below are the totals as of yesterday:
Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 96
Madison - Bauer Farm - 88
Woodbridge Community Gardens - 76
Newington - Deming Young Farm -65
Redding Community Gardens - 60
West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
Mansfield Community Gardens - 57
New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 57
Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 55
Vernon Community Gardens - 49
Ansonia Nature Center - 47
Stratford Community Garden - 47
Canton Community Gardens - 42
East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 39
Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0

To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below.

Given that there have been Cattle Egrets seen in multiple places and some rare geese are being found in our area, it’s worth a trip to your local patch to see what you might find!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
Ansonia Nature Center
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Canton Community Garden
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Madison - Bauer Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Mansfield Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Edgerton Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Newington - Deming Young Farm
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Sherman - Colonial Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Simsbury Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Stratford Community Garden
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Vernon Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
West Hartford - Westmoor Park
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Woodbridge Community Gardens
https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec

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Date: 10/25/25 4:37 pm
From: Lisa Wahle via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Friday and Saturday at Lighthouse Point Park
Today's hawk count at Lighthouse Point Park was a tenfold increase from
yesterday's. Friday we tallied 32 raptors from 8 species (turkey vulture,
bald eagle, Northern harrier, sharpie, Cooper's, red-shouldered,
red-tailed, merlin) . Today we rang in over 350 sightings, adding osprey,
broad-winged and peregrine to the species list. Cooper's and sharp-shinned
hawks ruled the morning with a bonus broad-winged hawk. The afternoon
brought more buteos (red-tailed, red-shouldered) and over 150 turkey
vultures. The birds were distant in the afternoon, but clouds were
welcome. The big treat of the afternoon was a flyover white pelican!!
Many thanks for great eyes and assistance today!

Lisa Wahle
Chester, CT

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Date: 10/25/25 1:55 pm
From: Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common Gallinule
From Steve & Charla Spector Milford Ct Common Gallinule on west pond of Mondo Ponds 10.25.25
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Date: 10/25/25 3:47 am
From: Jane Little via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Coastal Center
Love it! 

On Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 04:08:05 PM EDT, Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

10/22 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center  9:40am-1PM.  sunny, high
tide-rising, 63F.
Beautiful morning at the Coastal Center-the marsh grass is golden now.  We
had many visitors admiring the marsh and our trails.
On the marsh:  1 Great Egret, 10 American Black ducks, 7 Black bellied
plovers, 5 D.C. Cormorants flew over, Ring bill and Herring gulls.
Grounds & feeders: 1 juvenile Yellow crowned night heron staring at me head
on, sitting in an evergreen, 1 White Crowned sparrow, 2 Song sparrows, 15
House sparrows, 6 White throated sparrows, 8 Mourning doves, 5 very vocal
Robins, 2 Northern Cardinals, 4 Blue Jays, 2 White breasted nuthatches, 3
Tufted Titmice, 8 House finches eating berries in one of the red cedars, 9
Yellow rumped warblers ( probably more), and about 200 Starlings on the
wires & in a puddle as I drove out.
Merlin picked up Red eyed vireo and Blue Grosbeak, but I didn't see them.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 10/24/25 11:33 am
From: ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 4 Purple Finches, 1 male at home feeder
Right now. Tom and Fran Holloway, Madison

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Date: 10/23/25 9:35 am
From: Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Vespers
10/23 Allen’s Meadow, Wilton. 2 Vesper Sparrows continue- often found together at the far (west) end of the gravel roadway running through the community gardens. Also 1 Eastern Meadowlark plus a few thousand Blackbirds heading SW just after sunrise.
Joe Bear
Wilton

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Go GATORS!

"In every walk in nature one receives far more than one seeks."
-John Muir

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Date: 10/22/25 1:36 pm
From: imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cattle Egret head's up
For those interested in rarities; I haven't seen it posted here, but there was a CATTLE EGRET that briefly stopped by at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison this AM. The last I heard, it flew out over Long Island Sound.

Possibly the same as the Stratford/Milford bird, but over the years there have been one or two that stop by in late Summer or early Fall.

Check any small white Egrets carefully!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 10/22/25 1:08 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
10/22 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:40am-1PM. sunny, high
tide-rising, 63F.
Beautiful morning at the Coastal Center-the marsh grass is golden now. We
had many visitors admiring the marsh and our trails.
On the marsh: 1 Great Egret, 10 American Black ducks, 7 Black bellied
plovers, 5 D.C. Cormorants flew over, Ring bill and Herring gulls.
Grounds & feeders: 1 juvenile Yellow crowned night heron staring at me head
on, sitting in an evergreen, 1 White Crowned sparrow, 2 Song sparrows, 15
House sparrows, 6 White throated sparrows, 8 Mourning doves, 5 very vocal
Robins, 2 Northern Cardinals, 4 Blue Jays, 2 White breasted nuthatches, 3
Tufted Titmice, 8 House finches eating berries in one of the red cedars, 9
Yellow rumped warblers ( probably more), and about 200 Starlings on the
wires & in a puddle as I drove out.
Merlin picked up Red eyed vireo and Blue Grosbeak, but I didn't see them.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 10/21/25 4:08 pm
From: Don Mullen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6664, Issue 1
Hello and thank you for alerting my husband Don to all the wonderful birds nearby for him to enjoyfor the past decades. I’m sorry to have to tell you that he passed in March. Kindly remove his name from your mailing list, if you would please.

Many thanks,

Christine Donahue Mullen
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> 1. White-throated Sparrows this morning (Maria Stockmal)
> 2. New Haven Bird Club birdwalk cancelled Su day 10.12.25
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> 3. Extralimital - Townsend’s Solitaire - Granville, MA (John Weeks)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 10:54:52 -0400
> From: Maria Stockmal <m.stockmal...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] White-throated Sparrows this morning
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> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 12:30:01 -0400
> From: DeWitt Allen <allendatlow...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club birdwalk cancelled Su day
> 10.12.25
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> Unfortunately the weather isn't cooperating with us. Sunday morning's
> birdwalk (10.12.25) at the Old Woodbridge Country Club is cancelled.
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> DeWitt Allen
> Outdoor Programs Chair
> New Haven Bird Club
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 13:08:58 -0400
> From: John Weeks <aerie.john...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Extralimital - Townsend’s Solitaire - Granville,
> MA
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> Just a few miles north of the M/CT state line, at my hawkwatch site on Blueberry Hill. Positive ID (observed closely through scope). Seen twice, moving around the top of the hill. It could move south into western CT.
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> John Weeks
> North Granby
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Date: 10/21/25 1:43 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] White- crowned Sparrow
Immature in Colonial Park, Sherman (Community gardens off Rte 37/39) 4:00 pm.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 10/21/25 9:02 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] The birding Dictionary
10/21
I know there are several individuals on CT Birds who follow Rosemary
Mosco. Recently I received *The birding* *Dictionary* by Rosemary Mosco as
a birthday gift :)
I must say that her humor is hilarious! Between her really funny
"definitions" of different birding expressions to her creative cartooning,
I would highly recommend this book for a different perspective on birding.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 10/21/25 8:44 am
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Off the Deck
10/21/25 7:30-8:30AM; 21 species including: FOS- Purple Finches, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; also Yellow-rumped Warblers, Common Raven, and small Red-winged Blackbird flocks feeding at the tulip tree ‘samara bar’:) Ernie Harris, Colchester

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Date: 10/21/25 6:06 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cattle egret back
At birdseye in parking lot near discharge

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Date: 10/21/25 6:01 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cattle egret in milford now
Flew to milford 9 ish Ed Bailey Monroe 

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Date: 10/21/25 5:42 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cattle egret 8:30
Birdseye boat ramp in stratford in parking lot found by Joe PEd Bailey Monroe 

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Date: 10/20/25 3:07 pm
From: Stuart Winquist via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: PSA - Hunters are active
Also be aware that as of Oct 1, 2025, it is now legal to hunt on Sundays on private land for whatever is in season, except for migratory birds. This is new! Since CT public lands are such a patchwork of parcels, and many state forests, wildlife management areas and state parks may have adjacent private parcels that project significantly into or are totally surrounded by public lands, if you were inclined to wear blaze orange the rest of the week while birding or recreating in the outdoors, I would suggest you continue to wear blaze orange on Sundays.

Stuart Winquist
East Hampton

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> I was surprised to see and hear hunters in one of my birding spots today.
> Please stay safe, and be conscious of other activities going on in your
> favorite birding spots. Orange clothing might be appropriate.
>
> John Graham
> Middletown
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Date: 10/20/25 2:16 pm
From: John Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] PSA - Hunters are active
I was surprised to see and hear hunters in one of my birding spots today.
Please stay safe, and be conscious of other activities going on in your
favorite birding spots. Orange clothing might be appropriate.

John Graham
Middletown

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