Thanks Paul - no I did not see that wingbeat - and I am very familiar with it - the bird flew straight down at a slow angle without flapping at all, then banked slightly out of sight to the stream, so maybe that was its last glide down before landing. Room fairly soundproof so heard nothing - but when I walked down there, a wood duck flushed further upstream - but they don't have white stripes in their wings, at least in my experience - and the bird I saw was smaller and definitely not a duck.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford
On Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 04:07:52 PM EDT, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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Angela, maybe early but it could very well have been a Spotted Sandpiper. The main point here is did you notice a stiff wingbeat which is characteristic of the species? This is but one example of being able to identify a species even if you got a poor look of it’s plumage.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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