Date: 3/31/25 6:22 am From: Jeri D. via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6499, Issue 2
This morning, while riding the train, I saw a Killdeer near the tracks. I
sure hope it left that area. It was in the Branford area.
Jeri Duefrene
Niantic
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> 1. Re: Spotted Sandpiper? (Paul Desjardins)
> 2. Re: Spotted Sandpiper? (Angela Dimmitt)
> 3. Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm (Bianca Beland)
> 4. Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm (Angela Dimmitt)
> 5. Derby- tree swallows (Lynn Jones)
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> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:07:00 -0400
> From: Paul Desjardins <paul.desjardins2...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Spotted Sandpiper?
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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.
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> Paul Desjardins
> Windsor Locks
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> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:22:22 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Angela Dimmitt <angeladimmitt...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Spotted Sandpiper?
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> 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
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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.
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> Paul Desjardins
> Windsor Locks
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> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:29:27 -0400
> From: Bianca Beland <bianca.m.beland...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm
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> Stay tuned Frank! We had a Pine Siskin at my parent’s feeder in Barkhamsted
> and I heard one in my yard in New Hartford - they’re here!
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> On Sun, Mar 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <
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> > 3/30, Stratford yard- We have about 100 Goldfinches at our feeders right
> > now. Big influx from the 30+ daily. Some males are almost fully in
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> > plumage. Alas, still no Siskin among them.
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> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:35:55 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Angela Dimmitt <angeladimmitt...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm
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> A friend in Kent also had a swam of "a hundred or more" goldfinches at
> one time. Just half a dozen regulars at my feeders. Just 1 pine siskin on
> 2/24/25.
> Angela Dimmitt
> New Milford
> On Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 04:29:51 PM EDT, Bianca Beland via
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> Stay tuned Frank! We had a Pine Siskin at my parent’s feeder in
> Barkhamsted
> and I heard one in my yard in New Hartford - they’re here!
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> > 3/30, Stratford yard- We have about 100 Goldfinches at our feeders right
> > now. Big influx from the 30+ daily. Some males are almost fully in
> breeding
> > plumage. Alas, still no Siskin among them.
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> > Frank & Linda Mantlik
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> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:43:36 -0400
> From: Lynn Jones <lynnjones11...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Derby- tree swallows
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> Naugatuck River at the Derby Dam area, about 1000 is a conservative
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