> On Jun 26, 2025, at 9:32 AM, Jeri D. via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Good morning,
> My neighbor just texted me that there is Great Blue Heron in the back yard.
> It is just walking around . This is a condo complex in Niantic. We both
> live close to a marsh, not sure why it is hanging out in the yard. I am not
> sure if it is injured as I am at work in New Haven. Any idea why it would
> stay in a yard?
> Jeri Duefrene, Niantic
>
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>> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:52:49 -0400
>> From: Alec Wiggin <alec...>
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Yellow-crowned Night Heron
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>> Harvesting fiddler crabs at Holly Pond.
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>> Alec Wiggin
>> Darien
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>> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:08:07 -0400
>> From: Beverly Propen <bpropen...>
>> Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
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>> 6/25 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:30am-11AM. sunny,
>> hot, low tide.
>> Camp is in session, so the building is busy with camper activities.
>> Our Purple Martin colony is flourishing- 2 gourds have chicks and many
>> gourds have eggs. Osprey chicks are growing. Several other ospreys in area
>> flying around with fish in their talons.
>> On the Marsh: 6 Canada Geese, 1 Great Egret, 1 mallard.
>> On the grounds: Robins, Cardinals, 1 Mockingbird that thinks it's a
>> cardinal and blue jay, 1 Catbird, several Common Grackles, House finches
>> and birds bathing in the fountain.
>> A Walk on the sandbars along LIS side- Several birders out. Many Piping
>> plovers scurrying around with 2 sitting on nests, 3 Semipalmated
>> Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Plover, many Least Terns flying over carrying
>> fish, about 8 American Oystercatchers sitting on rocks with 2 pairs on
>> occupied nests, 4 D.C. Cormorants drying off and sunning, and 3 Common
>> Loons (possible family unit) diving and feeding in Long Island Sound.
>> Full report on Ebird.
>> Bev Propen, Orange
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