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
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