Date: 3/15/26 8:15 am From: Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Columbia Sandhill cranes
Checked out Utley Marsh this morning with a few other birders and the sandhill cranes apparently have left. Lots of wood ducks, black ducks, hooded Merganser, a few green winged teal, and a lonely ring-necked duck in the marsh.
Interestingly, on my way to the Rec park, I came across a ring-necked pheasant running alongside Route 66 Near West Rd. in Columbia. First one I’ve seen in a while since I moved away from the Bristol Fish and Game area where they stocked probably hundreds every year.
Jack Swatt
Colchester
> On Mar 14, 2026, at 3:56 PM, Dylan Pedro via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Three birds at the north end of “Utley Marsh” from the red trail at Utley
> Preserve (Aka Hennequin Road Park trails).
>
> They were doing their bugling calls which first alerted me to their
> presence.
>
> Dylan Pedro
>
> Lebanon
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