Date: 4/9/26 4:42 pm From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Woodcock: best spot now from Hamden?
Hello Arthur –
A fairly consistent place for Woodcocks is the Frederick White farm in Durham also known as the Durham Fairgrounds.
You can drive down the gravel road and park along the fields just downhill from Maple Avenue. On warm evenings near dusk, particularly in March, you can get quite a show!
I mentioned this to another birder last weekend and according to eBird he visited that night and observed Woodcocks plus a bonus Wilson's Snipe.
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
> On Apr 9, 2026, at 6:32 PM, ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Woodcock: current eBird reports are mainly from March.
> We are near the new exit 50 (old 60, Dixwell) of the Merritt in Hamden.
> Are Silver Sands or Hoydens Hill our best bets now?
> Wallingford Open Space: how does one bird it? We didn't hear them there a few days ago.
> Thanks! Arthur Shippee, Hamden
> A. ShippeeHamden
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