Date: 5/28/26 9:59 am From: Christina Nieves via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Great Crested Flyctachers
We have a couple vocal pairs of great crested flycatchers near Windsor locks Canal state park. Much fewer bug eaters overall. Each spring a specific flying insect emerges on time for chimney swifts and swallows. This year we had noticeably fewer number of swifts and swallows; also noticeable by the increase in length of time the bugs have been clinging to the screens and getting inside. I believe they’re called shad flies known for being a food source when the shad fish are running. Perhaps all the railroad station construction has kept the birds away?
Christina Nieves
Windsor locks
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> On May 28, 2026, at 11:08 AM, Susannah Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> The great crested flycatchers are still hanging around and so much more numerous than I've ever experienced. All the dead ashes and dying beech trees must be partly signficant? Wood thrushes, whom I usually hear earlier in migration and then not so much, seem more plentiful too, still around and singing. I keep hoping for a cuckoo!
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> Susannah
> Norfolk
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