Date: 4/24/24 12:58 pm From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
4/24- Milford, Coastal Center-10am-1PM. overcast turning sunny, 63F, high tide-rising. Lots of visitors in the late morning- some from New Hampshire, England and locals. Our ospreys are incubating eggs- male flew back & forth on his perch, brought in some branches for the nest; female on nest and got a break when the male came on the nest. 2 Other ospreys circling the marsh and 1 got chased away from the nest. Several Purple Martins in the gourds and flying around.
On the marsh (viewed from inside the building): about 200 Brant spread throughout the marsh, 5 Great Egrets, 1 Green winged teal, 4 American Oystercatchers on mudflats, 4 Mute swans, 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 American black duck, about 22 D.C. Cormorants diving and swimming throughout the marsh. On the grounds & feeders: 4 Mourning doves, 2 Cardinals, 2 Fish Crows, 1 American Crow, 2 RW Blackbirds, 8 House finches,2 Cowbirds, 2 Starlings, 1 Red bellied woodpecker, 1 Mockingbird, 6 Common Grackles, 7 Robins and numerous House sparrows- some making nests. Bev Propen, Orange
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