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3/27/24 3:05 pm Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Rusty blackbirds
3/27/24 1:33 pm Jean Adamus via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Snow Goose at Hammonassett SP
3/27/24 11:59 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/27/24 5:56 am Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] From the deck
3/27/24 5:20 am David Provencher via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern Shoveler Drake Harness Waterford
3/27/24 5:17 am Susan Edwards via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ospreys off South Beach Rowayton
3/26/24 1:09 pm Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Gannets
3/26/24 8:50 am Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Trumpeter swan
3/25/24 12:31 pm Matthew Bell via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Trumpeter Swan - Mansfield Hollow
3/25/24 12:24 pm John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe - Washington, CT
3/25/24 8:06 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Crosby Pond & Old Tavern Rd park
3/24/24 6:24 pm Carol Goertz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Yard birds
3/24/24 3:00 pm SARAH FAULKNER via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Phoebes!
3/24/24 2:17 pm Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ospreys in Southbury
3/24/24 1:16 pm Carol Goertz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] In my yard
3/24/24 12:31 pm Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Broad-winged hawk
3/23/24 10:21 am Maggy Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Nod Brook WMA - Avon/Simsbury
3/22/24 4:36 pm Rick Kenneally via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Virginia Rail calling in Spectacle Brook Swamp
3/22/24 3:45 pm DeWitt Allen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club walk cancelled, Saturday March 23
3/22/24 3:05 pm Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Kestrel
3/22/24 12:42 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] FOY Osprey Norwalk/Westport
3/22/24 12:10 pm LESLIE PETRICK via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cos Cob harbor
3/22/24 12:05 pm LESLIE PETRICK via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Swallows
3/22/24 8:54 am David Carey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Osprey Stamford
3/22/24 7:43 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wepawaug conservation area
3/22/24 7:12 am Jane Little via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Two great egrets at Holly Pond between Stamford and Darien
3/22/24 7:10 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Orange backyard-Fish crows
3/20/24 4:04 pm Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] eBird back up and running
3/20/24 1:04 pm Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Winter Wren and Hermit Thrush
3/20/24 11:35 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/19/24 6:11 pm Jane Little via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 4 male wood ducks at Woods Pond yesterday
3/19/24 3:33 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Great Egrets in Greenwich
3/19/24 9:29 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Sandbank road is in Middlebury.
3/19/24 9:18 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wilson snipe Sandbank road sandbank
3/19/24 9:09 am Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Piping Plovers
3/19/24 8:21 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern gannets
3/18/24 5:36 pm Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] eBird Reminder
3/18/24 2:24 pm Lukaszek, Donald (Physics and Engineering Physics) via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coopers Hawk
3/17/24 11:05 am Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] WCBC Mtg March 19 - Chimney Swifts
3/17/24 6:49 am Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Calf Pasture Beach - Norwalk
3/17/24 5:39 am Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Westport Boat-tailed Grackle
3/16/24 6:14 pm Jim Voros via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Osprey Stamford - Bartlett
3/16/24 3:55 pm Frank Wilson via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Immature Common Loon Morris Creek New Haven
3/16/24 2:59 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Osprey Stamford
3/16/24 12:50 pm Liam Taylor via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] CT Birds Phenology Dashboard
3/16/24 10:42 am Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Belted Kingfisher
3/16/24 9:10 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds
3/16/24 9:04 am Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Stratford Highlights
3/16/24 8:33 am Nancy via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Tree Swallows
3/16/24 4:44 am Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Westport Oystercatchers
3/15/24 3:32 pm Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] shoveler x mallard hybrid plus
3/15/24 9:35 am t.zissu--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] WOODBURY SIGHTING
3/15/24 7:13 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Oyster catcher
3/14/24 12:44 pm Ann Lewis via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Tundra swans at Blue Flag Meadow in Hampton
3/14/24 11:04 am Liam Taylor via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Tree swallows?
3/14/24 10:41 am Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] First Phoebe: also 1st BH Cowbirds
3/14/24 10:34 am Chris Loscalzo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Pectoral Sandpiper
3/14/24 9:56 am Matthew Bell via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Tree swallows?
3/14/24 9:54 am Gabrielle Bugden via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Tree swallows?
3/14/24 7:03 am Carol Goertz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] eagle
3/13/24 11:49 am Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe - Woods Pond Norwalk
3/13/24 11:06 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] FOY Eastern Phoebe - Kellogg Environmental. centerFerby
3/13/24 11:01 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/13/24 7:36 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Harlequin duck
3/12/24 8:31 am Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] TRSW Allen’s Meadow
3/12/24 7:57 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern meadow lark
3/11/24 5:33 pm Nick Bonomo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: A plug for birding Argentina
3/11/24 11:32 am Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wood Duck
3/11/24 3:50 am Mark Szantyr via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Free painting give away
3/10/24 1:33 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] FOY Double-crested Cormorants Norwalk
3/10/24 11:41 am George Amato via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Piping Plover Milford Point
3/8/24 11:46 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe and Pine Siskins
3/8/24 2:20 am Jeff Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Woodcocks - Southbury
3/7/24 4:03 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 6 Am. Woodcocks, Sherman
3/7/24 7:37 am Rubega, Margaret via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] A plug for birding Argentina
3/6/24 3:59 pm Melani Lust via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Extra Limital - Yellow-billed Loon in Bellagio Fountain Pools
3/6/24 3:49 pm Justin Lawson via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Extra Limital - Yellow-billed Loon in Bellagio Fountain Pools
3/6/24 3:36 pm Michael Pohlod via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Extra Limital - Yellow-billed Loon in Bellagio Fountain Pools
3/6/24 2:00 pm Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] NHBC Stratford Shore highlights
3/6/24 11:51 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/6/24 10:21 am richard sharon via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common raven
3/6/24 7:47 am Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Oystercatcher
3/6/24 5:21 am Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] The Spotted Lantern Fly problem - Birds can be part of the solution
3/6/24 4:30 am Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] FOY Boat-tailed
3/4/24 12:53 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Mike Webster and Last call for COA Annual Meeting Registration
3/4/24 12:49 pm John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Oystercatcher and Purple Sandpipers — Ocean Beach Park, New London
3/4/24 10:22 am Cin and Bill Kobak via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] E. Phoebe, Guilford yard
3/4/24 8:15 am Annette Pasek via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Monk parakeets
3/4/24 7:43 am Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Euro common gull
3/4/24 6:58 am John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Red-winged Blackbirds - Washington, CT
3/4/24 6:52 am Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Fox Sparrow, Robins (hordes!)
3/3/24 10:36 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Killdeer and Red-winged Blackbirds Stamford and Norwalk
3/3/24 6:07 pm Paul Wragg via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 100+ Vultures - Old Mystic
3/3/24 2:31 pm Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Doug Tallamy talk - saving the earth
3/3/24 1:23 pm Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Leeds Island, marsh, Guilford
3/3/24 11:46 am Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 14 Acre Pond Norwalk - Ruddy Duck
3/3/24 7:59 am Ronald Serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Monk parakeets
3/2/24 11:31 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] COA Marketplace at Annual Meeting
3/2/24 7:41 am Danforth, Mark E (Mark) via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Woodcocks
3/2/24 2:52 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Common Raven
3/1/24 4:36 pm Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wilton Early Nesters
3/1/24 4:10 pm Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Leetes Island marsh Guilford
3/1/24 7:02 am Sunrise Birding via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Barrow’s Goldeneye, New Haven
3/1/24 5:41 am John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common Raven - Morris, CT
2/29/24 7:25 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Chimney Swifts - Talk by Bethany Sheffer of Sharon Audubon
2/29/24 7:21 pm Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] February bird pics
2/29/24 6:18 pm Lukaszek, Donald (Physics and Engineering Physics) via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bald Eagle
2/29/24 10:49 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Snow Goose
2/29/24 9:42 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Purple sandpipers
2/29/24 9:27 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] REMINDER: COA Annual Meeting on March 9_ Register by Tuesday
2/29/24 6:30 am Stephen Broker via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Fire Sale of back issues of The Connecticut Warbler - LAST CALL FOR ORDERS
2/28/24 1:50 pm Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] From the Deck
2/27/24 2:05 pm Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Pintails 14 acre pond norwalk
2/27/24 8:42 am ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Chatfield Hollow SP, Killingworth
2/27/24 5:34 am Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Mockingbird bully update
2/26/24 3:49 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Milford Photo is Supporting Sponsor for COA Annual Meeting
2/26/24 1:18 pm C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Rarity photos
 
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Date: 3/27/24 3:05 pm
From: Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Rusty blackbirds
3/27 - Oxford
Rusty blackbirds vocalizing (not sure how many) in Jacks Brook wetland near Commerce Rd E, between airport and State Bridal Trail.
Also adult sharp-shinned hawk.
Paul

Paul Fusco
Oxford, CT

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Date: 3/27/24 1:33 pm
From: Jean Adamus via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow Goose at Hammonassett SP
Cedar Island platform. Heads up to Mickey for letting me know.

Jean Adamus
Guilford

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Date: 3/27/24 11:59 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/27 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, 10am-1PM. low tide
rising, 46F, overcast.
We had a couple of class visits today, plus several individual visitors.
I walked the grounds and along the LIS side with one of our visitors.
On LI Sound side, several hundred Brant, Gulls, 1 Piping Plover sleeping
on a log, 4 American Oystercatchers hunkered down in the sand, many Red
Breasted Mergansers on the sound, as well as in the marsh, 1 Common Loon in
the lagoon & one by LI Sound side.
On the marsh: (viewed from inside building) - Our ospreys have returned.
The male flew in with a fish in its talons in the morning while the female
was on the nest. Several crows were around the nest later & 1 in the nest (
appeared to be collecting nesting material). Many Red Breasted mergansers
in the marsh, American black ducks & Green winged teals on the mudflats,
8 Mute swans, 1 Great egret, 4 Canada geese flew over. Then went onto the
platform and continued observing the teal, mergansers and Black ducks.
On the grounds & feeders: 4 Northern Cardinals calling, 1 Northern
Mockingbird, 2 House finches, 2 Fish Crows, White throated sparrows, Song
sparrows, House sparrows and Common Grackles.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/27/24 5:56 am
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] From the deck
3/25 7-8AM-25 species including:Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Barred Owl, Red-shouldered Hawk, Eastern Bluebird(pair+), small blackbird flock, wood duck (pr. fly by). Enjoy, Ernie Harris, Colchester

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Date: 3/27/24 5:20 am
From: David Provencher via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern Shoveler Drake Harness Waterford
Drake Northern Shoveler in Goshen cove this morning.

Dave Provencher

Preston

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Date: 3/27/24 5:17 am
From: Susan Edwards via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ospreys off South Beach Rowayton
Two ospreys in nest on piling off South/Crescent Beach in Rowayton. Been there several days. Susan Edwards

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Date: 3/26/24 1:09 pm
From: Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Gannets
3/26 Long Beach, Stratford
Two adult northern gannets flying low and to the East.
Paul

Paul Fusco
Oxford, CT

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Date: 3/26/24 8:50 am
From: Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Trumpeter swan
Trumpeter Swan relocated onDodd Road in Mansfield in the pond on the right.
Spotted by Rachel McAnallen.
Alex Delehanty
Storrs

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Date: 3/25/24 12:31 pm
From: Matthew Bell via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Trumpeter Swan - Mansfield Hollow
A TRUMPETER SWAN was photo'd this morning, and is currently present, per David Matheiu, at Mansfield Hollow SP. Park at dam and walk 1 mile. Limited parking also on Bassetts Bridge Rd.

-Matt Bell
Vernon

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Date: 3/25/24 12:24 pm
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe - Washington, CT
Walking out to the garage here, which is about 100 yards from the house, early this afternoon I heard an Eastern Phoebe. 
David W BabingtonWashington, CT 

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Date: 3/25/24 8:06 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Crosby Pond & Old Tavern Rd park
3/25 Crosby Pond & Old tavern rd park in Orange.
10:25am-Crosby Pond- 6 Northern Shovelers (5 M, 1 F) swimming in pond along
with 6 mallards. 1 Cardinal singing and 4 Common Grackles in tree.
10:36am- Old tavern Rd park,- 1 Mockingbird, 2 Canada Geese on Pond and 1
Great Blue heron sitting on edge of Pond.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/24/24 6:24 pm
From: Carol Goertz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Yard birds

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Date: 3/24/24 3:00 pm
From: SARAH FAULKNER via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Phoebes!
I am late seeing them compared to other birders, but there were SIX phoebes at Little Mills Pond in Collinsville today. All successfully getting the insects over the pond. Among other notables were a pair of ravens, a red-shouldered hawk, and lots and LOTS of robins. 28 on the soccer field by the high school and more elsewhere.

Sarah Faulkner
Collinsville

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Date: 3/24/24 2:17 pm
From: Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ospreys in Southbury
3/24 Southbury Training School property lower pond-
Pair of Osprey perched. There is no nest platform at this site.
Paul

Paul Fusco
Oxford, CT

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Date: 3/24/24 1:16 pm
From: Carol Goertz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] In my yard
In yard this p.m. : DE Junkos, robin, Carolina Wren, House Sparrows, House Finches, Common Grackle, Dark-headed Cowbird, Bluejays, Titmouse, Cickadees, America Crows, pair of Cardinals, White-throated Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Red Shouldered Hawk, White-breasted Nuthatch, Redbellied Woodpeckers, Downey Woodpeckers
Carol Goertz
Cheshire

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Date: 3/24/24 12:31 pm
From: Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Broad-winged hawk
3/24 Oxford
Broad-winged hawk circling at tree top level over backyard.
Paul

Paul Fusco
Oxford, CT

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Date: 3/23/24 10:21 am
From: Maggy Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Nod Brook WMA - Avon/Simsbury
Over the past couple weeks the birds have become active at Nod Brook. 2 adult bald eagles and 1 juvenile (last year’s hatch), bluebirds, great blue heron, wood duck couple, pied billed grebe, lots of mergansers, a few mallards with an American black duck, several ring-necked ducks, some killdeer, many heartily singing song sparrows, lots of crows including one that harassed an adult eagle causing it to fly away, a handful of Canada geese, among others. I love this time of year.

Maggy Graham

Bloomfield

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Date: 3/22/24 4:36 pm
From: Rick Kenneally via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Virginia Rail calling in Spectacle Brook Swamp

Just stepped out to walk the dog and heard what I’m pretty sure is a Virginia Rail calling from the Spectacle Brook Swamp near Gilly Lane in Wilton.

Haven’t heard or seen one here in 25 years.

Rick
Wilton, CT


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Date: 3/22/24 3:45 pm
From: DeWitt Allen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club walk cancelled, Saturday March 23
The New Haven Bird Club's scheduled walk at Edgewood Park on Saturday,
March 23, has been cancelled because of predicted rain throughout the
morning.

DeWitt Allen, Hamden
NHBC Outdoor Programs Chair
860-949-0995

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Date: 3/22/24 3:05 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Kestrel


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Female American Kestrel investigating nest box this afternoon at the East Windsor Hill section of South Windsor.

Paul Dedsjardins
Windsor Locks


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Date: 3/22/24 12:42 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] FOY Osprey Norwalk/Westport
11am

By the Merritt Parkway near the Saugatuck River at Lee’s Pond, a single Osprey flying with nesting material.

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.
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Date: 3/22/24 12:10 pm
From: LESLIE PETRICK via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cos Cob harbor
American Oyster Catcher has returned
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Date: 3/22/24 12:05 pm
From: LESLIE PETRICK via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Swallows
Tree Swallows returned last week. First barn swallow sighting 2 days ago. Leslie Petrick Cos Cob Harbor Greenwich
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Date: 3/22/24 8:54 am
From: David Carey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Osprey Stamford
Today, Ospreys are back at the mouth of the Salmon River, East Haddam, CT
Dave CareyHaddam

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3/16 Cove Island Park, Stamford
First of year Osprey briefly sat on nest by south ball field
also 1 Oystercatcher and 3 Monk Parakeets nearby

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Riverside

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Date: 3/22/24 7:43 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wepawaug conservation area
3/22 Orange- wepawaug conservation area 10:20 - so far very birdy- phoebe. Winter wren, pileated woodpecker,robins, chickadees, titmice, juncos. WB nuthatches. Will post full report on Ebird
Bev propen, orange

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Date: 3/22/24 7:12 am
From: Jane Little via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Two great egrets at Holly Pond between Stamford and Darien
The two great egrets were flushed by a regular visitor. a bald eagle.  The eagle comes daily now around 5PM.  
Jane L. Gibney Darien

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Date: 3/22/24 7:10 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Orange backyard-Fish crows
3/22 8:10am-8:50am, Orange backyard .
I had the usual visitors- Chickadees, Starlings, Cowbirds, Juncos, WT
sparrows etc, and rarely do I get any Crows here. But this morning 2
"crows" were eating suet bits on my deck railing, but their call was not
American Crow- more like Fish crows. So I turned on Merlin and it
IDed their call as Fish Crows. One of them had an injured leg, but was
flying well.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/20/24 4:04 pm
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] eBird back up and running
News flash: The Cornell lab of Ornithology has completed the migration of all eBird data to the new servers and eBird is back up and running!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 3/20/24 1:04 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Winter Wren and Hermit Thrush


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Seen together this afternoon at the Water Works in Windsor Locks.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/20/24 11:35 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/20/2024 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, 10am-1PM. high
tide, receding, overcast, 48F.
Our male osprey returned around 12:55pm, flying in with a fish in its
talons and landing on "his" perch next to the osprey platform.
Welcome back :)
Piping plovers and Oystercatchers are reported on the LIS side on the
beach. String fencing is being set up.
A Cooper's hawk was sitting well camouflaged, in the tangles around the
small tower in front of the entrance stairway.
Viewed from inside the building:
On the marsh: 10 Gadwall, 6 American Black ducks (2 exhibiting courtship
displays), 18 Buffleheads diving, 5 Canada Geese, 1 Northern harrier flew
over,
1 Great black backed gull sitting on a mudflat (with other gulls) as the
tide was receding. 2 Oystercatchers on the mudflats as well.
14 Green winged teal, 2 Mute swans. A brief walk to the lagoon side had
over 100 Brant and numerous gulls.
On the grounds & feeders: 2 Mourning doves, 4 House finches, 3 Northern
Cardinals, Numerous house sparrows in the brush pile and at feeders, 2
Song sparrows.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/19/24 6:11 pm
From: Jane Little via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 4 male wood ducks at Woods Pond yesterday
Also gadwalls, ring neck ducks and mallards.

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Date: 3/19/24 3:33 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Great Egrets in Greenwich
FOY Great Egrets - 2
Mianus River below Dam
and west pond at Greenwich Point Park

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Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Riverside

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Date: 3/19/24 9:29 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Sandbank road is in Middlebury.
Bill banks


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Date: 3/19/24 9:18 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilson snipe Sandbank road sandbank

4 Wilson snipe in the wet area directly across from house #300 close to road 
Bill BanksSeymour

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Date: 3/19/24 9:09 am
From: Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Piping Plovers
We aren't able to post to eBird today but just wanted to note that Bill
Batsford and I saw what was clearly a pair of Pipers at Milford Point this
morning.

Kathy Van Der Aue
Southport, CT

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Date: 3/19/24 8:21 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern gannets
6 flying west 1,3,1,1 long beach stratford. Ed bailey  Monroe 

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Date: 3/18/24 5:36 pm
From: Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] eBird Reminder
I’m sure almost all regular eBirders are aware, but as a reminder and to
prevent any urgent emails sent here, eBird and all other Cornell Lab
services will be unavailable from tomorrow at 6AM until the 21st at 6AM.
They are everything to a brand new server.

You can still make lists on the app but not submit.

Wednesday (March 20th) is Mew Gull Day. (A whopping FIVE Mew Gull records
(now Common/Short-billed) have been found on that calendar day, 4 of them
by Nick Bonomo, one of the very best birders around! The “Mew” Gull(s) will
have to be reported through other means! :)

Aidan Kiley
Fairfield

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Date: 3/18/24 2:24 pm
From: Lukaszek, Donald (Physics and Engineering Physics) via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coopers Hawk
3/18/24; around 5pm; Farmington, CT; Tunxis CC courtyard; adult Coopers Hawk, perched.

Donald Lukaszek, PhD.
Department of Physics & Engineering Physics
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT


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Date: 3/17/24 11:05 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] WCBC Mtg March 19 - Chimney Swifts
Tuesday, March 19, Bethany Sheffer of Sharon Audubon will present "Chimney Swifts - Magic and Mystery Revealed" and also describe Sharon Audubon's clinic for raising orphaned babies.  Location: the Western CT Bird Club meeting in the Southbury Public Library, 100 Poverty Hollow Road (off Main Street South on the corner of Old Field Road).  Socialize 6:30, meeting starts at 7:00.  Free and open to the public.  Contact  <angeladimmitt...>
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 3/17/24 6:49 am
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Calf Pasture Beach - Norwalk
At Calf Pasture Beach in Norwalk this morning:
4 American Oyster Catchers on Betts Island
1 Bald Eagle on Grassy Island
2 Tree Swallows over Manresa Island
Great Black-backed Gulls on Goose Island
Numerous Long-tailed Ducks, Red-breasted Mergansers, Buffleheads and a Common Loon in the water

Adam & Jo Fasciolo
Norwalk

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Date: 3/17/24 5:39 am
From: Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Westport Boat-tailed Grackle
Westport-Sherwood Island SP-Boat-tailed Grackle flyover and calling heading west but may still be in the area. Seen and heard with Aidan Kiley and Mary Walsh.

Tina Green
Westport
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Date: 3/16/24 6:14 pm
From: Jim Voros via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey Stamford - Bartlett
Building on Cynthia's sighting, we had a flyover osprey at Bartlett
this morning. Really good views for a few moments. Flying sout-east.
Also Phoebe (2) and golden crowned kinglets (3), Fox Sparrow and the
usual suspects.
Merlin recorded a Ruby kinglet but we did not see it and it was in the
same spot as the golden so possibly a false positive.
Jim Voros
Stamford

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Date: 3/16/24 3:55 pm
From: Frank Wilson via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Immature Common Loon Morris Creek New Haven
Seen and photographed in channel south of tide gate. Also, belted
kingfisher persists.

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Date: 3/16/24 2:59 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey Stamford
3/16 Cove Island Park, Stamford
First of year Osprey briefly sat on nest by south ball field
also 1 Oystercatcher and 3 Monk Parakeets nearby

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Riverside

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Date: 3/16/24 12:50 pm
From: Liam Taylor via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] CT Birds Phenology Dashboard
Hey folks,

Based on emails, people seemed to think that little tree swallow plot was
neat.

I put together a dashboard where you can view previous years' timing for
299 species of birds in CT (all non-rare and non-invasive COA checklist
species).

You should be able to access the dashboard at:
https://ltaylor2.shinyapps.io/CTBirds_Dashboard/

It might look better if you flip your phone horizontally or view it on a
computer. Feature requests welcome. Apologies if it doesn't load for you.

Cheers,
Liam
New Haven

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Date: 3/16/24 10:42 am
From: Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Belted Kingfisher
Selleck’s Woods, Darien

Alec Wiggin
Darien
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Date: 3/16/24 9:10 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds


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This morning seen at the Newberry Road section 7 duck species the best being a drake and hen Northern Shoveler and at the end of Vibert Road a Fox Sparrow,

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/16/24 9:04 am
From: Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Stratford Highlights
Mary Walsh and I did a Stratford loop today plus a quick check of Milford
Pt.

Warehouse Pond: Male Boat-tailed Grackle

Long Beach: 2 Am Oystercatchers, 2 Piping Plovers, 3 early Barn(!) Swallows
in a mixed group with 3 Tree right over us. Also a Wood Duck pair flew
over!

Seawall: Plankton feeding flock of ~250 gulls. 2 adult Kumlien’s Iceland
Gulls, 1 Bonaparte’s.

Milford Pt: 310 Green-winged Teal. Did not see a Common although about 100
were too far to see well.

Aidan Kiley
Fairfield

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Date: 3/16/24 8:33 am
From: Nancy via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Tree Swallows
3/15 Bauer Park, Madison 8 Tree SwallowsAlso on yesterday's CT River cruise ( 25 +) Tree Swallows and FOY Osprey in Deep River. Thank you Cathy Malin for pointing out.

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Date: 3/16/24 4:44 am
From: Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Westport Oystercatchers
Westport-Cockenoe Island,scoped from Compo Beach- 10 American Oystercatchers(8 on the tern sand bar, 2 on the east end of the island)
A handful of Double-crested Cormorants are back on Goose Island for the season and most ducks have moved on except for the Long-tailed ducks.

Tina Green
Westport
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Date: 3/15/24 3:32 pm
From: Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] shoveler x mallard hybrid plus
Stonington, Lantern Hill Road - farm fields across from Stonington Gardens

Northern Shoveler x Mallard hybrid - drake found and photographed by Dan Errichetti this morning. Also present were a drake Blue-winged Teal, drake Northern Pintail, and two drake Green-winged Teal. I was unable to refind the Lesser Black-backed Gull Dan also found. There are multiple low flooded areas and undulations that make it impossible to see every bird,  even when I was standing in the back of my pick-up. Plus you have to look from several vantage points on a road that is not easy to park on.

Glenn Williams
Mystic

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Date: 3/15/24 9:35 am
From: t.zissu--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] WOODBURY SIGHTING
3/14/2024 - 1 Broad wing hawk flying over Main St. South, Woodbury; 97 Pine Siskins in Norway Spruce along Washington Avenue near cemetery.  
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Date: 3/15/24 7:13 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Oyster catcher
At long beach in stratford past the double cedars. 10:05Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/14/24 12:44 pm
From: Ann Lewis via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Tundra swans at Blue Flag Meadow in Hampton
Six tundra swans at Blue Flag Meadow in Hampton today. Also a dozen or two
ring necked ducks, several purple finches, some black ducks and a pair of
common mergansers.

Blue Flag Meadow is on Kenyon Rd in Hampton where there's a sign and
parking area. I accessed it from the Airline rail trail, parking where it
crosses Kenyon Rd. and walking the trail about 15 minutes in to where there
is a sign on the left for an access trail into Blue Flag Meadow preserve.
Follow the trail for good access to the pond.

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Date: 3/14/24 11:04 am
From: Liam Taylor via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Tree swallows?
I believe we are right on track! We are currently in the 11th week of 2024.
In previous years, between 0% and 6% of CT eBird checklists featured Tree
Swallows during the 11th week of the year.

I threw together a graph summarizing CT Tree Swallow data from eBird,
2015-2023. You can see the graph at:
https://ltaylor.mmm.page/ct_birds
<https://mmm.page/ltaylor.ct_birds>

Cheers,
Liam Taylor
New Haven


On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 12:56 PM Matthew Bell via CTBirds <
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> Reports are trickling in, especially over the past 2 days, so it’s likely!
>
> -Matt Bell
> Vernon
>
> > On Mar 14, 2024, at 12:53, Gabrielle Bugden via CTBirds <
> <ctbirds...> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> > Is it time for tree swallows to be returning to CT? This morning on the
> > Mint Brook Marsh section of the Airline Trail in Hebron, I was looking up
> > into a tree, studying a titmouse's behavior, when I thought I heard and
> > then saw 4 tree swallows fly over. I was surprised because it seems
> early,
> > but then I thought maybe it's not? But, I'm also not ruling out that my
> > brain was playing tricks on me. Would love to hear from anyone with
> deeper
> > knowledge on their typical arrival dates.
> > Thank you!
> > Gabrielle Bugden
> > Hebron
> >
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Date: 3/14/24 10:41 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] First Phoebe: also 1st BH Cowbirds
Another day of firsts:  Eastern Phoebe signing (3/21/23) and 2 Brown-headed Cowbird males at feeders. 
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New Milford

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Date: 3/14/24 10:34 am
From: Chris Loscalzo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Pectoral Sandpiper
At Hammo, in Madison, at lunchtime: there was a Pectoral Sandpiper at the west edge of the “pond” (flooded field) at the west end, with some Killdeer and a Greater Yellowlegs. We also saw a Razorbill fly by west to east beyond Meigs Point. FOY Eastern Phoebe and Tree Swallows were seen near the nature center. Also, at nearby Clinton Town Beach there was a male Boat-tailed Grackle on territory.

Chris Loscalzo and Marianne Vahey,
Woodbridge

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Date: 3/14/24 9:56 am
From: Matthew Bell via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Tree swallows?
Reports are trickling in, especially over the past 2 days, so it’s likely!

-Matt Bell
Vernon

> On Mar 14, 2024, at 12:53, Gabrielle Bugden via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> Folks,
> Is it time for tree swallows to be returning to CT? This morning on the
> Mint Brook Marsh section of the Airline Trail in Hebron, I was looking up
> into a tree, studying a titmouse's behavior, when I thought I heard and
> then saw 4 tree swallows fly over. I was surprised because it seems early,
> but then I thought maybe it's not? But, I'm also not ruling out that my
> brain was playing tricks on me. Would love to hear from anyone with deeper
> knowledge on their typical arrival dates.
> Thank you!
> Gabrielle Bugden
> Hebron
>
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Date: 3/14/24 9:54 am
From: Gabrielle Bugden via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Tree swallows?
Folks,
Is it time for tree swallows to be returning to CT? This morning on the
Mint Brook Marsh section of the Airline Trail in Hebron, I was looking up
into a tree, studying a titmouse's behavior, when I thought I heard and
then saw 4 tree swallows fly over. I was surprised because it seems early,
but then I thought maybe it's not? But, I'm also not ruling out that my
brain was playing tricks on me. Would love to hear from anyone with deeper
knowledge on their typical arrival dates.
Thank you!
Gabrielle Bugden
Hebron

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Date: 3/14/24 7:03 am
From: Carol Goertz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] eagle
Immature eagle at pond on Higgins rd, Cheshire, across from farm stand. Carol Goertz, Cheshire

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Date: 3/13/24 11:49 am
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe - Woods Pond Norwalk
Calling from the far side of the pond. I’m not sure if this is the same one that has wintered over at nearby 14 Acre Pond or a new recent arrival. But likely the latter.

Adam Fasciolo
Norwalk

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Date: 3/13/24 11:06 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] FOY Eastern Phoebe - Kellogg Environmental. centerFerby

Singing near the large gate in the parking lot on Hawthorne Ave. In Derby.
Bill BanksSeymour

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Date: 3/13/24 11:01 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/13 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, 10am-1PM, low
tide-rising, sunny, 55F.
I was greeted by cardinals singing in the parking lot. We had many visitors
at the center today-several were first time visitors and said they will
most certainly come again.
On the marsh: 4 Canada Geese, 6 Mute Swans, 4 Green winged teals, 10
Gadwalls, 2 mallards in the marsh and feeding under the bird feeders, 10
Black ducks, 1 Common loon, 2 Buffleheads, 1 Red Breasted merganser
(drake) and 2 American Oystercatchers sitting on a mudflat and then flying
around.
Piping plovers & killdeer were reported on the Long island sound side.
On the grounds & feeders: 3 Northern Cardinals, 2 Red winged blackbirds,
15 Common grackles, 4 Mourning doves, 10 House sparrows, 10 House finches
mostly at the feeders, 1 Downy woodpecker, 2 American Robins and 3 Song
sparrows.
Honey bees were at one of the bird feeders by the marsh.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/13/24 7:36 am
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Subject: [CT Birds] Harlequin duck
Drake off of east beach sherwood Island Westport. Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/12/24 8:31 am
From: Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] TRSW Allen’s Meadow
3/12 Allen’s Meadow, Wilton. FOY Tree Swallows.
Joe Bear
Wilton
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Date: 3/12/24 7:57 am
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Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern meadow lark
Pleasant surprise at Pleasure Beach today in Bridgeport. 1Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/11/24 5:33 pm
From: Nick Bonomo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A plug for birding Argentina
Thank you, Margaret. I second this. About a year and a half ago I birded
Argentina with Dave P and Dave T. We drove from Buenos Aires to the
northern edge of Patagonia, then flew down to Ushuaia for some Tierra del
Fuego birding. Highly recommended country for visiting birders.

I wrote up an 8-part trip report that can be found here:
https://www.shorebirder.com/search/label/Argentina%3A%20Pampas%20to%20Patagonia

Best,
Nick

Nick Bonomo
Wallingford, CT

On Thu, Mar 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM Rubega, Margaret via CTBirds <
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> I am in an airport in central Argentina and I want to encourage CT
> birders, and especially tour guides, to consider Argentina for your next
> birding trip. I've been here for two weeks for a meeting/attempt to trap
> Wilson's phalaropes on Laguna Mar Chiquita, an enormous inland saline lake:
> my mind was blown that the place is not crawling with birders. There are
> about 350 species of birds, and about ¼ of all the species in Argentina
> occur there; it was recently made a National Park. I wasn't there to bird,
> but highlights for me were the gigantic flocks of flamingoes (all three
> species occur there, with up to half a million flamingos at a time), the
> nearly-as-numerous Wilson's phalaropes and Black-necked stilts, the
> Southern Caracara strolling around on lawns in downtown Miramar de
> Ansenuza, upland birds like white fronted woodpecker and scimitar-billed
> woodcreeper.... the whole place is a heaven for photographers. Sept.- Nov.
> is the highest season for birds.
>
> The Argentine peso was recently devalued, so it is unbelievably cheap to
> travel there now, and a valuable contribution to the financial situation
> for the locals to spend birding dollars. It was clean, very, very safe and
> the wine cannot be beat. I saw zero birders from the U.S. while I was
> there. I'd be happy to provide more details and some contacts to bird
> guides etc. to anyone who is interested.
>
> To be clear: I have no financial (or other) incentives in this at all.
> Just want to encourage attention to this incredible landscape.
>
> Margaret Rubega
> (she/her/hers)
> Professor
> CT State Ornithologist
> Curator, Ornithology Collections
> Dept Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
> University of Connecticut
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Date: 3/11/24 11:32 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wood Duck
Oh joy! Oh rapture!  A pair of Wood Duck on my stream (FOY).  
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 3/11/24 3:50 am
From: Mark Szantyr via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Free painting give away
If anyone is interested in a free watercolor painting of a Eurasian Wigeon, i have one that has become available. Let me know and we can arrange for you to take possession.
Mark Szantyr
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Date: 3/10/24 1:33 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] FOY Double-crested Cormorants Norwalk
3:30pm
Norwalk River/Veterans Park

2- adult DC Cormorants

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.
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Date: 3/10/24 11:41 am
From: George Amato via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Piping Plover Milford Point
FOY Piping Plover on the sandbar at Milford Point.

George Amato
Milford

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Date: 3/8/24 11:46 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe and Pine Siskins


Paul Desjardins
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This morning f o y Eastern Phoebe seen at Fisher Meadow Avon and later on during the day about a half dozen Pine Siskins seen at Great Pond Simsbury. Also at the latter location Red Breasted Nuthatch and an audio Pine Warbler.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/8/24 2:20 am
From: Jeff Campbell via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Woodcocks - Southbury
Having more activity then previous years in my yard. The past 2 weeks I've been hearing at least 4 to 6 peeting in the evening and circling around. Anyone  else noticing more activity then usual?Jeff Campbell

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Date: 3/7/24 4:03 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 6 Am. Woodcocks, Sherman
6:15-6:40 pm this evening from car driving up Rte 39 North from village center - 6 woodcocks peenting and winnowing in 4 different locations along a 3-mile stretch north of Bittersweet Lane up to Wimisink Marsh (3 birds there).  Also, Canada geese hollering their heads off - then a red fox crossed the road from the marsh side!
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 3/7/24 7:37 am
From: Rubega, Margaret via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] A plug for birding Argentina
I am in an airport in central Argentina and I want to encourage CT birders, and especially tour guides, to consider Argentina for your next birding trip. I've been here for two weeks for a meeting/attempt to trap Wilson's phalaropes on Laguna Mar Chiquita, an enormous inland saline lake: my mind was blown that the place is not crawling with birders. There are about 350 species of birds, and about of all the species in Argentina occur there; it was recently made a National Park. I wasn't there to bird, but highlights for me were the gigantic flocks of flamingoes (all three species occur there, with up to half a million flamingos at a time), the nearly-as-numerous Wilson's phalaropes and Black-necked stilts, the Southern Caracara strolling around on lawns in downtown Miramar de Ansenuza, upland birds like white fronted woodpecker and scimitar-billed woodcreeper.... the whole place is a heaven for photographers. Sept.- Nov. is the highest season for birds.

The Argentine peso was recently devalued, so it is unbelievably cheap to travel there now, and a valuable contribution to the financial situation for the locals to spend birding dollars. It was clean, very, very safe and the wine cannot be beat. I saw zero birders from the U.S. while I was there. I'd be happy to provide more details and some contacts to bird guides etc. to anyone who is interested.

To be clear: I have no financial (or other) incentives in this at all. Just want to encourage attention to this incredible landscape.

Margaret Rubega
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Date: 3/6/24 3:59 pm
From: Melani Lust via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Extra Limital - Yellow-billed Loon in Bellagio Fountain Pools
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> That bird as of today has been captured and released.
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Date: 3/6/24 3:49 pm
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Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Extra Limital - Yellow-billed Loon in Bellagio Fountain Pools
That bird as of today has been captured and released.

Justin Lawson
Southbridge, Mass


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Date: 3/6/24 3:36 pm
From: Michael Pohlod via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Extra Limital - Yellow-billed Loon in Bellagio Fountain Pools
The Bellagio Hotel In Las Vegas has shut off their fountains because of the
presence of a Yellow-billed Loon in one of its fountain pools. Credible links
on Google.

Mike Pohlod
Bristol

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Date: 3/6/24 2:00 pm
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] NHBC Stratford Shore highlights
3/6 This morning I led the annual New Haven Bird Club Trip to the Stratford Shore, joined by 23 eager birders. Timing was perfect as it was a rain-free morning wedged in between a mostly rainy week in CT. It was mild, mid 40’s, and calm, with variable fog. We visited many of the coastal hotspots by carpool and on foot.

Of the 51 species tallied, Highlights included: Canvasback, Eurasian Wigeon, 12 Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, 2 Ruddy Turnstones, 2 adult Iceland Gulls, Glaucous Gull, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and the first Boat-tailed Grackle of the year.

The full EBird trip list is here:
https://ebird.org/tripreport/210002

Frank Mantlik

Stratford

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Date: 3/6/24 11:51 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/6 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center, 10M-1pm. High tide-
receding, 47F, very foggy, light drizzle.
Lots of visitors today plus a class visit.
One of the mothers mentioned that on Sesame Street this morning, Letter of
the Day was B for Bird and H for Habitat.
On the marsh: (viewed from inside building)- many Canada Geese, 10 Black
ducks, 2 mallards, 2 Gadwalls, 12 Buffleheads further out -in a line and
then actively diving, 2 Common Loons, 2 Mute Swans.
On the grounds: 6 Mourning doves, 2 Blue jays, 13 House sparrows in brush
pile in front, 7 Song sparrows, 3 White throated sparrows, a Downy
woodpecker, 5 Cardinals, & 7 Grackles.
I took a short walk along the private road and to the lagoon area. It was
soooo loud with honking Canada Geese that were leaving the marsh and flying
to the Long Island sound. There were several hundred Canada Geese leaving
the marsh (flying overhead) and landing in the sound.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/6/24 10:21 am
From: richard sharon via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common raven
This afternoon I heard the distinctive croak of a raven and a ruckus above my house in SW East Hartford. It flew into a tree then back over me while being harassed by crows. Did a nice barrel roll defending himself!
Richard Sharon
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Date: 3/6/24 7:47 am
From: Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Oystercatcher
American Oystercatcher Milford Point main sandbar in some fog Steve Spector Milford 3/6/24
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Date: 3/6/24 5:21 am
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] The Spotted Lantern Fly problem - Birds can be part of the solution
There’s an interesting story today in The Washington Post that talks about the invasive Spotted Lantern Fly.

One main point it makes is that this bug has the bright coloring which usually says “I’m poisonous” to predators. But it’s a bluff. They’re not. So birds local to the northeast need to acclimate to these bugs as a potential new food source. Particularly Chickadees, Cardinals and House Wrens.

It also says that the Tree of Heaven, which is the bug’s favorite food source, makes them taste bad to birds. So removing those trees will have a double impact.

It’s a great read if you can access the article online.

Adam Fasciolo
Norwalk, CT


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Date: 3/6/24 4:30 am
From: Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] FOY Boat-tailed
2 adult male Boat-tailed Grackles (subspecies torreyi, eBird group is
torreyi/alabamensis) at the warehouse pond in Stratford. First this year in
CT.

No sign of the Lesser Scaup on the pond.

Aidan Kiley
Fairfield

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Date: 3/4/24 12:53 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Mike Webster and Last call for COA Annual Meeting Registration
Mike Webster will be the keynote speaker at Connecticut Ornithological
Association's Annual Meeting on this Sat., March 9, 2024,at CT State College
- Middlesex in Middletown CT. Last call for registration!
All are welcome to attend. You do not have to be a COA member, but you do
need to register in advance. Learn more and sign up by March 5 at
https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/

Who is Mike Webster?
Mike Webster wears two hats at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. First, he is
Director of the Macaulay Library, which is a media collection dedicated to
capturing and preserving recordings (audio, video, and photos) that capture
the behaviors of wild birds and other animals. Second, Mike is a professor
in Cornell University’s Department of Neurobiology and Behavior. In this
role he does research on, and also teaches classes about, animal
communication and behavior. Through his research and teaching Mike aims for
a better understanding of how and why animals communicate with each other,
and also what accounts for the evolution of the incredible diversity of
signals that we see in nature.

What will Mike discuss?
Can Birding Save Birds?
Research on birds (ornithology) has relied heavily on study specimens for
centuries, and these specimens have revealed much of what we know about the
ecology, life histories and evolution of birds. But today we can also
collect a new type of specimen, the “media specimen”, which is an
audio/video recording or photo of a bird in nature. These media capture key
aspects of wild birds — their acoustic signals, physical displays, and
other important behaviors – in ways that traditional physical specimens
simply cannot. Mike Webster will illustrate how media specimens can be used
for modern day ornithological research: research aimed at both
understanding and conserving birds. He also will show how emerging new and
inexpensive technologies are allowing everyday “citizen scientists” to
collect and use media specimens, for example through eBird, leading to a
better understanding of birds at continental and even global scales.

What else is happening?
We have 3 great speakers, a special presentation by lead sponsor Zeiss, COA
Marketplace with amazing raffle items, sales of new caps and other items,
door prizes, plus Continental breakfast, and delicious lunch -- all
included. It's the birding event of the year!

Cynthia S. Ehlinger for the COA Annual Meeting Committee
Riverside

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Date: 3/4/24 12:49 pm
From: John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Oystercatcher and Purple Sandpipers — Ocean Beach Park, New London
At 1:30 pm, eleven purple sandpipers and one oystercatcher on rocks west of the beach.

John Weeks, North Granby
Connor Hogan, Simsbury






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Date: 3/4/24 10:22 am
From: Cin and Bill Kobak via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] E. Phoebe, Guilford yard
Heard FOY E. Phoebe in our back woods at noon.

Cindi Kobak, Guilford


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Date: 3/4/24 8:15 am
From: Annette Pasek via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Monk parakeets
I see the report on the Monk parakeets at 20. In the past I have seen crows coming over to their nest during breeding season and I wasn't certain if reproduction would continue. My count numbers in recent years have only been a few while visiting the rockcat area, willow brook and neighboring feeders.

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Date: 3/4/24 7:43 am
From: Dan Rottino via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Euro common gull
North Windham Walmart parking lot the common gull continues. It was not present at 9 o’clock but I found it when I came out from shopping at around 10:25.

Dan Rottino With Joe Attwater and Jannie Shapiro.
East Haddam, CT

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Date: 3/4/24 6:58 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Red-winged Blackbirds - Washington, CT
Been hearing Red-winged Blackbirds here since early last week and saw them yesterday., A sign of Spring here for me

David W BabingtonWashington, CT

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Date: 3/4/24 6:52 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Fox Sparrow, Robins (hordes!)
FOY Fox Sparrow under feeder.  30-50 robins on the lawn, scuffing in leaves, flying and sitting in the trees all around the house, impossible to count; also brown creeper, pileated woodpecker.  Spring may be coming!
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 3/3/24 10:36 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Killdeer and Red-winged Blackbirds Stamford and Norwalk
Cove Island Park Stamford 1pm
A nice flock of vocal Red-winged Blackbirds on the west end past the bird feeders in the wetland.

Stop & Shop Plaza Route 7 in Norwalk at 6:30pm
Killdeers calling in flight

Both first of year for me, and on time.

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.
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Date: 3/3/24 6:07 pm
From: Paul Wragg via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 100+ Vultures - Old Mystic
Today had ~100 vultures (approx. 50:50 Black vs Turkey) kettling. A mixed
flock of ~60 has been regular in Old Mystic this winter. Also frequently
seen roosting around Rte 184 and Cow Hill Rd, Old Mystic.





Paul Wragg




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Date: 3/3/24 2:31 pm
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Doug Tallamy talk - saving the earth
Hello all,
In case you haven’t heard Professor Doug Tallamy’s talk about “Homegrown National Park”, an educational and important presentation on how each of us can aid the natural web of life (including birds), I highly recommend viewing this YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubqybhTmWE

Frank Mantlik

Stratford

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Date: 3/3/24 1:23 pm
From: Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Leeds Island, marsh, Guilford
American black duck,mallard, Redbreasted Merganser,green wing teal, northern pintail, American widgeon, Bufflehead, 2 Northern Shoveler, great blue heron and eight Lesser Yellowlegs FOY Tom Kelly Guilford 

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Date: 3/3/24 11:46 am
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 14 Acre Pond Norwalk - Ruddy Duck
14 Acre Pond Norwalk. One female Ruddy Duck with a pair of Northern Pintails.

Adam & Jo Fasciolo
Norwalk

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Date: 3/3/24 7:59 am
From: Ronald Serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Monk parakeets
Very active now building nest.at least 20.willowbrook park new
britian.ron serianz newington

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Date: 3/2/24 11:31 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] COA Marketplace at Annual Meeting
COA's Annual Meeting (https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/
<https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/?fbclid=IwAR3fRjS6bTiz7XA6RxsYTq0ak8cDUJdNJ8jeLadT042hLMuLxeT6Hk9W-Uc>)
is less than a week away, on March 9, and registration is required even
sooner -- by Tuesday!
In addition to great speakers, lunch, and awards, the day will include a
special marketplace with a variety of birding-related items available - by
donation, sale, raffle and door prize: quality binoculars, monopod, private
guided bird walks by experts, artwork, books, clothing, bird boxes and
feeders, plus housewares, games and more. Our single silent auction item
will be an amazing 18 volume set of The Birds of North America (1992). Life
Histories for the 21st Century. Be sure to bring cash, since we will not be
accepting checks or credit/debit cards (sorry). You won't want to miss this
opportunity to support a great cause and get some super birding
merchandise/experiences!
Register by March 5 at
https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/2024-annual-meeting/
<https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/2024-annual-meeting/?fbclid=IwAR2uuwpig9mvvMF8yPlEs3BvUa6dyE8K7hGq8Zrpte9B4LxYtNKQAkG89Bo>
.

For the COA Annual Meeting Committee
Cynthia S Ehlinger
Vice President, Connecticut Ornithological Association
Riverside

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Date: 3/2/24 7:41 am
From: Danforth, Mark E (Mark) via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Woodcocks
Flushed two at the edge of my lawn this morning. Heard peenting two days ago.
Mark Danforth, Tolland
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Date: 3/2/24 2:52 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Common Raven


Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696


John, concerning the raven you observed sitting along the road I have seen that behavior twice when I saw one walking along Main Street in South Windsor and the other time in the street not far from my house.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks


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Date: 3/1/24 4:36 pm
From: Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilton Early Nesters
3/1 Wilton- 5 American Woodcock displaying over Allen’s Meadow from 6:05-6:30pm, and a pair of Ravens checking out an old nest along a road in town where they’ve been nesting for several years.
Joe Bear (with Russ and Valerie)
Wilton
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Go GATORS!

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Date: 3/1/24 4:10 pm
From: Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Leetes Island marsh Guilford
3/1/24 5PM American Black Duck, Mallard, Greenwing Teal, Buffeihead, Redbreasted Merganser, American Widgeon, Gadwall, Northern Pintail, 2 Northern Shoveler and 3 Killdeer Tom Kelly  Guilford 

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Date: 3/1/24 7:02 am
From: Sunrise Birding via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Barrow’s Goldeneye, New Haven
3/1/24 - great views of the drake Barrow’s Goldeneye this morning off Pardee sea wall south of Nathan Hale Park.

Gina Nichol
Sunrise Birding LLC
www.sunrisebirding.com

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Date: 3/1/24 5:41 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common Raven - Morris, CT
Had a surprise late yesterday morning while traveling east on Rt 109 coming into West Morris. There was what I first thought was an American Crow on the side of the road after the remains of some dead creature. Looked a bit big for a crow. It flew up into a tree as my car approached and by it is tail it was clearly a Common Raven. Must have been a very hungry Common Raven as I do not recall ever seeing a raven sitting along  the side of a road.  

David W BabingtonWashington, CT

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Date: 2/29/24 7:25 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Chimney Swifts - Talk by Bethany Sheffer of Sharon Audubon
Monday, March 4 at the Litchfield Hills Audubon monthly meeting, Bethany Sheffer of Sharon Audubon will present "Chimney Swifts: Mystery and Magic Revealed". Once numerous, these birds have experienced sharp declines in the eastern US due to habitat loss in the last century.  Bethany will unravel the mystery behind these fascinating birds while also talking about Sharon Audubon's work with them.  The meeting starts at 6:45 pm at the Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rte.202), Litchfield; free and open to the public.  The talk will also be on Zoom.  To register for Zoom, go to the Calendar section of the website, lhasct.org, before 5 pm on March 3.  You will be sent the login link.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 2/29/24 7:21 pm
From: Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] February bird pics
Red-headed Woodpecker , Nichols Rd. East Haddam.E.Meadowlark ,Durham Meadows,Maple St. DurhamN.Shrike, Miller Rd, Middlefield.Ed Haesche Guilford   https://photos.app.goo.gl/PrRTwV6rBkLC6Jrt7

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Date: 2/29/24 6:18 pm
From: Lukaszek, Donald (Physics and Engineering Physics) via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bald Eagle
2/29/24, 5pm, New Britain, Batterson Park, state boat launch, adult Bald Eagle soaring over boat launch parking lot and pond.

Donald Lukaszek, PhD.
Department of Physics & Engineering Physics
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT


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Date: 2/29/24 10:49 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow Goose


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This morning seen at Mill Pond in Broad Brook adult Snow Goose.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks

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Date: 2/29/24 9:42 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Purple sandpipers
Off of stratford point east point on rocks 23Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 2/29/24 9:27 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] REMINDER: COA Annual Meeting on March 9_ Register by Tuesday
REMINDER: The in-person Annual Meeting
<https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/> of the Connecticut
Ornithological Association (COA) is just about a week away, on Saturday,
March 9, at Connecticut State College-Middlesex Campus in Middletown. Since
we are providing a delightful Continental breakfast and lunch with a
variety of dietary options, advance registration is required. Please sign
up below by Tuesday, March 5. No walk-ins please.

This year, we are excited to announce our Lead Sponsor is Zeiss
<https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/us/home.html>. At the meeting, Zeiss will
offer a 15-minute presentation on their new infrared birding technology, as
well as participate as a vendor. A great line-up of speakers will educate
and entertain. And there will be time to shop for birding merchandise and
experiences. Be among the first to get your newly designed COA cap!

Both COA members and non-members are invited to attend this 40th Annual
Meeting. If you are not currently a member, we do hope you will consider
joining to show your support.

Events like our Annual Meeting make it possible for us to offer services
valuable to the Connecticut birding community such as this ListServ as well
as workshops, a calendar to learn about birding programs statewide,
the respected
quarterly journal The Connecticut Warbler, and more.

Register and pay by 3/5 at
https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/2024-annual-meeting/.

Annual Meeting Committee
Cynthia S Ehlinger
Vice President, Connecticut Ornithological Association
Riverside

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Date: 2/29/24 6:30 am
From: Stephen Broker via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Fire Sale of back issues of The Connecticut Warbler - LAST CALL FOR ORDERS
Dear Friends of COA,

We are having a Fire Sale of back issues of The Connecticut Warbler. The inventory of surplus copies of TCW has exceeded its storage capacity. Consequently, we are offering back issues at the bargain basement price of $1.00 per copy.

To obtain one or more copies for your personal collection, please send via email (see below) a list of issues you are requesting, including Month and Year of publication and Volume/Number of each issue.

We will have your requested issues of The Connecticut Warbler at the COA Annual Meeting, to be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at Connecticut State Community College, Middlesex (formerly known as Middlesex Community College). Please bring to the annual meeting the appropriate dollar amount for payment for your copies.

NO REQUESTED ISSUES WILL BE MAILED OUT. They are available only for pick up at the annual meeting.

The Connecticut Warbler is the Connecticut state journal of ornithology. First published in 1981, the four times a year issues contain a full range of articles on the birds of Connecticut: first state records, notes on behavior, status and distribution of many bird species, book reviews, site guides, Christmas Bird Count results, Summer Bird Count results, Hawk Watch results, Avian Records Committee of Connecticut (ARCC) reports, Mabel Osgood Wright and Beth Kleiner Awards, and much more.

Here is the link to the Index of The Connecticut Warbler: https://www.ctbirding.org/wp-content/uploads/INDEX-1-42.pdf?x52636

Special Offer: the complete set of 28 ARCC Reports for $28.

Orders will be accepted through March 4, so act now!

Steve Broker
Cheshire

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Date: 2/28/24 1:50 pm
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] From the Deck
2/28/24- Colchester Deck-8:15AM- As I was folding my chair to come in- Barred-owl called once! Earlier- a Brown Creeper was silhouetted climbing one of our 70’ tulip trees. 1
Retro- on 2/24 6:30-7:30AM-@ 6:30AM a Great-horned Owl called once- along with 22 other species . Ernie Harris, Colchester

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Date: 2/27/24 2:05 pm
From: Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Pintails 14 acre pond norwalk
Jalna Jaeger, 14 acre pond Norwalk, 2 pairs of pintails,
8 ring necked ducks.

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Date: 2/27/24 8:42 am
From: ftholloway--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Chatfield Hollow SP, Killingworth

2/27 - 10-11 am. Two Fox Sparrows and 2 ( heard only) Winter Wrens, along the stream which runs under the first bridge on the main road, in the direction of the swampwalk.Fran and Tom Holloway, Madison
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Date: 2/27/24 5:34 am
From: Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Mockingbird bully update
Thanks to all who commiserated or offered suggestions. I followed one
suggestion and put another feeder on the other side of the house, quite
near the heated birdbath. It took a couple of days for them to find it and
it now regularly has 20+ birds around it. The Mocker discovered it as well
and tried several strategies to defend both, all unsuccessful. He finally
went back to defending the original feeder (nearest the holly and
winterberries) and only the Blue Jays still use it. They have learned to
double team the Mocker so one will be able to eat while the other three are
distracting him. Relative peace has returned!

Kathy Van Der Aue
Southport, CT

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Date: 2/26/24 3:49 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Milford Photo is Supporting Sponsor for COA Annual Meeting
We are pleased to announce one of our supporting sponsors for the upcoming
Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) Annual Meeting (
https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/) on March 9, 2024 is
Milford Photo (https://milfordphoto.com/). Not only are they a sponsor,
they will also be in the vendor area with a wide assortment of photo gear
and staffed with knowledgeable professionals.
If you have been thinking about getting into bird photography, or pondering
an upgrade, this is a great opportunity to learn more from a respected
local business.
Events like our Annual Meeting make it possible for us to offer services
valuable to the Connecticut birding community such as the CTBirds ListServ
as well as workshops, a calendar to learn about birding programs statewide,
the respected quarterly journal The Connecticut Warbler, and more.
We hope you will attend the meeting, and please be sure to visit the
professionals at the Milford Photo (https://milfordphoto.com/) table.
Both COA members and non-members are invited to attend this 40th Annual
Meeting. If you are not currently a member, we do hope you will consider
joining to show your support.
Register and Pay at https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/2024-annual-meeting/

COA Annual Meeting Committee
Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Riverside

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Date: 2/26/24 1:18 pm
From: C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Rarity photos
a few shots of the Greater White-fronted Goose in Orange (thanks Bev for the updates) and the Red-headed Woodpecker in Fairfield (thanks Aiden for the updates - a pretty birdy place by the way) and a couple bonus shots of the extralimital, extremely-rare-for-the-U.S. Red-flanked Bluetail in New Jersey: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cswood-photos/

Chris


Chris Wood
President - Connecticut Ornithological Association

Woodbury, CT
203 558-0654






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