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3/28/23 8:35 pm ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Norwalk Water Treatment: not much; recap of LBBG at Sherwood
3/28/23 5:59 pm Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Western Meadowlark pics
3/28/23 5:01 pm Mary Albro via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Sandhill Cranes
3/28/23 4:15 pm Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Leetes Island marsh Guilford
3/28/23 11:23 am Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Green-winged Teal 14 Acre Pond
3/28/23 11:18 am Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wood Pond Wood Ducks and more
3/28/23 11:09 am Roy Harvey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 10:51 am Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Sherwood Isl: Lesser BB G,
3/28/23 10:41 am Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 10:35 am Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 10:33 am Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 10:31 am Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 9:02 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Meadowlark at Hammonasset -Madison
3/28/23 9:00 am Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 8:46 am Ellynne Rey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 3 Green Wing Teal at Sherwood Island
3/28/23 7:46 am Abby Sesselberg via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Meadowlark at Hammonasset -Madison
3/28/23 6:22 am Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
3/28/23 4:30 am leslieameredith via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Osprey calling and circling Southport Park, Southport
3/27/23 4:18 pm John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Granby - Holcomb Farm - Rusty Blackbirds
3/27/23 1:46 pm Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Unusual common grackle
3/27/23 12:49 pm Jean Adamus via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Little Blue Heron - Hammo
3/27/23 11:40 am Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Pine Warbler
3/27/23 11:38 am Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 14 Acre Pond in Norwalk
3/27/23 9:35 am John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe - Washington, CT
3/27/23 6:29 am Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Westport Pectoral Sandpiper
3/27/23 5:31 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wilson snipe Sandbank road Watertown
3/26/23 8:18 pm Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Green-Tailed Towhee
3/26/23 1:01 pm Cin and Bill Kobak via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Guilford - various sites today
3/26/23 12:25 pm John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Granby - Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve
3/26/23 11:15 am Corey Leamy via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Adult Canvasback - Old Saybrook
3/26/23 9:57 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Mondo Ponds & Beaver Brook hiking trails (Milford)
3/26/23 9:18 am SARAH FAULKNER via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] FOY Fox sparrow
3/26/23 9:13 am Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Farm River State Park
3/26/23 6:49 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern gannet
3/26/23 3:18 am Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wonderful zoom COA meeting
3/26/23 3:16 am Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wonderful zoom COA meeting
3/25/23 6:28 pm Celeste Echlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Final Reminder: COA Annual Meeting is today
3/25/23 12:14 pm Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Westport Snowy Egrets
3/25/23 11:12 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Final Reminder: COA Annual Meeting is today
3/25/23 8:21 am Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Leetes Island Guilford
3/25/23 7:55 am Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Colchester Deck
3/24/23 3:34 pm Maggy Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Nod Brook WMA-Green-Winged Teals, Woodcock, etc.
3/24/23 1:42 pm tpropertiesllc via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Golden Crowned Kinglet-Milford
3/24/23 9:32 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Crosby Pond, Orange
3/24/23 9:11 am Debra Katz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Bluebird in yard
3/24/23 6:17 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hammo Razorbill continues
3/24/23 5:00 am John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] North Granby: Fox Sparrow singing
3/24/23 4:46 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] COA Gull ID Workshop next week! Sign up now.
3/23/23 4:55 pm Jim Voros via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Phoebe - North Stamford
3/23/23 3:51 pm Loralee Richter via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] My first Winter Wren Ever- Danbury yard!
3/23/23 2:49 pm Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Leetes Island Guilford
3/23/23 9:43 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Highlights
3/23/23 8:58 am Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wilson's Snipe Watertown
3/23/23 7:32 am John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] BirdNote
3/23/23 7:24 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Active spring morning!
3/22/23 1:52 pm Jo Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Osprey 14 Acre Norwalk
3/22/23 1:49 pm Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/22/23 1:32 pm Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common mergs
3/22/23 12:16 pm Christopher Grice via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Tree swallows
3/22/23 11:55 am Ellynne Rey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] GC Kinglets in G’wich
3/22/23 10:43 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Milford Pt - rare loon?, Eur Wigeon, Great Egret, 6 Shovelers
3/22/23 10:10 am Patrick Comins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Season of the Osprey
3/22/23 9:51 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Tree swallows
3/22/23 9:17 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Milford Pt - rare loon?, Eur Wigeon, Great Egret, 6 Shovelers
3/22/23 8:31 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Trip Cancellation
3/22/23 5:31 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Pine warbler at my suet feeder
3/21/23 3:13 pm Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Meadowlarks
3/21/23 11:42 am Craig Repasz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bobolink and early mowing of fields owned by Connecticut towns,
3/21/23 9:46 am Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wilton Ravens Nesting
3/21/23 9:21 am Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] FOY E. Phoebe!
3/21/23 9:04 am ed3max--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wilson’s Snipe
3/21/23 8:08 am Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Phoebe
3/21/23 7:34 am Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Feeder report
3/21/23 7:23 am Phil Rusch via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 2 Euro Common Gulls
3/21/23 7:21 am John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Goldfinch (lots of them) - Washington, CT
3/21/23 7:03 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hammo Razorbill
3/20/23 3:24 pm Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe
3/20/23 2:13 pm Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Iceland G @ Lordship; no GT Towhee 10-2:30
3/20/23 1:29 pm Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Colchester Deck
3/20/23 1:21 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe Norwalk
3/20/23 12:45 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Reminder: Genius of Birds author at online COA Annual Meeting Saturday 3/25
3/20/23 9:20 am Andrew McGann via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Rusty Blackbirds & Virginia Rail, Farmington Canal Trail, New Haven County.
3/20/23 9:18 am Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Colchester Deck
3/19/23 3:25 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Greenwich Great Egret
3/19/23 10:48 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Gannets
3/19/23 9:45 am Phil Rusch via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common/ Short/billed Gull in Windham.
3/19/23 9:40 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: One year ago
3/19/23 9:36 am Nancy Meyer-Lustman via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Tweed Expansion
3/19/23 9:29 am Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
3/19/23 9:27 am Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
3/19/23 9:12 am William Furgueson via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
3/19/23 7:54 am Roy Harvey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
3/19/23 7:36 am Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] GT Towhee continues
3/19/23 6:07 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] One year ago
3/19/23 5:03 am BHMarsh via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Lesser yellowlegs Portland
3/18/23 7:36 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Am. Woodcock New Milford
3/18/23 6:37 pm ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hoyden's Hill Open Space Am. Woodcock
3/18/23 5:26 pm Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Allen’s Woodcocks+
3/18/23 4:47 pm Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Singing Brown Creepers
3/18/23 2:55 pm James Hunter via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Woodbury sightings
3/18/23 2:26 pm Chris Loscalzo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bonaparte's Gull and Gannets
3/18/23 1:46 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Singing Brown Creepers
3/18/23 1:25 pm Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Singing Brown Creepers
3/18/23 1:02 pm Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern phoebe
3/18/23 12:12 pm Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hammo
3/18/23 10:37 am Douglas Beach via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Twin Lakes, Salisbury
3/18/23 9:10 am ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Osprey
3/18/23 2:47 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Reminder: Register now for online COA Annual Meeting with Genius of Birds author ​Jennifer Ackerman
3/17/23 6:08 pm ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Gear question: waders: worthwhile?
3/17/23 1:32 pm ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern phoebe
3/17/23 12:19 pm The Rices via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Osprey Redding
3/17/23 11:48 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds
3/17/23 9:14 am fran holloway via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Pileated Woodpeckers
3/17/23 7:39 am Mark Fiandaca via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Great Egret Flyover
3/17/23 6:41 am Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Killdeer
3/17/23 6:22 am William Hobbie via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Colebrook Birds
3/17/23 6:20 am Sean Milnes via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe Andover
3/16/23 4:34 pm GM via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] AMERICAN WOODCOCK
3/16/23 12:47 pm Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Milford Point Oystercatchers
3/16/23 12:17 pm Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Oystercatcher at Greenwich Point
3/16/23 9:42 am Roy Harvey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Common Grackles on feeders
3/16/23 8:52 am Peter Grose via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Rusty Blackbirds - Vernon
3/16/23 7:11 am Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 3/16 Hammonasset
3/16/23 5:18 am Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Common Grackles on feeders
3/16/23 3:22 am Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common Grackles on feeders
3/15/23 10:59 am George Amato via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern Gannets
3/15/23 10:27 am Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] N Gannets, Milford
3/15/23 9:23 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Storm sightings: Killdeer influx, Gannets, Gulls gone
3/14/23 3:16 pm Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 3/13: Lesser Scaup at Long Wharf, N.H.
3/13/23 7:18 pm Maggy Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Green-Winged Teal at Nod Brook WMA in Avon
3/13/23 3:00 pm ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bluebirds through the years.
3/11/23 2:10 pm Elena COFFEY via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 5819, Issue 1
3/11/23 7:12 am Darryl Rathbun via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common Gull (European) at Lordship Seawall Stratford
3/11/23 4:27 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Two Weeks until COA Annual Meeting featuring Genius of Birds author Jennifer Ackerman 3/25
3/10/23 7:09 pm Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Herring x Lesser Black-backed Stratford
3/10/23 1:16 pm Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds
3/10/23 12:21 pm bensilano--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Fw: CTBirds Digest, Vol 5819, Issue 1
3/10/23 9:58 am bensilano--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 5819, Issue 1
3/10/23 8:22 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: COMMON GULL STRATFORD YES
3/10/23 7:45 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] COMMON GULL STRATFORD YES
3/10/23 7:36 am Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Piping Plovers, Milford Pt
3/9/23 3:34 pm Batsford, William via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club walk this weekend.
3/9/23 1:37 pm nancy meyer-lustman via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Environmental Assessment of Tweed Expansion
3/9/23 5:16 am tpropertiesllc via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern Harrier-Fairfield
3/8/23 3:27 pm Julie Keefer via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Woodcock North Stonington
3/8/23 11:39 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Update, COMMON GULL Stratford 3/6
3/8/23 10:59 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/8/23 10:57 am George Amato via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Oyster Catchers at Milford Point
3/8/23 8:45 am Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Windham Airport Redhead
3/8/23 8:41 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Northern Shovelers
3/8/23 8:08 am MIN HUANG via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Whippoorwill surveying
3/7/23 10:05 am Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Gull search - Stratford - no luck
3/6/23 6:09 pm Ellynne Rey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Woodcocks N. Stamford
3/6/23 3:44 pm William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Woodcock, Beacon Falls Industrial Park
3/6/23 12:02 pm Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds
3/6/23 8:30 am John Oshlick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common/Short-billed type gull - Long Beach Stratford
3/6/23 6:43 am Mike Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Snow Goose
3/5/23 1:35 pm Andrew Block via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Snow Goose Seaside Park
3/5/23 1:25 pm Deneen Hatmaker via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Snow Goose - Hammonasset yes
3/4/23 6:38 pm Annette Pasek via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Hartford Big January of Birding Results
3/4/23 3:49 pm Jim Stanton via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American Woodcocks - Haley Farm
3/4/23 12:28 pm Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hammo Teal, Snow Goose
3/4/23 9:04 am cathy via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wood Duck South Benson Marina Fairfield
3/4/23 6:08 am John Oshlick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Hammo - Blue-winged Teal and Snow Goose
3/3/23 2:58 pm Dyl Pedro via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bozrah/Colchester Ducks
3/3/23 8:29 am Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Cackling-ish Geese - "Lesser" Canada versus Cackling X Canada hybrid at Lake Wepawaug (Orange, New Haven County)
3/3/23 7:32 am Andrew McGann via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Cackling-ish Geese - "Lesser" Canada versus Cackling X Canada hybrid at Lake Wepawaug (Orange, New Haven County)
3/3/23 4:06 am Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Registration open. Genius of Birds author to speak at COA Annual meeting 3/25
3/2/23 5:54 pm Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] LHAS Meeting - Ripley Waterfowl "Birds on the Brink"
3/2/23 5:46 pm Sarah Middeleer via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] American woodcock
3/2/23 5:11 pm Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Horned Larks & calling Killdeer
3/2/23 7:12 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] March welcome
3/2/23 6:38 am Joshua Bernstein via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Ross’s and Snow goose Yes!
3/2/23 6:32 am Joshua Bernstein via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Ross’s and Snow goose Yes!
3/2/23 6:22 am Joshua Bernstein via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ross’s and Snow goose Yes!
3/1/23 1:14 pm Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/1/23 1:08 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Wood Ducks at Wood Pond Norwalk
3/1/23 12:43 pm Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Wood Ducks at Wood Pond Norwalk
3/1/23 8:06 am Peter Grose via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bridgeport Snow and Ross’s Geese
3/1/23 6:14 am William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ross’s and Snow goose continue at seaside park big pond
2/28/23 1:18 pm Patrick Comins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Allison Black Talk Thursday Evening
2/28/23 9:30 am Peter Grose via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] White Geese in Bridgeport?
2/28/23 8:46 am Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Grackles
2/27/23 11:32 am Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] 14 acre pond Norwalk
2/27/23 10:56 am Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ross & Snow Geese @ Seaside
2/27/23 10:45 am Darryl Rathbun via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ross’s and Snow Goose
2/27/23 8:18 am Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Chipping Sparrows
2/27/23 7:55 am Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Re: Bridgeport Geese
2/27/23 7:29 am Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Bridgeport Geese
2/27/23 6:50 am Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Common Merganser
2/27/23 6:22 am John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Off topic (but not really)
2/26/23 4:17 pm Michael Richardson via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Possible cackling goose at Short Beach Park, Stratford
2/26/23 11:16 am cathy via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Snow and Ross geese
2/26/23 9:39 am JEFFREY KOHAN via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Ross's goose at seaside Park 12:30
2/26/23 8:18 am Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> [CT Birds] Crosby pond
 
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Date: 3/28/23 8:35 pm
From: ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Norwalk Water Treatment: not much; recap of LBBG at Sherwood
On my drive home today:
1:  I stopped by the Norwalk R. Esplanade, that is, the water treatment plant, to see if any of those over-wintering birds were still around.  It was very quiet and normal, with little in the bushes.  One bird hopped up out of a tank for a second:  brown and I think bigger than a sparrow.  I did pick up a FOY Great Egret.
2:  As mentioned earlier, I stopped by Sherwood Island SP, and spent some time around the model airport field, but did not see the reported Pectoral S. or Snipe.  There was a Killdeer and a bunch of Robin, and a ton of Starling & Cowbirds.
3:  Since I'd never been there before, I drove out to the point, by the 9/11 Memorial, and noticed a rather dark, pretty big gull.  Every point in Sibley's checked out:  it was a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a lifer for me.  Pictures on eBird report and pictures and film on the CT Audubon FB photos page, including a poop shot.  There was also a Common Loon in breeding plumage close into shore.
Arthur ShippeeHamden, CT

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Date: 3/28/23 5:59 pm
From: Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Western Meadowlark pics
Hammonasset , Nature ctr parking lot, 03-28-23
Ed Haesche ,Guilford     https://photos.app.goo.gl/fymfuxTsvci81SA89

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Date: 3/28/23 5:01 pm
From: Mary Albro via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Sandhill Cranes
Flyover of three Sandhill Cranes at the Hampton-Pomfret town line (Route 97) about 6 p.m. today. -- Mary Albro

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Date: 3/28/23 4:15 pm
From: Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Leetes Island marsh Guilford
Mallard American black duck green wing teal American widgeon one pair northern pintail great blue heron and one greater yellow legs feeding in breast high water Tom Kelly Guilford 

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Date: 3/28/23 11:23 am
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Green-winged Teal 14 Acre Pond
2pm

5 mix of male and female Green-winged Teal on the far east side of the pond close to Stonybrook Rd.

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.
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Date: 3/28/23 11:18 am
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wood Pond Wood Ducks and more
2pm

5 breeding pair of Wood Ducks.
1 pair of Northern Shovelers
A half dozen Ring-billed Ducks

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT

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Date: 3/28/23 11:09 am
From: Roy Harvey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
The ARCC data is easily accessible on line at the COA web site, ctbirding.org.  Under the ARCC tab, choose ARCC Reports Index of Species, then search on Western Meadowlark (or whatever species is of interest).  There you find each of the sightings with links to the specific ARCC report in which it is covered.

https://www.ctbirding.org/arcc/arcc-reports-index-of-species

A great resource.

Roy Harvey
Cheshire, CT

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 01:41:42 PM EDT, Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

To my knowledge, there are four records. This would be the fifth if
accepted by ARCC.

Tina Green found the first state record at Sherwood in 2009 and another in
2019!

One record May 2019 at Hammo seen by a few. Unsure who first located it.

Another record from Glastonbury Meadows found by Jason Rieger and Andrew
Dasinger in June 2020.

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Fairfield

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Date: 3/28/23 10:51 am
From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Sherwood Isl: Lesser BB G,
Around 1 o’clock at model airplane: no pectoral sandpaper.

1:45 PM on beach by 9/11: Lesser Black Backed Gull

Arthur Shippee
Hamden

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Date: 3/28/23 10:41 am
From: Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
To my knowledge, there are four records. This would be the fifth if
accepted by ARCC.

Tina Green found the first state record at Sherwood in 2009 and another in
2019!

One record May 2019 at Hammo seen by a few. Unsure who first located it.

Another record from Glastonbury Meadows found by Jason Rieger and Andrew
Dasinger in June 2020.

Aidan Kiley
Fairfield

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:32 PM Michael Rosano <merosie88...> wrote:

> Is this the second confirmed sighting in CT? The first being in 2019 by
> Tina Green?
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM Michael Rosano <merosie88...>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Aidan!
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:29 PM Michael Rosano <merosie88...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Referring to the one I saw yesterday (3/27) at around 11:00 am.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:58 AM Aidan Kiley <eezambo...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Being seen now and appears to be a Western Meadowlark as I thought was
>>>> possible from pix posted to Connecticut Birds Facebook page this AM.
>>>>
>>>> Great find!
>>>>
>>>> Aidan Kiley
>>>> Fairfield
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:22 AM Michael Rosano via CTBirds <
>>>> <ctbirds...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> In the grassy area just to the right of the Cedar Island trail head.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael Rosano
>>>>> West Hartford
>>>>>
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>>>>> Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA:
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Date: 3/28/23 10:35 am
From: Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
Is this the second confirmed sighting in CT? The first being in 2019 by
Tina Green?

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM Michael Rosano <merosie88...> wrote:

> Thanks Aidan!
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:29 PM Michael Rosano <merosie88...>
> wrote:
>
>> Referring to the one I saw yesterday (3/27) at around 11:00 am.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:58 AM Aidan Kiley <eezambo...> wrote:
>>
>>> Being seen now and appears to be a Western Meadowlark as I thought was
>>> possible from pix posted to Connecticut Birds Facebook page this AM.
>>>
>>> Great find!
>>>
>>> Aidan Kiley
>>> Fairfield
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:22 AM Michael Rosano via CTBirds <
>>> <ctbirds...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In the grassy area just to the right of the Cedar Island trail head.
>>>>
>>>> Michael Rosano
>>>> West Hartford
>>>>
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Date: 3/28/23 10:33 am
From: Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
Thanks Aidan!

Mike

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 1:29 PM Michael Rosano <merosie88...> wrote:

> Referring to the one I saw yesterday (3/27) at around 11:00 am.
>
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:58 AM Aidan Kiley <eezambo...> wrote:
>
>> Being seen now and appears to be a Western Meadowlark as I thought was
>> possible from pix posted to Connecticut Birds Facebook page this AM.
>>
>> Great find!
>>
>> Aidan Kiley
>> Fairfield
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:22 AM Michael Rosano via CTBirds <
>> <ctbirds...> wrote:
>>
>>> In the grassy area just to the right of the Cedar Island trail head.
>>>
>>> Michael Rosano
>>> West Hartford
>>>
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Date: 3/28/23 10:31 am
From: Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
Referring to the one I saw yesterday (3/27) at around 11:00 am.

Mike

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:58 AM Aidan Kiley <eezambo...> wrote:

> Being seen now and appears to be a Western Meadowlark as I thought was
> possible from pix posted to Connecticut Birds Facebook page this AM.
>
> Great find!
>
> Aidan Kiley
> Fairfield
>
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:22 AM Michael Rosano via CTBirds <
> <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
>> In the grassy area just to the right of the Cedar Island trail head.
>>
>> Michael Rosano
>> West Hartford
>>
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Date: 3/28/23 9:02 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Meadowlark at Hammonasset -Madison
Chuck Imbergamo obtained additional photos of the Meadowlark at Hammo this morning. The consensus is that it’s a WESTERN MEADOWLARK. Additional photos and audio recordings would be beneficial.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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> On Mar 28, 2023, at 10:47 AM, Abby Sesselberg via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> Paul Dejardins is at Hammo and has the Meadowlark in view. It is in the Nature Center parking lot down near the blind. He is the only birder present.
>
> Posted on his behalf.
>
> -Abby Sesselberg
> Guilford
>
> Sent by my handheld gonculator.
>
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Date: 3/28/23 9:00 am
From: Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
Being seen now and appears to be a Western Meadowlark as I thought was
possible from pix posted to Connecticut Birds Facebook page this AM.

Great find!

Aidan Kiley
Fairfield

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 9:22 AM Michael Rosano via CTBirds <
<ctbirds...> wrote:

> In the grassy area just to the right of the Cedar Island trail head.
>
> Michael Rosano
> West Hartford
>
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Date: 3/28/23 8:46 am
From: Ellynne Rey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 3 Green Wing Teal at Sherwood Island
Did a quick visit to Sherwood Island. 3 beautiful GW Teal (2 males & 1
female) walking around puddles near west side beach/pavilion. A large flock
of starlings as need close by.

Ellynne Rey
(Stamford)

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Date: 3/28/23 7:46 am
From: Abby Sesselberg via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Meadowlark at Hammonasset -Madison
Paul Dejardins is at Hammo and has the Meadowlark in view. It is in the Nature Center parking lot down near the blind. He is the only birder present.

Posted on his behalf.

-Abby Sesselberg
Guilford

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Date: 3/28/23 6:22 am
From: Michael Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Meadowlark at Hammo on 3/27
In the grassy area just to the right of the Cedar Island trail head.

Michael Rosano
West Hartford

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Date: 3/28/23 4:30 am
From: leslieameredith via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey calling and circling Southport Park, Southport


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Date: 3/27/23 4:18 pm
From: John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Granby - Holcomb Farm - Rusty Blackbirds
A group of four Rusties was singing this afternoon in the tree line behind the main barn. I first visited Holcomb Farm in 2003; this is my first observation of RUBL here. Nineteen other species were present, including a Kestrel that barreled through headed north.

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North Granby





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Date: 3/27/23 1:46 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Unusual common grackle
3/27. Orange backyard -
In the flock of 37 common grackles , one has a white nape & white tail.
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Date: 3/27/23 12:49 pm
From: Jean Adamus via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Little Blue Heron - Hammo
Little Blue Heron in Swan Pond at Hammonassett.

Jean Adamus
Guilford

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Date: 3/27/23 11:40 am
From: Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Pine Warbler
Pine Warbler singing & foraging along the old road, Dog Training Area,
Mansfield Hollow, Windham.
Chasing warblers never gets old.
Alex Delehanty
Storrs

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Date: 3/27/23 11:38 am
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 14 Acre Pond in Norwalk
Nice selection of ducks today at 14 Acre Pond in Norwalk

Four Northern Shovelers. (3 males)
A male and female Northern Pintail.
Four Wood Ducks.
One male Ring-necked Duck
American Black Duck
Gadwall and Mallard
Also, two first of the year Tree Swallows at this location.

Adam Fasciolo
Norwalk

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Date: 3/27/23 9:35 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe - Washington, CT
Thought I had heard an Eastern Phoebe on the property here late last week. Heard one for sure late this morning when I went out to put fresh water in my bird baths here.

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Date: 3/27/23 6:29 am
From: Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Westport Pectoral Sandpiper
Westport-Sherwood Island SP- Pectoral Sandpiper feeding on the east end of model airplane field 9:28am

Tina Green
Renaissance Studio
188 Imperial Avenue
Westport CT 06880
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Date: 3/27/23 5:31 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilson snipe Sandbank road Watertown
Two Wilson’s Snipe continue right near road at sandbank road in Watertown. In the wet area to the left, just past the running stream.Bill Banks Seymour


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Date: 3/26/23 8:18 pm
From: Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Green-Tailed Towhee
Being in Fairfield, wife and I checked to see if the Towhee was there. No
Towhee in sight but 4 large deer standing around near the tractor. John
came out with cracked corn and fresh suet. He said the Towhee had
reappeared in the same spot. The deer stood by just off the spot eating the
corn. We saw many House Sparrows, a small flock of Starlings that came and
went, two Song Sparrows, a pair of Mourning Doves, a Downy, one Junco and a
WB Nuthatch on the suet but no Towhee. If you haven't seen it yet, it's
back. Perhaps you'll be lucky.

Paul Plotnick
Stamford

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Date: 3/26/23 1:01 pm
From: Cin and Bill Kobak via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Guilford - various sites today
An adult Red-shouldered Hawk hunted from perch above our water garden where
wood frogs were arriving and quacking at 12:30 pm.

A few minutes later saw 2 adult Bald Eagles chasing and calling over Route
77 (Durham Road) south of Route 80. At 12:45pm 7 Snowy Egrets stood on rocks
in inflow to Lost Lake along Route 146, while our FOY Osprey soar overhead.

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Date: 3/26/23 12:25 pm
From: John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Granby - Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve
Birds were busy and vocal at Dismal Brook this morning. Thirty-two species noted. Highlights were FOY Pine Warbler, two Fox Sparrows (one singing), a pair of Hooded Mergansers, four Wood Ducks (three drakes, one hen), Golden-crowned Kinglet and two Red-breasted Nuthatches (this species has always eluded me here until today).

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Date: 3/26/23 11:15 am
From: Corey Leamy via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Adult Canvasback - Old Saybrook

Hi All,

Sorry for the late post - I found an adult male Canvasback associating with some scaup at North Cove in Old Saybrook yesterday, March 25th at 13:35. According to eBird, others have seen it again today, March 26, so wanted to pass it along.

Can be viewed from the Old Saybrook Town Launching Ramp on North Cove Road. Scope views were best yesterday, but distinguishable with bins.

Happy Birding!

Cheers,
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Date: 3/26/23 9:57 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Mondo Ponds & Beaver Brook hiking trails (Milford)
3/26 Mondo ponds (9:45am-10:45am)
Nancy Clark & I did some birding this morning-sunny and around 50F. A
pair of Red shouldered hawks calling loudly and posing in trees gave
beautiful looks. Great Blue heron in reeds, 2 Ring necked ducks on back
pond and the "Cayuga" duck which is very friendly, And a Brown Creeper
foraging on tree bark along main trail were highlights. Lots of singing by
a variety of species.
Then from about 10:50am to 11:45am We went to Beaver Brook Hiking trails
off of West Ave in Milford.
Highlights were a pair of Red breasted nuthatches as we entered, a Red
tailed hawk perched in a tree, lots of spring peepers calling, as well as
lots of singing from a variety of birds. Full report on EBird.
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Date: 3/26/23 9:18 am
From: SARAH FAULKNER via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] FOY Fox sparrow
Fox sparrow under my feeder this morning! I get one, just one, every year just as spring is arriving. Yay!

Sarah Faulkner
Collinsville

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Date: 3/26/23 9:13 am
From: Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Farm River State Park
Eastern Phoebe, one pair of Ospreys have returned

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East Haven

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Date: 3/26/23 6:49 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern gannet
At hammonasset sp in Madison a lot of birds flying west two groups of 9 and one group of 11. Plus singles.Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/26/23 3:18 am
From: Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wonderful zoom COA meeting
I want to make sure that the outgoing officers and board members, and the incoming ones, know how appreciated they are. The work they do all year is reflected in the business meeting which was very interesting, before a wonderful talk

Susanne Shrader
Greater Hartford

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Date: 3/26/23 3:16 am
From: Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wonderful zoom COA meeting
I want to make sure that the outgoing officers and board members, and the incoming ones, know how appreciated they are. The work they do all year is reflected in the business meeting which was very interesting, before a wonderful talk

Susanne Shrader

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Date: 3/25/23 6:28 pm
From: Celeste Echlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Final Reminder: COA Annual Meeting is today
Thank you so much for a wonderful event this evening. We relished every word that Jennifer Ackerman spoke, just delightful!!!

Thanks to the organizers and to all on the Board of COA for all that you do.

Cheers,

Celeste Echlin & Sam Walker

Harwinton, CT

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Date: 3/25/23 12:14 pm
From: Tina Green via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Westport Snowy Egrets
Westport-Sherwood Mill Pond Preserve-4 Snowy Egrets huddled together now at high tide(3:10pm)FOY


Tina Green
Westport CT
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Date: 3/25/23 11:12 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Final Reminder: COA Annual Meeting is today
COA’s 39th ANNUAL MEETING 2023 will be online via Zoom on Saturday, March 25
at 6:30 PM.
COA members and non-members are welcome to attend, so feel free to
share registration
information.

The keynote speaker is Jennifer Ackerman.award-winning author of the
international
bestseller The Genius of Birds. The talk will not be recorded, so be sure
to sign up now and log in on this evening.
Learn more at https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Riverside
for Connecticut Ornithological Association

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Date: 3/25/23 8:21 am
From: Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Leetes Island Guilford
American black duck, Northern Pintail, Hooded Merganser, Green wing Teal, Mallard, American Widgeon, Belted Kingfisher, Great Blue Heron. Red breasted Mergansers on the Shell Beach side Tom Kelly Guilford

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Date: 3/25/23 7:55 am
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Colchester Deck
Colchester Deck- 7-8AM: 3/24- 26 species including: Wood Duck pr. FO, Fish Crows pr. FO, 5of 6 woodpeckers: Downey, Red-bellied,No. Flicker, Yellow-bellied and Pileated. 3/25- 23 species including: FOS Eastern Phoebe, Hairy Woodpecker, Red-shouldered Hawk. Enjoy, Ernie

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Date: 3/24/23 3:34 pm
From: Maggy Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Nod Brook WMA-Green-Winged Teals, Woodcock, etc.
This afternoon I was enjoying a distant sighting of five Green-Winged Teals among other ducks and Canada Geese when 5 large dogs bounded out of a van and took off into the brush. They flushed a woodcock twice before it flew away. There were also bluebirds around, first I’ve seen there, a Cooper’s Hawk, and many other unidentified birds. Love that place!

Maggy Graham

Bloomfield

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Date: 3/24/23 1:42 pm
From: tpropertiesllc via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Golden Crowned Kinglet-Milford
At Milford Audubon Center in the grass by waterfall at 130pm today. I sat on a bench and it picked away at the grass about 10ft away. Not shy at all. Funny as my first sighting one was same date as last year.Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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Date: 3/24/23 9:32 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Crosby Pond, Orange
3/24 Orange. 9:45am. While doing some errands, I stopped briefly at
Crosby Pond. The Northern Pintails continue-today there was one pair ,
but in past days there have been 2 pairs. 5 Green winged Teals (3 drakes,
2 hens) & 5 mallards.
I came home to find hundreds of "blackbirds" in my yard- scanned the flock
but didn't see anything unusual- mostly Common Grackles, some RW
blackbirds, Cowbirds and a few robins. Then they took off.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/24/23 9:11 am
From: Debra Katz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Bluebird in yard
Just spotted for the first time a Eastern Bluebird in my backyard. Stayed for about 5 minutes, eating and inspecting the different feeders then flew off.

Debra K
West Hartford

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Date: 3/24/23 6:17 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hammo Razorbill continues

Steve Mayo texted me to report that the Razorbill which I saw a few days ago off Meig’s Point at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison is still present as of just before 9:00 this morning.

Interesting bird and very interesting that it has been present for some time!

Steve also saw an adult Northern Gannet.

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 3/24/23 5:00 am
From: John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] North Granby: Fox Sparrow singing
Fox Sparrow is singing in back of our house this morning. We have heard this here during spring migration only once or twice before. The bird was scratching for seeds last evening.

John Weeks
North Granby

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Date: 3/24/23 4:46 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] COA Gull ID Workshop next week! Sign up now.
Friday, March 31 @6:30 PM
COA Gull ID Workshop via Zoom

April 1 & 2 @9-11:45 AM
In-Person Guided Field Trips for Gulls

FREE. Advance registration for the field trips and online workshop are
independent and must be made separately. See below.
Register for the 3/31 Zoom Meeting at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rdumtqDIuEtG8NEeH3woZYnm0DbQVJIBO

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting
Zoom Workshop Presenter: Stefan Martin is the Conservation Manager at the
Connecticut Audubon Society,

COA's Gull Field Trips to Stratford 4/1 & 4/2 @9 AM
Advance registration for an in-person field trip is required. Email your
preferred date to
<allisonblack40...>

Begin: 9:00 AM (goes until 11 AM or 12 PM)
Meet: Lordship Seawall (near Riley’s Restaurant, 14 Beach Drive, Stratford)
We’ll start there, then likely carpool to other shore spots including Long
Beach, Short Beach, etc. Heavy rain cancels.
Saturday leader: Frank Mantlik
Sunday leaders: Patrick Dugan and Frank Gallo

Learn more at https://www.ctbirding.org/events/

(NOTE: All COA account holders should receive an email about this event in
your Inbox today. If you don't, please check your spam folder and mark it
as not spam. This is how we communicate with members and other account
holders. If you are not a member, please support us by joining at
https://www.ctbirding.org/)

Cynthia Ehlinger
Riverside
for
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Date: 3/23/23 4:55 pm
From: Jim Voros via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Phoebe - North Stamford
Foy Phoebe
Also great blue heron
Happened to be working from home today and briefly scanned the yard to
catch the Phoebe
Jim
North Stamford

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Date: 3/23/23 3:51 pm
From: Loralee Richter via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] My first Winter Wren Ever- Danbury yard!
I was listening out the window at home around 6pm to see if I could hear my first phoebe of the season. No such luck, but heard my lifer winter wren! First picked up by Merlin sound ID, then confirmed with my own ears and some comparisons of spectrograms to those in Nathan Pipelows book :) What a sweet, gorgeous song and boost to my day!

Loralee Richter
Danbury, CT

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Date: 3/23/23 2:49 pm
From: Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Leetes Island Guilford
American black Duck, mallard, American widgeon,Canada goose, green wing teal,Red breasted merganser, 4 snowy egrets, Belted kingfisher,Northern pintail, great blue heron, FOY Greater Yellowlegs and 6 pair Blue wing Teal Tom Kelly Guilford 

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Date: 3/23/23 9:43 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Highlights


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This morning seen from the Newberry Road section at least 5 Northern Shovelers and 5 flyby Wilson’s Snipes.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/23/23 8:58 am
From: Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilson's Snipe Watertown
This morning I had a single Wilson's Snipe on Sand Bank Road in Watertown.
The soggy cowpasture on this road has been consistently good for Snipe,
sometimes in double figures, but the peak numbers usually occur in April.

Greg Hanisek
Waterbury CT

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Date: 3/23/23 7:32 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] BirdNote
Love listening to BirdNote, which I listen to via Facebook. Always interesting information about birds

David W BsbingtonWashington, CT

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Date: 3/23/23 7:24 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Active spring morning!
3/23 Stratford yard - mild 46F, light wsw breeze. As the fog is burning off 10am, in addition to much spring song and courtship, birds are migrating over - Robins, Grackles, blackbirds, Great Blue Heron, etc.

It was a very similar weather day 3/17/2015 when I watched a calling flock of 6 Tundra Swans migrate over my house. Keep your eyes to the skies today!

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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Date: 3/22/23 1:52 pm
From: Jo Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey 14 Acre Norwalk
Beautiful Osprey back at 14 Acre Pond in Norwalk (male I believe). Also 3 shovelers (2 male 1 female), Northern Pintail pair, Belted Kingfisher, and many Gadwalls continue as well.

Jo Fasciolo
Norwalk

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Date: 3/22/23 1:49 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/22- Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 9:40am-1PM. Mid-tide
rising, overcast then turning sunny, 50-55F.
When I arrived in the parking lot this morning, it was soooo loud with bird
song- it was beautiful.
The center was very busy with human and avian visitors today. People from
different parts of CT had heard about the coastal center and were visiting
for the first time. One very experienced British visitor was fairly certain
that he observed an Arctic Loon across the marsh. I did not feel
knowledgeable enough to confirm the ID. Thank you to Frank Mantlik for
coming over and birding with this gentleman to try and positively ID the
loon.
On the marsh: about 30 Green winged teal, many American Black ducks, 4
Gadwall, 5 Mute swans, about 200 Brant, 5 Buffleheads diving, 3 Canada
Geese, 2 Red Breasted mergansers, 3 Fish crows on the osprey platform, 2
Great Egrets in the marsh grasses, 1 Northern harrier coasting over the
marsh, 4 Common Loons, 2 American Wigeons. "Our" ospreys haven't
returned yet .
On the grounds and at feeders:
2 Mockingbirds, 11 Common grackles, 3 Starlings, 2 Northern Cardinals, 5
Song sparrows, 6 Red winged blackbirds, 2 Blue Jays, 6 House finches, 10
Mourning doves- some exhibiting courtship behavior, 2 juncos and many House
sparrows. Full report on E-bird.
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Date: 3/22/23 1:32 pm
From: Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common mergs
64 common mergansers, 12 ring necked ducks Saugatuck reservoir Weston, at
the spillway.
Jalna Jaeger, Norwalk ct

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Date: 3/22/23 12:16 pm
From: Christopher Grice via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Tree swallows
Plenty of tree swallows at Helen Carlson Wildlife Preserve in Portland
today too!

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 12:51 PM ed bailey via CTBirds <
<ctbirds...> wrote:

> 2 of them at stratford point in stratford 3/22.Ed bailey Monroe
>
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Date: 3/22/23 11:55 am
From: Ellynne Rey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] GC Kinglets in G’wich
A little flurry of Golden Crown Kinglet activity in the holly Grove at
Greenwich Point today. Probably half a dozen going crazy in the trees.

Ellynne Rey
(Stamford)

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Date: 3/22/23 10:43 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milford Pt - rare loon?, Eur Wigeon, Great Egret, 6 Shovelers
I’ve checked several sites in Stratford along the lower Housatonic River. Counted up to about 30 Common Loons, but nothing unusual except one Common off Short Beach that has a bit slighter bill. One adult GANNET over the Sound from there.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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> On Mar 22, 2023, at 12:17 PM, Frank Mantlik <mantlik...> wrote:
>
> 3/22. Milford, Milford Pt - a visiting British/ Bermuda birder, Paul Watson, reported a probable “Arctic Loon” (more likely Pacific) in the salt marsh this morning. He and I could not relocate it but it was last seen swimming toward the Housatonic River. While scanning the marsh we found male EURASIAN WIGEON, 6 Northern Shovelers, Great Egret, and Osprey (Paul), 4 Common Loons, in addition to the usual waterfowl.
> I will check the river from the Stratford side shortly.
>
> Frank Mantlik
> Stratford
>
> Sent from my iPhone

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Date: 3/22/23 10:10 am
From: Patrick Comins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Season of the Osprey
Connecticut Audubon Presents a Free Screening of:

Season of the Osprey

Sunday, March 26

4 p.m.



Join us for Connecticut resident Jacob Steinberg's fascinating PBS Nature Special narrated by Paul Giamatti. The film will be followed by a far-reaching discussion about these amazing birds of prey!
https://fairfieldtheatre.org/shows/warehouse/ct-audubon-society-presents-season-osprey


Patrick


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Date: 3/22/23 9:51 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Tree swallows
2 of them at stratford point in stratford 3/22.Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/22/23 9:17 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Milford Pt - rare loon?, Eur Wigeon, Great Egret, 6 Shovelers
3/22. Milford, Milford Pt - a visiting British/ Bermuda birder, Paul Watson, reported a probable “Arctic Loon” (more likely Pacific) in the salt marsh this morning. He and I could not relocate it but it was last seen swimming toward the Housatonic River. While scanning the marsh we found male EURASIAN WIGEON, 6 Northern Shovelers, Great Egret, and Osprey (Paul), 4 Common Loons, in addition to the usual waterfowl.
I will check the river from the Stratford side shortly.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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Date: 3/22/23 8:31 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Trip Cancellation


Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696

Because of the projected call for rain all day this coming Saturday I have decided to cancel my Rhode Island trip with Hartford Audubon.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/22/23 5:31 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Pine warbler at my suet feeder
3/22 orange backyard- as I was filling my feeders a few minutes ago,a pine warbler came right to the suet feeder - no fear .
2 white wing bars, Olivish grayish above , yellow throat, breast & belly with pale barring on chest. Unused for my yard.
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Date: 3/21/23 3:13 pm
From: Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Meadowlarks
At least two Eastern Meadowlarks countersinging on Horsebarn Hill, UConn
Campus, Storrs. Music to my ears!
Alex Delehanty
Storrs

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Date: 3/21/23 11:42 am
From: Craig Repasz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bobolink and early mowing of fields owned by Connecticut towns,
Hello

The Connecticut Ornithological Association Conservation Committee needs your help to assess the extent of the mowing of town owned meadows and fields across the state.

Grassland species, like the Bobolink, risks destruction of nests and eggs or death to the chicks and fledglings if the first mowing of these fields occur to early in the nesting season.

We are aware of the issue in the town of Durham, however, we would like to ascertain if there are similar issues in other townships.

We need input from the birding community information on the maniple owned fields and meadows. Please feel free to contact me at <crepasz...><mailto:<crepasz...>.


Emily Keating
Connecticut Ornithological Association
Conservation Committee Chair

Craig Repasz
Connecticut Ornithological Association
Conservation Committee Member



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Date: 3/21/23 9:46 am
From: Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilton Ravens Nesting
3/21 Wilton- Ravens (not so uncommon in CT anymore) are once again nesting
along the power cut, in a different tower this year.

Joe Bear
Wilton
Go GATORS!

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Date: 3/21/23 9:21 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] FOY E. Phoebe!
3/21 first Eastern Phoebe calling in my garden this morning - yea!  (March 16 last year).
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 3/21/23 9:04 am
From: ed3max--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilson’s Snipe
Hammonasset West end in field with Killdeer by Grey building


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Date: 3/21/23 8:08 am
From: Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Phoebe
One flitting around the yard yesterday.

Alec Wiggin
Darien

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Date: 3/21/23 7:34 am
From: Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Feeder report
lirst time ever - a male Hairy Woodpecker. I've only had one lone female
through the years. Now I have a pair - but not at the same time. Maybe
breeders?

Paul Plotnick
Stamford

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Date: 3/21/23 7:23 am
From: Phil Rusch via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 2 Euro Common Gulls
The 2 Euro Common Gulls are both in the North Windham Walmart Parking Lot this morning.

Phil Rusch
Chaplin, CT

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Date: 3/21/23 7:21 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Goldfinch (lots of them) - Washington, CT
Do not see American Goldfinches at my bird feeder, which is for black-oiled sunflower seds, much during the Winter. I took my feeder down last week because of bear issues here but still put black-oiled sunflowers down on the ground. This morning I noted lots of small birds going for the seeds and flying around. Got my bins on them and counted 20 American Goldfinch. None in breeding plumage by the way. Now I wonder when I will see an Eastern Phoebe here? With much warmer temps and the snow melted away an Eastern Phoebe should be here in the next week or two.
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Date: 3/21/23 7:03 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hammo Razorbill
There is a Razorbill feeding just off of Meig’s Point at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison right now.

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

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Date: 3/20/23 3:24 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe


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This afternoon seen at Stony Brook Park Suffield f o y Eastern Phoebe.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks


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Date: 3/20/23 2:13 pm
From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Iceland G @ Lordship; no GT Towhee 10-2:30
1: sub-adult Iceland Gull at Lordship Seawall.

2: No Green-tailed Towhee at Vet. Park. Someone came at 10 AM and did not see the bird, and we both left at 2:30 PM.

Arthur Shippee
Hamden


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Date: 3/20/23 1:29 pm
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Colchester Deck
Colchester Deck- a walk on the Air Line Trail/Raymond Marsh section 2:30 3:45PM- flock of 30+ Tree Swallows, Mallard pair ‘diving’ not ‘dabbling’, Song Sparrow, Red-shouldered Hawk, clouds of bugs:). Ernie

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Date: 3/20/23 1:21 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe Norwalk
4:15pm

Singing at Wood Pond. My FOY one.

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.

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Date: 3/20/23 12:45 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Reminder: Genius of Birds author at online COA Annual Meeting Saturday 3/25
COA’s 39th ANNUAL MEETING 2023 will be online via Zoom on Saturday, March
25 at 6:30 PM.
COA members and non-members are welcome to attend, so feel free to share
registration information.

The keynote speaker is award-winning author Jennifer Ackerman.
Explore the brilliance of birds and delve into the mysteries of the avian
brain as explored in her international bestseller, The Genius of Birds. It
is sure to be fascinating!
The talk will not be recorded, so be sure to sign up now and log in on
Saturday evening.
Learn more at https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/

Zoom Registration $10 (online only using a credit card or PayPal)
Register in advance at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aEaiDi19TQCUXZNxayRr-Q
To pay directly with a credit card, scroll down from the PayPal link to the
“Pay with Debit or Credit Card” link.
Assistance with registration and using the Zoom application is available by
emailing <zoomhelp...>

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
Riverside
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Date: 3/20/23 9:20 am
From: Andrew McGann via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Rusty Blackbirds & Virginia Rail, Farmington Canal Trail, New Haven County.
Hey all,

I stumbled onto a nice little group (5-6) of Rusty Blackbirds, and a Virginia Rail singing its “kidick kidick” song. The exact location is around the bench dedicated to Emma Norback, about 730m north of S. Brooksvale Rd., or about ~600m south of N. Brooksvale Rd. I think the town is technically Cheshire?

41.47285, -72.92372

As I sit here and type this, the rail has also given a couple of hoarse sounding grunting outbursts.

Good birding & happy vernal equinox,
Andy McGann


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Date: 3/20/23 9:18 am
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Colchester Deck
Colchester Deck- FYE- To me an interesting behavior: for a week now a male robin( assume the same one) has visited several times a day siting himself under the suet feeder This morning when no one was at the feeder he just ‘sat’ patiently underneath. When woodpeckers and others are pecking at the suet, he picks up the morsels that fall. Sometimes ‘our’ bluebirds will do the same :). Ernie

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Date: 3/19/23 3:25 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Greenwich Great Egret
5:25pm

While driving my wife back from the Botanical Garden in Bronx, NY, a Great Egret flew overhead while we were driving across the Mianus River bridge on I-95. My FOY one to see.

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.

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Date: 3/19/23 10:48 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Gannets
Seen at sherwood Island Westport. Seen at least 10 feeding and or moving west. Some close enough to see without binoculars.Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/19/23 9:45 am
From: Phil Rusch via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common/ Short/billed Gull in Windham.
I found a Short-billed /Common Gull this morning in the North Windham Walmart parking lot. This is a different individual than the long staying Eurp Common Gull. Many photos were taken and hopefully a conclusion will be made soon.

Phil Rusch
Chaplin, CT

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Date: 3/19/23 9:40 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: One year ago


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Not one year ago but to add to Frank’s discussion of March madness I remember we could look forward to seeing Louisiana Waterthrushes many years ago around the middle of April. Now I have seen the species as early as March 30 in Bloomfield! Sign of the times maybe?

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/19/23 9:36 am
From: Nancy Meyer-Lustman via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Tweed Expansion
Folks working to assess the environmental impact statement of the Tweed expansion are looking for birders who would be willing to comment on the impact on birds. If you are willing, please let me know.
Thank you. Nancy Meyer-Lustman

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Date: 3/19/23 9:29 am
From: Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
I’m sorry. I thought it was reported here when it was refound at the same location, Veteran’s Park in Fairfield at house in SE corner of park with the old lawn tractor under the big tree.


I would have given more details had I realized.


Glenn Williams

Mystic

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Date: 3/19/23 9:27 am
From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
Here is the eBird daily report. Veterans Park, as before.

I think this is the same place as last year, behind the house, across the street from the southwest corner of the park.

Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Mar 18, 2023 09:52 by Joanne Morrissey
- Veterans Park, Fairfield, Connecticut
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&<q...>,-73.2460818&<ll...>,-73.2460818
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S131189265
- Comments: "Seen briefly at 10:02 am behind tractor to the left of the red golf cart and landed on log by rusted green stake. Nice long tail, white throat n rufous crown. Waited a long time and the bird reappeared at 11:28am, seen again near red golf bag cart with 2 others."

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> On Mar 19, 2023, at 12:12 PM, William Furgueson via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> Where is it being seen? What town and what area in that town?
>
> Thanks.
>
>> On Mar 19, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Roy Harvey via in that twon? CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>>
>> Glenn's message is the first time this Green-tailed Towhee was mentioned on CTBirds.
>> Four EBird reports had it yesterday.
>>
>> Roy HarveyCheshire, CT
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 10:36:00 AM EDT, Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>>
>> Popped out at 10:23 for five minutes by the red golf cart.
>>
>> Glenn Williams
>>
>> Mystic
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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Date: 3/19/23 9:12 am
From: William Furgueson via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
Where is it being seen? What town and what area in that town?

Thanks.

> On Mar 19, 2023, at 10:54 AM, Roy Harvey via in that twon? CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> Glenn's message is the first time this Green-tailed Towhee was mentioned on CTBirds.
> Four EBird reports had it yesterday.
>
> Roy HarveyCheshire, CT
>
>
>
> On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 10:36:00 AM EDT, Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
>
> Popped out at 10:23 for five minutes by the red golf cart.
>
> Glenn Williams
>
> Mystic
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
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Date: 3/19/23 7:54 am
From: Roy Harvey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: GT Towhee continues
Glenn's message is the first time this Green-tailed Towhee was mentioned on CTBirds.
Four EBird reports had it yesterday.

Roy HarveyCheshire, CT



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Popped out at 10:23 for five minutes by the red golf cart.

Glenn Williams

Mystic

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Date: 3/19/23 7:36 am
From: Glenn Williams via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] GT Towhee continues
Popped out at 10:23 for five minutes by the red golf cart.

Glenn Williams

Mystic

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Date: 3/19/23 6:07 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] One year ago
Remembering an exciting three days in Stratford one year ago (2022):

3/18 - Jeremy Nance found CT’s third SLATY-BACKED GULL at Long Beach. Seen by many, but a one-day wonder.

3/19 - Tom Murray found a SAY’S PHOEBE at Sikorsky Airport. About 4th state record; especially rare in spring. Seen by many over a couple weeks.

3/20 - Aidan Kiley found CT’s 2nd SHORT-BILLED GULL at Long Beach. Seen by many.

All were within a mile of each other. And all were unanimously accepted at the recent ARCC bird committee meeting.

Talk about March Madness!

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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Date: 3/19/23 5:03 am
From: BHMarsh via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Lesser yellowlegs Portland
Now seen Portland Fairgrounds just beyond first stand of trees after cement blocks (east side of field)
Barry Marsh. West Hartford

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Date: 3/18/23 7:36 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Am. Woodcock New Milford
7:18 this evening, 3 or 4 woodcock peenting in fields both sides of Hartwell Road (off Ridge Rd).

Angela Dimmitt

New Milford

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Date: 3/18/23 6:37 pm
From: ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hoyden's Hill Open Space Am. Woodcock
Hoyden's Hill Open Space.  New spot to us, off Merritt exit 46 for Rt. 59, easy to get to.  Paths lead through several fields (back to a police shooting range!)  We walked to the back, the back to the S. edge of NE field, & waited.  Singing from about 7:10 to 7:45.
I think about 6 Am. Woodcock flying around, peenting, & singing.  (I don't know if there were AMWO in other fields, too.)  Some landed close enough that I could make them out a bit.  There's a little, quiet hmmph before the peent.
Also, Robin, W-Th. & Song Sparrows, a Killdeer, &c.  Some deer and rabbits, and Venus bright.  It's a pretty good sky there.
Arthur ShippeeMary PorterfieldHamden

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Date: 3/18/23 5:26 pm
From: Joe Bear via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Allen’s Woodcocks+
3/18 Allen’s Meadow, Wilton. 3 American Woodcock in and around blue stem meadow. First started peenting at 7:21pm. There’s also been a Great-Horned Owl calling from hillside west of pollinator meadow. FOY Eastern Phoebe yesterday.
Joe Bear
Wilton

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Date: 3/18/23 4:47 pm
From: Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Singing Brown Creepers
I went to camp on Red Cedar Lake in 1944. Camp Mooween. Many famous people
went there.
Whippoorwills singing all night long in the woods and Largemouth Bass and
Yellow Perch in the lake. Are the Whippoorwills still there I wonder?
Paradise for a kid.

Paul Plotnick

Stamford

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> I went for an early afternoon hike at Red Cedar Lake SP in Lebanon today.
> The woods are still very quiet, but it was nice to hear several singing
> Brown Creepers along the way. Also hear some Spring Peepers. More
> indications that spring is on its way.
>
> Jack Swatt
>
>
> Lempster, NH
>
> Colchester, CT
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Date: 3/18/23 2:55 pm
From: James Hunter via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Woodbury sightings
3/18/2023

Woodbury yard near CT RT 317 3 groups of Killdeer totaling 15 birds, osprey fly north along RT 317, 2 pairs purple finch at feeders, barred owls calling during the day, brown creeper, 2 winter wrens and 1 adult bald eagle flying north east. Waiting for phoebe.

Jim Hunter
Woodbury, CT
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Date: 3/18/23 2:26 pm
From: Chris Loscalzo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bonaparte's Gull and Gannets

We went to the Oyster River mouth in West Haven this afternoon and saw our first-of-the-year Bonaparte’s Gull there as well as several Northern Gannets flying over the sound. The gull was following a feeding flock of Red-breasted Mergansers, flying and landing amongst them as they dove for fish. Perhaps the mergansers were stirring up some plankton. In any case, this is the beginning of the annual season when you can see Bonaparte’s Gulls (and look for rarities such as Black-headed and Little Gull) at this location. These small gulls like to roost on the sand bars here at low tide. In years past, there were hundreds of Bonaparte’s Gulls seen here. In recent years, the maximum number is usually about 2 dozen. Nice all the same.

Chris Loscalzo and Marianne Vahey,
Woodbridge
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Date: 3/18/23 1:46 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Singing Brown Creepers
Likewise walking along Schaghticoke Road in Kent yesterday, the woods were very quiet indeed, no ducks on the ponds and only a handful of hooded mergansers on the river there - but a couple of brown creepers were singing their complex songs so we could really enjoy them!  And one immature bald eagle.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford
On Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 04:25:00 PM EDT, Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

I went for an early afternoon hike at Red Cedar Lake SP in Lebanon today.
The woods are still very quiet, but it was nice to hear several singing
Brown Creepers along the way.  Also hear some Spring Peepers.  More
indications that spring is on its way.

Jack Swatt


Lempster, NH

Colchester, CT

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Date: 3/18/23 1:25 pm
From: Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Singing Brown Creepers
I went for an early afternoon hike at Red Cedar Lake SP in Lebanon today.
The woods are still very quiet, but it was nice to hear several singing
Brown Creepers along the way. Also hear some Spring Peepers. More
indications that spring is on its way.

Jack Swatt


Lempster, NH

Colchester, CT

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Date: 3/18/23 1:02 pm
From: Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern phoebe
Jalna Jaeger, 3 east Ave. Norwalk
14 acre pond, Allen rd. Norwalk,2 northern shovlers,male,and phoebe.

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Date: 3/18/23 12:12 pm
From: Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hammo
3 Snow Buntings at west end north of pavilion. One bird is missing lower right leg.

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East Haven

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Date: 3/18/23 10:37 am
From: Douglas Beach via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Twin Lakes, Salisbury
Saturday: 12:00-12:45 pm.
East Twin Lake: 4 Bufflehead; 2 Common Goldeneye; several Common Mergansers
West Twin Lake: large raft of Ring-necked Ducks with a few American Wigeon, Common Goldeneye, Wood Ducks, and Common Mergansers interspersed; very distant, scope.required.
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Date: 3/18/23 9:10 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey
Saw one at great hollow lake in Monroe. One less trout in the lake bird had trouble gaining altitude a big fish.Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/18/23 2:47 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Reminder: Register now for online COA Annual Meeting with Genius of Birds author ​Jennifer Ackerman
REMINDER: JUST ONE WEEK UNTIL Genius of Birds author Jennifer Ackerman
speaks at the online COA Annual Meeting on 3/25. Register today!

Science writer and author Jennifer Ackerman is the keynote speaker for the
2023 COA Annual Meeting.
The online Zoom event takes place on Saturday, March 25.
The COA Business Meeting begins at 6:30 pm with elections of Board members,
officers and awards, Ms Ackerman will speak at approximately 7:30 pm on the
topic of her New York Times bestseller The Genius of Birds. The keynote
talk will not be recorded, so you must be present online to hear the talk.

Join Jennifer Ackerman and experience her adventures firsthand, from the
beaches of Barbados to the rainforests of New Caledonia, as she shares
stories and stunning photos from her journey to better understand the
feathered geniuses around us. Learn how birds make and use their own tools,
teach one another new skills, count, navigate, exercise astonishing feats
of memory, create works of art, communicate in ways that resemble language,
and even pass along cultural traditions.

Zoom registration is $10 (online only using a credit card or PayPal) :
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“Pay with Debit or Credit Card” link. Assistance with registration and
using the Zoom application is available, if needed, by emailing
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COA members and non-members are welcome to attend.
Learn more at https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/

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Date: 3/17/23 6:08 pm
From: ashippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Gear question: waders: worthwhile?
Now that we're all home from birding, a (hopefully relevant) gear question:  waders:  useful?
(Btw, are Woodcock still out?  There's not been a report from Silver Sands since 3/6.  Did I miss them?)
Do you find waders, say knee-high, useful?  I have in mind Sandy Point, crossing between banks, & perhaps other places.
Or, do you just get your shoes wet & deal with it?  Or those hiking shoes that let water drain out?  Summer vs. winter?
If useful, where to shop for them?  I've never been to the Bass Pro shop in Bridgeport:  worthwhile?
If you want to reply simply directly & not to the list, that's fine.
Thanks!
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Date: 3/17/23 1:32 pm
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern phoebe
First three stops today had phoebe. Two stops in Newtown and one in Easton. Was going for a fourth in Monroe but no luck.Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/17/23 12:19 pm
From: The Rices via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Osprey Redding
Osprey hunting over reservoir in Huntington State Park ReddingKatie Rice


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Date: 3/17/23 11:48 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds


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A nice assortment of birds seen from the Newberry Road section this morning included Blue Winged Teal, 2 Wild Turkeys, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, 2 American Coots, 3 Tree Swallows, Ruby Crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow and Rusty Blackbird.

Paul Desjardins
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Date: 3/17/23 9:14 am
From: fran holloway via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Pileated Woodpeckers
3/17/23 - Two male Pileated Woodpeckers circling an oak tree in our front yard, Madison.Fran and Tom Holloway, Madison

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Date: 3/17/23 7:39 am
From: Mark Fiandaca via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Great Egret Flyover
FOY, Great Egret. Flyover in Stonington, Lord'sPoint. Heading northeast.
Mark Fiandaca
Stonington, CT

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Date: 3/17/23 6:41 am
From: Thomas Kelly via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Killdeer
1pair Killdeer calling Long Wharf New Haven spring really is here Tom Kelly Guilford

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Date: 3/17/23 6:22 am
From: William Hobbie via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Colebrook Birds
While everyone else has started to see migrants... here in the northwest
corner... 20 inches of snow and Red Breasted nuthatches are still coming to
the peanut feeder

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Date: 3/17/23 6:20 am
From: Sean Milnes via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eastern Phoebe Andover
First singing Eastern Phoebe of the year for me at our house this morning

Sean

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Date: 3/16/23 4:34 pm
From: GM via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] AMERICAN WOODCOCK
Two American Woodcock peenting near Ecology Park on Tabor Drive this evening. Note there’s a new trail in Ecology Park that goes through habitat where woodcock have been found in previous years.

Gail Martino
New Haven

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Date: 3/16/23 12:47 pm
From: Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Milford Point Oystercatchers
Bill Batsford and I saw 4 Oystercatchers at Milford Point this morning, one
of them being T3!

Kathy Van Der Aue
Southport, CT

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Date: 3/16/23 12:17 pm
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Oystercatcher at Greenwich Point
3.16 Greenwich Point Park, Old Greenwich

First of year American Oystercatcher with a few Ruddy Turnstones.
Cynthia Ehlinger
Riverside

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Date: 3/16/23 9:42 am
From: Roy Harvey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Common Grackles on feeders
One thing you might try is putting out safflower seeds instead of whatever you are using now.  It isn't a perfect answer, but Grackles are said to avoid it compared to most alternatives such as sunflower.  I have found it isn't quite as popular with the other birds as well, and it sure isn't cheap.  But it might be worth a try.
Roy HarveyCheshire, CT



On Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 06:21:31 AM EDT, Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:

Frank Mantlik mentioned that 200 Grackles descended on his feeders during the storm. At our house near Hartford , bears have not been much of an issue, because our feeders are up on a pole. However the grackles have kept other birds away from the seed and do that for months at a time. thus, we sometimes have to take the feeders down and wait a few days till they go elsewhere, but they come back within a day or so. I think this might be a larger problem about putting out seeds for seed eating birds. Might we actually be causing an imbalance of birds like Common Grackles versus smaller birds that can’t access the feeders. I don’t know if anybody’s ever studied that, but it seems that that problem is getting worse.

Susanne Shrader
Hartford area

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Date: 3/16/23 8:52 am
From: Peter Grose via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Rusty Blackbirds - Vernon
I’m observing a trio of Rusty Blackbirds right next to Hockanum River along trail near SW corner of Water Pollution Control Facility. One has brown coloration down its back, one on head, third looks more like breeding plummage black.

Peter Grose
Ellington

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Date: 3/16/23 7:11 am
From: Paul Fusco via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 3/16 Hammonasset
3/16 early round up at Hammonasset
Killdeer, great egret, surf scoters, northern harrier, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s hawk.

Paul Fusco
Oxford, CT

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Date: 3/16/23 5:18 am
From: Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Common Grackles on feeders
What's in your feeder? We get Grackles and Starlings from time to time but
they descend, hog the feeder for a couple of minutes, depart and never
return.

Paul Plotnick
Stamford

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 6:20 AM Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <
<ctbirds...> wrote:

> Frank Mantlik mentioned that 200 Grackles descended on his feeders during
> the storm. At our house near Hartford , bears have not been much of an
> issue, because our feeders are up on a pole. However the grackles have kept
> other birds away from the seed and do that for months at a time. thus, we
> sometimes have to take the feeders down and wait a few days till they go
> elsewhere, but they come back within a day or so. I think this might be a
> larger problem about putting out seeds for seed eating birds. Might we
> actually be causing an imbalance of birds like Common Grackles versus
> smaller birds that can’t access the feeders. I don’t know if anybody’s ever
> studied that, but it seems that that problem is getting worse.
>
> Susanne Shrader
> Hartford area
>
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Date: 3/16/23 3:22 am
From: Susanne Shrader via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common Grackles on feeders
Frank Mantlik mentioned that 200 Grackles descended on his feeders during the storm. At our house near Hartford , bears have not been much of an issue, because our feeders are up on a pole. However the grackles have kept other birds away from the seed and do that for months at a time. thus, we sometimes have to take the feeders down and wait a few days till they go elsewhere, but they come back within a day or so. I think this might be a larger problem about putting out seeds for seed eating birds. Might we actually be causing an imbalance of birds like Common Grackles versus smaller birds that can’t access the feeders. I don’t know if anybody’s ever studied that, but it seems that that problem is getting worse.

Susanne Shrader
Hartford area

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Date: 3/15/23 10:59 am
From: George Amato via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern Gannets
Also many Northern Gannets in fairly close and very visible from the beach platform at Milford Point. Nice show.

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Milford

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Date: 3/15/23 10:27 am
From: Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] N Gannets, Milford
3/15/23 10 Northern Gannets streaming west from Point Lookout to Charles Island and points west 1:15 PM
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Date: 3/15/23 9:23 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Storm sightings: Killdeer influx, Gannets, Gulls gone
3/15. Some observations from yesterday and today. While yesterday's (3/14) winter storm dumped much snow in inland (NW) CT, here on the coast we received only rain and wind. Some observations from today and yesterday:
-There was an influx of some large flocks of Killdeer. - 53 at Cove Is., Stamford 3/14 (Sam Buttrick).- 15 at Short Beach, Stratford 3/14 (FM).- 16 at Silver Sands, Milford 3/14 (Tom Murray).- 22 at Hammo, Madison 3/14 (Micky Komara).- 53+ at Sikorsky Airport, Stratford 3/15 (FM).
It seems as though migrating flocks got downed by the inclement weather and the wind. Likewise, there were scattered flocks of migrating American Robins around today. And a flock of 200 or so Common Grackles decended on our yard and feeders twice yesterday.
Today there were numbers of Northern Gannets flying over the Sound off Stratford, Milford, etc.  March and November are peak times to see this species in CT. They seem to "like" flying in these strong winds (NW at 28-44 mph today in Stratford).
Today, there were only a handful of gulls along all the Stratford shore hotspots. Perhaps this storm pushed them on their way northward? I have seen fairly limited instances of mass plankton-feeding by gulls and waterfowl this season...so far.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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Date: 3/14/23 3:16 pm
From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 3/13: Lesser Scaup at Long Wharf, N.H.
3/13 notes:

1: From yesterday, but I didn't get confirmation until later. From Amistad dock at New Haven's Long Wharf, a raft of 50+ Lesser Scaup (I don't know if any Greater), Monday early afternoon.

2: Down at Sandy Point, W. Haven, not much action, but an Oystercatcher (banded: yellow T5, reported) on the inner point and a Killdeer in the marsh across the street.

Arthur Shippee
Hamden

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Date: 3/13/23 7:18 pm
From: Maggy Graham via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Green-Winged Teal at Nod Brook WMA in Avon
Seen in the southern pond along with several Mallards yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. Also saw a couple Common Mergansers and a number of American Black Ducks, at least two Great Blue Herons, a Northern Cardinal, and two Red-Tailed Hawks. Lots of turtles, both painted and snapping, were sunning themselves. Earlier in the week I also saw two adult Bald Eagles and a number of Hooded Mergansers there.

Maggy Graham

Bloomfield

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Date: 3/13/23 3:00 pm
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bluebirds through the years.
I moved into my house in 2004 and never saw one in the yard till one winter about 17 years ago 1 or 2 in winter then on and off years. Now I see them almost monthly and daily sometimes year round its a good thing just a observation. Ed bailey Monroe 

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Date: 3/11/23 2:10 pm
From: Elena COFFEY via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 5819, Issue 1
Holbrook Pond Hebron. At 4 pm with Scope- only 1 Tree swallow, 330+ Ring-necked ducks, 1 Drake Canvasback. I might have seen a hen Canvasback but could not relocate her after Counting ((estimating) the Ring-necked ducks.Elena Coffey, Marlborough
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  3. New Haven Bird Club walk this weekend. (Batsford, William)


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Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 08:16:29 -0500
From: tpropertiesllc <tpropertiesllc...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern Harrier-Fairfield
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Saw a male Northern Harrier soaring from St Mary's side over to Fairfield Marina side this morning. Unfortunately I forgot my SD card so no pics...Jeff Campbell

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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 16:37:20 -0500
From: nancy meyer-lustman <nancymeyerlustman...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Environmental Assessment of Tweed Expansion
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The assessment is completed. I was asked if I could recommend someone who would be willing to read the section on birds and determine if any endangered species pass through Tweed and in general speak to the impact of the Tweed Expansion on birds. Given it’s  in the migratory path, I imagine there is much to comment on.  Thank you.

Please back channel me at
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Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 23:34:02 +0000
From: "Batsford, William" <william.batsford...>
Subject: [CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club walk this weekend.
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HI all,
Given the predicted weather for this weekend I have decided to reschedule the walk at Edgewood Park in New Haventhis weekend from Saturday 3/11 to Sunday 3/12. The start time and  place remain the same. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Part of the walk will be through a field which has been soggy and muddy so wear appropriate footwear.
Bill Batsford
New Haven

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Date: 3/11/23 7:12 am
From: Darryl Rathbun via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common Gull (European) at Lordship Seawall Stratford
There was a Common Gull (European) sitting on the Lordship Seawall across
from the triangle park in Stratford at 10:00am. It got scared off by
another gull and flew west just behind the Seawall and I lost it. It is no
longer in view, but quite possibly still close by.

Another nice “yard bird” for me!

Darryl Rathbun
Lordship Seawall, Stratford, CT

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Date: 3/11/23 4:27 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Two Weeks until COA Annual Meeting featuring Genius of Birds author Jennifer Ackerman 3/25
JUST TWO WEEKS UNTIL Genius of Birds author Jennifer Ackerman speaks at the
online COA Annual Meeting on 3/25. Register below.

Connecticut Ornithological Association is thrilled to present science
writer and author Jennifer Ackerman as the keynote speaker for the 2023
Annual Meeting. The online Zoom event takes place on Saturday, March 25.
The COA Business Meeting begins at 6:30 pm with elections of Board members,
officers and awards, Ms Ackerman will speak at approximately 7:30 pm on the
topic of her New York Times bestseller The Genius of Birds. The keynote
talk will not be recorded, so you must be present online to hear the talk.

Join Jennifer Ackerman and experience her adventures firsthand, from the
beaches of Barbados to the rainforests of New Caledonia, as she shares
stories and stunning photos from her journey to better understand the
feathered geniuses around us. Learn how birds make and use their own tools,
teach one another new skills, count, navigate, exercise astonishing feats
of memory, create works of art, communicate in ways that resemble language,
and even pass along cultural traditions.

A bird-lover since childhood, Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about
birds and nature for more than three decades.

- She is the author of nine award-winning books, including The Genius of
Birds (Penguin Press, 2016), an international bestseller that examines how
research has completely revised our view of the creatures we used to regard
as ‘bird brained’.
- Her most recent book, What an Owl Knows: The new science of the
world’s most enigmatic birds (forthcoming from Penguin Press, June 2023),
explores recent findings on the biology, behavior, and conservation of owls.
- The Bird Way (Penguin Press, 2020) explores new scientific research
that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds—how they live and
how they think. It was selected as “A Nature Book of the Year” by the
London Sunday Times and was a finalist for the Edward O. Wilson Literary
Science Writing Award.
- Jennifer’s books have been translated into 30 languages, and her
articles and essays have appeared in National Geographic, The New York
Times, Scientific American, and many other publications.

Zoom Registration is $10 (online only using a credit card or PayPal)
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COA members and non-members are welcome to attend.

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Riverside
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Date: 3/10/23 7:09 pm
From: Aidan Kiley via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Herring x Lesser Black-backed Stratford
This afternoon just after 2:00 I had a hybrid Herring x Lesser Black-backed
Gull while attempting to relocate the canus Common Gull.

My first of this hybrid combo and a very enjoyable bird.

Photos and description below on the eBird checklist for anyone interested.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S130625418

Happy gulling.

Aidan Kiley
Fairfield

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Date: 3/10/23 1:16 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds


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Seen this afternoon from the Newberry Road section of stn 43 American Woodcock flushed from trail, Virginia Rail seen on trail and several Tree Swallows.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks


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Date: 3/10/23 12:21 pm
From: bensilano--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Fw: CTBirds Digest, Vol 5819, Issue 1



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Common merganser



Common merganser Female and males starting their breeding at the reservoir on Reservoir Rd, Burlington, CT.
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Date: 3/10/23 9:58 am
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Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 5819, Issue 1
Common merganser



Common merganser Female and males starting their breeding at the reservoir on Reservoir Rd, Burlington, CT. 

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Date: 3/10/23 8:22 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: COMMON GULL STRATFORD YES
It flew off 11:05 among flock out on Sound plankton feeding, not in view now.

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> On Mar 10, 2023, at 10:46 AM, Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> 3/10. The COMMON (Euro) Gull is on Long Beach, Stratford now 10:30am, found among flock by Renee Baade. Among flock along beach at main lot.
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Date: 3/10/23 7:45 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] COMMON GULL STRATFORD YES
3/10. The COMMON (Euro) Gull is on Long Beach, Stratford now 10:30am, found among flock by Renee Baade. Among flock along beach at main lot.

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Date: 3/10/23 7:36 am
From: Stephen Spector via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Piping Plovers, Milford Pt

From Steve Spector, 3 Piping Plover, Milford Point 3/10/23 as reported earlier today
Milford
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Date: 3/9/23 3:34 pm
From: Batsford, William via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] New Haven Bird Club walk this weekend.
HI all,
Given the predicted weather for this weekend I have decided to reschedule the walk at Edgewood Park in New Haventhis weekend from Saturday 3/11 to Sunday 3/12. The start time and place remain the same. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Part of the walk will be through a field which has been soggy and muddy so wear appropriate footwear.
Bill Batsford
New Haven

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Date: 3/9/23 1:37 pm
From: nancy meyer-lustman via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Environmental Assessment of Tweed Expansion

The assessment is completed. I was asked if I could recommend someone who would be willing to read the section on birds and determine if any endangered species pass through Tweed and in general speak to the impact of the Tweed Expansion on birds. Given it’s in the migratory path, I imagine there is much to comment on. Thank you.

Please back channel me at
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Date: 3/9/23 5:16 am
From: tpropertiesllc via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern Harrier-Fairfield
Saw a male Northern Harrier soaring from St Mary's side over to Fairfield Marina side this morning. Unfortunately I forgot my SD card so no pics...Jeff Campbell

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Date: 3/8/23 3:27 pm
From: Julie Keefer via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Woodcock North Stonington
I heard several woodcocks peenting as I was grabbing my mail. I
unfortunately did not hear any of them take flight.

Julie Keefer
North Stonington

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Date: 3/8/23 11:39 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Update, COMMON GULL Stratford 3/6
The rare gull found 3/6 by Tom Murray, Greg Hanisek & friends at Long Beach, Stratford, was positively identified yesterday (J Nance, N Bonomo, A Kiley) based on open-wing flight shots as a COMMON GULL (European subspecies canus).

I and others have been looking for it since in various Stratford locations, but no luck. At least 3 ICELAND GULLS and 1-2 GLAUCOUS GULLS remain at either Lordship Seawall or Long Beach.

Today mid-day (high tide) I also checked Seaside Park, Bridgeport, where there were many more gulls roosting, sheltering out of the brisk NNW wind. I estimated 1100*+ Ring- billed Gulls, 600+ Herring Gulls. I again failed to find the COMMON GULL, but had limited time, and couldn’t look at each and every gull (many had heads tucked in, resting), despite ideal viewing conditions. If one wishes to look for the rarity, I would suggest starting at Seaside Park, where there was still an adult SNOW GOOSE (but no ROSS’S GOOSE) among the Canada goose flock.

Also of interest is that I have found 5 leg color-banded gulls recently - 2 different adult Ring-billed Gulls that were banded in Quebec, Canada in 2019. PLUS, I found 3 different color-banded Gulls at Seaside today:
Two more Ring-billed Gulls (blue leg bands), and one Herring Gull (pink leg band). Stay tuned for where they were banded, after I submit data to the USGS banding lab.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

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Date: 3/8/23 10:59 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/8 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal center, 9:45am-12noon. High
tide rising, sunny/ partly cloudy, 40F, blustery winds. The highlight
today was an immature bald eagle coasting over the marsh several times, and
flushing the ducks.
On the marsh: 22 Black ducks, 4 American Wigeons, 34 Canada Geese (far
out), 8 Gadwall, 1 Common Loon, about 10 Buffleheads.
On the grounds and feeders: 2 House finches (very vocal), 14 House sparrows
at feeders & brush piles,
3 White throated sparrows, 1 Song sparrow, 2 Mourning doves, Chickadees, 1
Carolina wren, 1 American Robin, 1 Cardinal.
Bev Propen, Orange

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Date: 3/8/23 10:57 am
From: George Amato via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Oyster Catchers at Milford Point
Two American Oyster Catchers on sandbar at Milford Point - 1:55 PM.

George Amato
Milford

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Date: 3/8/23 8:45 am
From: Jack Swatt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Windham Airport Redhead
One drake Redhead in a flock of Ring-necked Ducks in Mansfield Lake seen from the dam along Windham Airport. Also, an American kestrel was seen foraging over the airport fields.

Jack Swatt

Lempster, NH

Colchester, CT

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Date: 3/8/23 8:41 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Northern Shovelers


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The pair of Northern Shovelers continue as seen from the Newberry Road section of stn 43 in South Windsor this morning.

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Date: 3/8/23 8:08 am
From: MIN HUANG via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Whippoorwill surveying
Hi All,

As spring progresses and our breeding birds start making it home, I wanted to throw this out to any interested folks. We are embarking on a bunch of whippoorwill work over the next few years. One facet of our work will focus on monitoring and re-surveying the routes that we established 15 years ago. These surveys are conducted at night, with times varying depending on the moon phase and when the moon is above the horizon. Routes are approximately 20 miles long, with 10 survey stops. Surveys are for 6 minute listening periods at each stop.

If anyone is interested in adopting a survey route, please contact me at <min.huang...>

Thank you!!

Min Huang
Columbia

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Date: 3/7/23 10:05 am
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Gull search - Stratford - no luck
3/7. Stratford, Long Beach 12:20- 1:00:

Looking through the roosting gull flocks at Long Beach, Stratford now for yesterday’s rarity (probable Eur Common Gull). Not here but tough as gulls are hunkered down against brisk cold wind during high tide. One 1st-cycle ICELAND continues.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford


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Date: 3/6/23 6:09 pm
From: Ellynne Rey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Woodcocks N. Stamford
In a field in North Stamford across from a middle school (Scofieldtown) at
least 3 Woodcocks were calling and the full moon made it easier to see one
against the sky propelling itself into the air. I heard one more take
flight. Started about 6:10 and ended about 6:30. In same area was a large
flock of RW Blackbirds making a ruckus.

Ellynne Rey
(Stamford)

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Date: 3/6/23 3:44 pm
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Woodcock, Beacon Falls Industrial Park
Two American woodcocks doing their PEENTing calls at 6:12 pm. Both just to the South of the DiGeorgi building by the street light. Did not see them doing display.Bill BanksSeymour


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Date: 3/6/23 12:02 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Stn 43 South Windsor Birds


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A good morning at the Newberry Road section of stn 43. 7 duck species including my second earliest ever Blue Winged Teal, Ruddy Duck (rare here), 2 American Coots, Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon. Ruby Crowned Kinglet and Rusty Blackbird.

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 3/6/23 8:30 am
From: John Oshlick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common/Short-billed type gull - Long Beach Stratford
Common/Short-billed type gull at Long Beach
Not Currently in View

Found by Greg Hanisek and Tom Murrey

John Oshlick
Bethany

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Date: 3/6/23 6:43 am
From: Mike Rosano via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow Goose
Continuing in the large puddles at the west end of Hammonasset.

Mike Rosano
West Hartford

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Date: 3/5/23 1:35 pm
From: Andrew Block via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow Goose Seaside Park
The Snow Goose and two Brant were with the Canada Goose flock at Seaside Park in Bridgeport this pm.  No sign of the Ross's Goose.  Of course:-(  Also the usual Monk Parakeets were around.  Seem to be more nest in the trees.
Andrew
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Date: 3/5/23 1:25 pm
From: Deneen Hatmaker via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow Goose - Hammonasset yes
Snow goose all alone at Hammonasset west end parking lot area - beyond the
barriers closing the far end of the parking lot. 4:15 Sunday.

Deneen Hatmaker & Mike Lengle
Madison, CT

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Date: 3/4/23 6:38 pm
From: Annette Pasek via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Hartford Big January of Birding Results
Fun stuff!

I am posting to HAS FB now. Surprised not to see Martin Kaerhl in the list.

Annette Pasek
Naturalist Certification
Native landscaping can reduce your carbon footprint!

> On Feb 25, 2023, at 3:56 PM, SARAH FAULKNER <sffaulkner...> wrote:
>
> It is with great pleasure that I'm sending out the Hartford County Big January results, sponsored by the Hartford Audubon Society. All winners will receive a certificate from Hartford Audubon. The winner of the top species count in Hartford County - which this year was a tie! - and the winner of the Golden Grebe for the most notable bird, will be awarded at our May banquet. Thanks to everyone who participated, and congratulations!
>
> Sarah Faulkner
> HAS Board Member and Past-President
>
>
> Hartford Audubon Big January Results for birds seen in Hartford County in January, 2023
> * Youth (ages 4-10) who must see at least 25 species to enter
> * Teen (ages 11-17) who must see at least 35 species to enter
> * Weekend Warrior (adults ages 18 and up who can’t get outdoors during the week) who must see at least 50 species to enter
> * Adults (ages 18 and up who can get outdoors during the week) who must see at least 60 species to enter.
>
> Jamie Meyers <https://ebird.org/profile/MzA2Nzc0/US-CT-003>96
>
> Jay Kaplan 96
>
> Maggie Peretto 92
>
> Debbie Bishop 90
>
> Susan Gowen 90
>
> Annette Pasek 86
>
> Barry Marsh 85
>
> Sarah Faulkner 85
>
> Andrew Dasinger 77
>
> Paul Cianfaglione 77
>
> Joan Heffernan 74
>
> Tom Heffernan 71
>
> Lisa Lukawicz 71
>
> Alex Sauerbrunn 69
>
> Connor Hogan 68
>
> John Weeks 67
> Sara Zagorski 66
>
> David Lawton 64
>
> Debi Wheeler 61
>
> Matthew Ufford 61
>
> Debbie McTigue 60
>
> Denise Jernigan 58
>
> Alison Wilcox 55
>
> Thatcher Slocum 53
>
> Chris Wilcox 53
>
> Russ Smiley 53
>
> Paul Mahler 52
>
> Michele McDermott 52
>
> Davis Smith 51
>
> Christine Chinni 51
>
> Cameron Aiken 50
>
> Sophie Chen 51, Teen category
>
> Sebastian Lawton 35, Teen category
>
>


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Date: 3/4/23 3:49 pm
From: Jim Stanton via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Woodcocks - Haley Farm
One of my favorite parts of the late winter/early spring is seeing the American Woodcocks doing their courtship display at Haley Farm State Park in Groton. They are a near-guarantee on a nightly basis the first couple weeks of March…sometimes there are a dozen or more! If you’ve not been fortunate enough to see this amazing spectacle, Haley Farm is a great place. The fun starts about 15 minutes after sunset. The location couldn’t be easier (you can see and hear them from the parking lot)!

Jim Stanton
Gales Ferry

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Date: 3/4/23 12:28 pm
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hammo Teal, Snow Goose
The  Blue-Winged Teal and Snow Goose bird first reported by John Oshlick continue at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison. In field across from Swan Pond; extreme Southeast corner by greenway trail.

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Date: 3/4/23 9:04 am
From: cathy via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wood Duck South Benson Marina Fairfield
Male Wood Duck with two Mallards in the channel. Heading towards the boat docks. Three Common Loons also.
Cathy Rado
Fairfield

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Date: 3/4/23 6:08 am
From: John Oshlick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Hammo - Blue-winged Teal and Snow Goose
Hammo - teal and snow Goose in flooded west end

John Oshlick
Bethany

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Date: 3/3/23 2:58 pm
From: Dyl Pedro via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bozrah/Colchester Ducks
Today at the north end of Gardner Lake (Lake Rd Bozrah) at least 5 Northern Pintails (4 dr, 1 hen) amongst dozens of Black Ducks and Mallards. Water level is low here giving way to a lot of dabbler action; last week there was also a GW Teal here along with the persistent ~110 Ring Billed Gulls and Bald Eagle. 

On Babcock Pond in Colchester, I counted 340 staging Ring-necked Ducks, though quite distant so hard to pick out any oddballs (like the Redhead I had in years past)

Dylan Pedro
Colchester


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Date: 3/3/23 8:29 am
From: Gregory Hanisek via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Cackling-ish Geese - "Lesser" Canada versus Cackling X Canada hybrid at Lake Wepawaug (Orange, New Haven County)
Andy's comments here are worth keeping in mind at any place with a
concentration of "white-cheeked" geese. In recent years there have been
several instances of these perplexing flocks of small geese that on close
scrutiny do not hold up well as "good" Cackling Geese. If you dig around in
David Sibley material on the Internet you may be able to find an
encounter of his with such a group a number of years ago. Also several
years ago Nick Bonomo found such a group at Mackenzie Res. in Wallingford,
where I joined him to puzzle over them. Andy also mentions 2 contributing
factors - (Lesser) Canada Goose (B.c. parvipes) and possible Canada X
Cackling hybrids. Apparently parvipes is not well known because of its
remote breeding areas, and subspecies in general are not as rigorously
determined officially as are species. Cackling Goose subspecies also factor
into the complexity. The problem with hybrids goes without saying.

Greg Hanisek
Waterbury

On Fri, Mar 3, 2023 at 10:32 AM Andrew McGann via CTBirds <
<ctbirds...> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I was able to spend some quality time with the geese roosting at Lake
> Wepawaug in Orange (New Haven County) on Wednesday this week. I was
> searching for the juvie Greater White-fronted Goose that has been hanging
> around the area, but I was not able to spot it. This was Wednesday midday,
> after the snowfall, and before it began to melt. It seemed like most of
> the geese were waiting out the snowmelt at the lake, as opposed to
> venturing out in search of green “pastures” (cemeteries, lawns, farms &
> sports fields). Viewing conditions weren’t ideal, as many of the ~400
> geese were hanging out on the lake margins where they were obscured by
> trees & shrubs from my point of view.
>
> I scrutinized the geese for any Cackling Geese, and while I did not find
> any “Richardson’s” Cackling (B. h. hutchinsii), I spotted a small group
> (about 2-6 individuals) that were very *interesting*. They jumped out as
> different, with their shorter necks, somewhat flat-topped heads, and
> somewhat smaller bodies. However, the bill size seemed to rule out Cackling
> Goose to me, in the field. I texted the video clip to some of my friends,
> for their opinions, and there was agreement that they were “interesting.”
> (Haha…) But in all seriousness, they very well might be “Lesser” Canada
> geese (B. c. parvipes), or they very well might be hybrids of Cackling X
> Canada. This small group swam together, slowly, across the lake, and
> within the group there was some variation in size & proportions.
>
> View the video clip and still frames on my eBird checklist:
> https://ebird.org/checklist/S129934007
>
> Scrutinizing white-cheeked geese is more fun than it sounds. As for
> notable non-Anseriformes at the lake, there was a Pied-billed Grebe.
>
> Good birding,
> Andy
>
> --
> Andy McGann
> New Haven, CT
>
>
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Date: 3/3/23 7:32 am
From: Andrew McGann via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cackling-ish Geese - "Lesser" Canada versus Cackling X Canada hybrid at Lake Wepawaug (Orange, New Haven County)
Hey all,

I was able to spend some quality time with the geese roosting at Lake Wepawaug in Orange (New Haven County) on Wednesday this week. I was searching for the juvie Greater White-fronted Goose that has been hanging around the area, but I was not able to spot it. This was Wednesday midday, after the snowfall, and before it began to melt. It seemed like most of the geese were waiting out the snowmelt at the lake, as opposed to venturing out in search of green “pastures” (cemeteries, lawns, farms & sports fields). Viewing conditions weren’t ideal, as many of the ~400 geese were hanging out on the lake margins where they were obscured by trees & shrubs from my point of view.

I scrutinized the geese for any Cackling Geese, and while I did not find any “Richardson’s” Cackling (B. h. hutchinsii), I spotted a small group (about 2-6 individuals) that were very *interesting*. They jumped out as different, with their shorter necks, somewhat flat-topped heads, and somewhat smaller bodies. However, the bill size seemed to rule out Cackling Goose to me, in the field. I texted the video clip to some of my friends, for their opinions, and there was agreement that they were “interesting.” (Haha…) But in all seriousness, they very well might be “Lesser” Canada geese (B. c. parvipes), or they very well might be hybrids of Cackling X Canada. This small group swam together, slowly, across the lake, and within the group there was some variation in size & proportions.

View the video clip and still frames on my eBird checklist:
https://ebird.org/checklist/S129934007

Scrutinizing white-cheeked geese is more fun than it sounds. As for notable non-Anseriformes at the lake, there was a Pied-billed Grebe.

Good birding,
Andy

--
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New Haven, CT


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Date: 3/3/23 4:06 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Registration open. Genius of Birds author to speak at COA Annual meeting 3/25
Registration is now open for Connecticut Ornithological Association's
Annual Meeting
to be held online on Saturday, March 25 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM.

Following the awards and elections, we are excited to hear from acclaimed
author Jennifer Ackerman, science writer and author of The New York Times
bestseller The Genius of Birds, The Bird Way, and the forthcoming What an
Owl Knows (June 2023)

Agenda
COA’s 39th Annual Meeting Online via Zoom
Saturday March 25, 2023
6:30 PM - Business Meeting with election of new Board members, Board
Officers and Awards
7:30 PM - Featured Speaker: Jennifer Ackerman

Registration $10 (online only using a credit card or PayPal)
Please register in advance at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aEaiDi19TQCUXZNxayRr-Q

To pay directly with a credit card, scroll down from the PayPal link to the
“Pay with Debit or Credit Card” link. Assistance with registration and
using the Zoom application is available by emailing <zoomhelp...>

About the Keynote Presentation:
Explore the brilliance of birds and delve into the mysteries of the avian
brain as explored in the international bestseller, The Genius of Birds.
Join Jennifer Ackerman and experience her adventures firsthand, from the
beaches of Barbados to the rainforests of New Caledonia, as she shares
stories and stunning photos from her journey to better understand the
feathered geniuses around us. Learn how birds make and use their own tools,
teach one another new skills, count, navigate, exercise astonishing feats
of memory, create works of art, communicate in ways that resemble language,
and even pass along cultural traditions. Jennifer will also touch on her
newest highly anticipated book scheduled for release June 2023, What An Owl
Knows.

--COA members and non-members are welcome to attend, so feel free to share
this email. All paid COA account holders (paid and unpaid) should have
received a recent email notice about this important event. If you did not,
please check your spam folder and whitelist <COAmemberinfo...>

Learn more about the author and the Annual Meeting agenda at
https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/
<https://www.ctbirding.org/events/annual-meeting/>

Cynthia S. Ehlinger
for Connecticut Ornithological Association
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Date: 3/2/23 5:54 pm
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] LHAS Meeting - Ripley Waterfowl "Birds on the Brink"
Monday, March 6 at 7:00, Logan Connor, Director of Aviculture at the Ripley Waterfowl Conservancy in Litchfield, is giving a program on The World of Captive Waterfowl Conservation, about the RWC's work in aviculture and breeding rare and endangered species. The Litchfield Hills Audubon Society is meeting at the Litchfield Community Center, 421 Bantam Road (Rte 202) in Litchfield.  The meeting is IN PERSON but the talk will also be via on Zoom.  To register for Zoom, go the Calendar section of the website, lhasct.org.  Deadline is 11 pm on March 5.  A login link will be sent to you.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

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Date: 3/2/23 5:46 pm
From: Sarah Middeleer via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American woodcock
Got home at 6 pm and was greeted by peents - made my day. Then I heard the twittering flight sound and got a brief glimpse of the bird flying, but it's so hard to see in the dwindling light. This is the third year we've had them in the neighborhood. They seem to like the next-door neighbor's forsythia thicket, which is on the edge of a vast lawn.
Sarah Middeleer
Newtown

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Date: 3/2/23 5:11 pm
From: Alex Delehanty via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Horned Larks & calling Killdeer
This afternoon on Horsebarn Hill on UConn campus, a dozen or so Horned
Larks and a Killdeer.
Alex Delehanty
Storrs

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Date: 3/2/23 7:12 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] March welcome
Hello CT Birders,

Welcome to March – this may be an interesting month for early birds due to our mild winter!

As usual, I am pasting our CT Birds Guidelines below.  Please take a moment to read them, especially if you haven’t in a while.

Two quick reminders: 
• Please don’t forget to sign your posts with your first and last name and your town.
• This list is for reports of birds and birding discussion.  If you are in doubt about whether your post should go to our list, please contact me before posting it.

New members: Please reply to this email directly if you have any questions.  I am always happy to help!

Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison

Our Guidelines:
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When reporting birds, please include the town where seen.
Always include your name and your town when posting.
Some birds should not be posted for the good of the bird.  Examples are directions to accessible bird nests and any day-roosting owls - Screech, Great Horned, Barred, Barn, Long-eared and Saw-whet.
Proper language is expected, personal disagreements should be handled off-line and disruptive posts will not be tolerated.

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Date: 3/2/23 6:38 am
From: Joshua Bernstein via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Ross’s and Snow goose Yes!
Said flock just flew onto land in soccer fields. Maybe a Cackling goose
too. Seen in flight and extremely smaller than fellow Canada’s

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:31 AM Joshua Bernstein <joshb1699...> wrote:

> Both have now joined a Canada Geese flock in the ocean more West
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:22 AM Joshua Bernstein <joshb1699...>
> wrote:
>
>> Currently 9:22 am at Seaside park and both Ross’s and Snow goose at the
>> pound.
>>
>>
>> Josh Bernstein,
>> Norwalk CT
>>
>

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Date: 3/2/23 6:32 am
From: Joshua Bernstein via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Ross’s and Snow goose Yes!
Both have now joined a Canada Geese flock in the ocean more West

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 9:22 AM Joshua Bernstein <joshb1699...> wrote:

> Currently 9:22 am at Seaside park and both Ross’s and Snow goose at the
> pound.
>
>
> Josh Bernstein,
> Norwalk CT
>

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Date: 3/2/23 6:22 am
From: Joshua Bernstein via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ross’s and Snow goose Yes!
Currently 9:22 am at Seaside park and both Ross’s and Snow goose at the
pound.


Josh Bernstein,
Norwalk CT

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Date: 3/1/23 1:14 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
3/1 - Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 10am-1PM. 33F-50F.
sunny, mid-tide, receding; some snow on ground from yesterday's storm.
Lots of young visitors today, enamored with our turtles and aquarium.
On the marsh: 22 American Black ducks, 20 Green winged teal, 1 Common
Loon, 3 Mute swans, Red breasted mergansers far out, 3 Killdeer scurrying
around, numerous gulls foraging as the tide receded. 1 Northern harrier
coasted over and 1 Cooper's hawk.
On the grounds, feeders & paths: 2 Northern Cardinals, 6 Mourning doves,
2 Song sparrows calling to each other across the yard, & 2 Carolina wrens
also calling, 15 House sparrows, 3 Common grackles, 2 Chickadees, 4 House
finches (3 male, 1 female)- very vocal, 2 White throated sparrows, 3
Starlings.
The grounds were teaming with birds singing.
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Date: 3/1/23 1:08 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Wood Ducks at Wood Pond Norwalk
Make that 3 breeding pairs of Wood Ducks.

4pm
Ian Devlin

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> On Mar 1, 2023, at 3:43 PM, Ian Devlin <captain_ian...> wrote:
>
> 3:30pm
>
> My two pair of Wood Ducks are back. Getting ready for breeding season.
>
> Ian Devlin
> Norwalk, CT.
>
> Sent from my iPhone

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Date: 3/1/23 12:43 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wood Ducks at Wood Pond Norwalk
3:30pm

My two pair of Wood Ducks are back. Getting ready for breeding season.

Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.

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Date: 3/1/23 8:06 am
From: Peter Grose via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bridgeport Snow and Ross’s Geese
These two birds are still at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, along southerly edge of the pond.

Peter Grose
Ellington, CT

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Date: 3/1/23 6:14 am
From: William Banks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ross’s and Snow goose continue at seaside park big pond

Bill banksSeymour

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Date: 2/28/23 1:18 pm
From: Patrick Comins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Allison Black Talk Thursday Evening
Thursday evening via Zoom: COA Director Allison Black will be talking about her work as a seabird and marine mammal observer for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It's part of Connecticut Audubon's Young, Gifted & Wild About Birds series. March 2, 7 pm. Sign up here.

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Date: 2/28/23 9:30 am
From: Peter Grose via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] White Geese in Bridgeport?
I haven’t seen any postings on this list serve or eBird about the Snow and Ross’s Geese. Is anyone aware if they are still around today or not?

Peter Grose
Ellington

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Date: 2/28/23 8:46 am
From: Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Grackles
Jalna Jaeger 3 East Ave, Norwalk, CT
About 50 grackles above and about the yard,feasting on peanuts. A few red
winged blackbirds and a cowgirl in the mix too.

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Date: 2/27/23 11:32 am
From: Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] 14 acre pond Norwalk
Jalna Jaeger 3 East Ave Norwalk.
Pair of pintails, 2 northern shoveler males, numerous gadwalls, a few
hooded mergansers, and a bufflehead. A nice assortment.

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Date: 2/27/23 10:56 am
From: Arthur Shippee via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ross & Snow Geese @ Seaside
Ross’s Goose & (bright white) Snow Goose showing well at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, 1:50 PM, with each other & ca. 75 Canadas &c.

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Hamden



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Date: 2/27/23 10:45 am
From: Darryl Rathbun via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ross’s and Snow Goose
Both the Ross’s Goose and the Snow Goose are still present at 1:44pm at Seaside Park in Bridgeport by the pond to the west of the arch. They are closely associating with each other, offering great views for comparison.

Darryl Rathbun
Lordship Seawall, Stratford CT

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Date: 2/27/23 8:18 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Chipping Sparrows


Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696

I have been seeing a single Chipping Sparrow on and off all winter from my back yard but just a few minutes ago there were TWO!

Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks



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Date: 2/27/23 7:55 am
From: Paul Plotnick via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Bridgeport Geese
Saw and photographed them yesterday. Their size difference was smaller than
expected (maybe a hybrid?) but the bill shape and color was obviously
different. That's what makes bird identification such a challenge.

Paul Plotnick
Stamford

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:28 AM Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <
<ctbirds...> wrote:

> The ROSS’S GOOSE and Snow Goose continue at Seaside Park in Bridgeport as
> of 10:25 AM.
>
> They are swimming together in the pond west of the arch along with a
> couple of hundred Canada Geese.
>
> Chuck Imbergamo
> CT Birds Moderator
> Madison
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Date: 2/27/23 7:29 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bridgeport Geese
The ROSS’S GOOSE and Snow Goose continue at Seaside Park in Bridgeport as of 10:25 AM.

They are swimming together in the pond west of the arch along with a couple of hundred Canada Geese.

Chuck Imbergamo
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Date: 2/27/23 6:50 am
From: Alec Wiggin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common Merganser
Yesterday, Norwalk River at Veteran’s Park with Long-tailed Duck

Alec Wiggin
Darien

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Date: 2/27/23 6:22 am
From: John Weeks via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Off topic (but not really)
There is a piece by Margaret Renkl in today’s New York Times concerning a proposed strip mine adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in Georgia. Along with a wide array of other wildlife, 234 species of birds have been recorded there, and 700,000 visitors tour the swamp annually. Ms Renkl asks all concerned citizens — not just Georgians — to write or call the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to register opposition to the mining project. The overwhelming majority of Georgians, of both parties, want the swamp left alone. This is a unique national treasure, so it concerns all of us.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/27/opinion/okefenokee-swamp-georgia.html


John Weeks
North Granby





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Date: 2/26/23 4:17 pm
From: Michael Richardson via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Possible cackling goose at Short Beach Park, Stratford
Seen on the golf course at Short Beach Park, Stratford, around noon today,
in with a large flock of Canada geese. Not 100% on the ID so please see
photo:

eBird Checklist - 26 Feb 2023 - Short Beach Park - 1 species
<https://ebird.org/checklist/S129738840>

Michael Richardson
Norwalk, CT

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Date: 2/26/23 11:16 am
From: cathy via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Snow and Ross geese
Seaside Park Bridgeport.
Ross and Snow geese in with a large group of Canada’s. Can be easily viewed from your car. 2:00 pm.
Cathy Rado
Fairfield

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Date: 2/26/23 9:39 am
From: JEFFREY KOHAN via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Ross's goose at seaside Park 12:30
At seaside Park field with snow goose and Canada goose.
Jeffrey KohanWallingford 

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Date: 2/26/23 8:18 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Crosby pond
2/26. Crosby pond- orange
4 northern pintails- 3 drakes, - hen
3 mallards, 5 Canada geese
1 red shouldered hawk flew over
Bev propen, orange

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