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Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] American Pipit |
| 9/5/26 7:26 am |
Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Off the Deck |
| 9/5/26 6:25 am |
ricks@tuttlespoint via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6928, Issue 2 |
| 9/5/26 2:47 am |
AMY HOPKINS via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] latest comic from Rosemary Mosco |
| 9/4/26 6:57 pm |
Robert B. via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Mourning Warbler |
| 9/4/26 9:24 am |
imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Post signing rules - please help |
| 9/4/26 7:47 am |
John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Chestnut Hill Hawk Watch - Litchfield, CT |
| 9/4/26 6:53 am |
Emily R via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/4/26 5:38 am |
Doug Wisneski via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: My 8,000th Birding Event |
| 9/4/26 5:33 am |
Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: My 8,000th Birding Event |
| 9/4/26 4:32 am |
C. S. Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/4/26 3:53 am |
Tom Baptist via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: My 8,000th Birding Event |
| 9/4/26 2:27 am |
Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] My 8,000th Birding Event |
| 9/3/26 6:54 pm |
Jazzy Guitar via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/3/26 6:53 pm |
Steve Mayo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Lighthouse Park New Haven Closure Continues |
| 9/3/26 5:07 pm |
Joseph Budrow via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/3/26 4:59 pm |
Judy Moore via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/3/26 4:54 pm |
Kimberly Jannarone via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/3/26 4:52 pm |
Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
| 9/3/26 4:50 pm |
Donna Rose Smith via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Nighthawk flight |
| 9/3/26 4:49 pm |
Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Milestone! |
| 9/3/26 4:39 pm |
Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Common Nighthawks Norwalk |
| 9/3/26 8:17 am |
ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Royal terns |
| 9/3/26 7:31 am |
imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Amazing Awakening - 9/3 - True Story! |
| 9/3/26 5:04 am |
Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Amazing Awakening - 9/3 - True Story! |
| 9/2/26 7:05 pm |
Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Red-Necked pics 9-2-26 |
| 9/2/26 11:36 am |
Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Coastal Center |
| 9/2/26 9:49 am |
Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Wilson's Warbler |
| 8/30/26 12:28 pm |
Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Off the Deck |
| 8/30/26 9:07 am |
Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Blue Winged Teals |
| 8/29/26 7:20 pm |
Aaron Dollar via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Tree Swallow roost in Old Saybrook? |
| 8/29/26 6:53 pm |
Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Buff Breasted Sandpiper pic 8-28-26 |
| 8/28/26 8:53 am |
Sara Zagorski via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
| 8/28/26 8:28 am |
Barbara Scavotto via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
| 8/28/26 7:03 am |
Jesse LeBlanc via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
| 8/27/26 4:17 pm |
Rob Ballinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Flycatching cardinal |
| 8/27/26 11:39 am |
C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
| 8/27/26 11:25 am |
Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
| 8/27/26 10:57 am |
Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
| 8/26/26 11:16 am |
Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Coastal Center |
| 8/26/26 7:19 am |
Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Olive-sided Flycatcher |
| 8/26/26 6:57 am |
Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] In the morning |
| 8/25/26 9:01 am |
Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Yellow Rumped Warbler |
| 8/25/26 7:59 am |
Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Peregrine falcon |
| 8/23/26 8:46 am |
Nita Klein via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Birding in Japan: info requested |
| 8/23/26 8:33 am |
Debra Katz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Birding in Japan: info requested |
| 8/21/26 6:36 am |
Christina Nieves via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Cedar waxwings and Chimney Swifts |
| 8/19/26 6:31 pm |
Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Coastal Center |
| 8/16/26 5:15 am |
johnogren63 via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Plum Bank Marsh Little Blue Heron |
| 8/14/26 5:58 am |
John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Lighthouse Point Park damage and the hawk watch |
| 8/13/26 2:52 pm |
Christopher Unsworth via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Bairds Sandpiper |
| 8/11/26 5:12 am |
ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Wilson's Phalarope |
| 8/10/26 12:40 pm |
Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] LI Sound birds 8/10 |
| 8/10/26 8:30 am |
Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Bairds SP |
| 8/10/26 7:59 am |
ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Royal tern |
| 8/10/26 6:57 am |
Chris Roberts via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Bairds SP |
| 8/10/26 6:51 am |
Christopher Unsworth via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Re: Bairds SP |
| 8/10/26 6:38 am |
Christopher Unsworth via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Bairds SP |
| 8/9/26 6:16 am |
johnogren63 via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Crow roost? |
| 8/8/26 8:11 pm |
Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Marbled Godwit pics 8-6-26 |
| 8/8/26 8:43 am |
Jesse LeBlanc via CTBirds <ctbirds...> |
[CT Birds] Whimbrel at Sandy point |
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Date: 9/5/26 3:23 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] American Pipit |
Paul Desjardins
<paul.desjardins2...>
Phone: (860) 623-3696
Seen this morning from the Vibert Road section of stn 43 South Windsor. My earliest ever.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/5/26 7:26 am
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Off the Deck |
9/4/26 6:45-7:45AM seventeen species including: Canada Warbler ( female or first year?). Ernie Harris, Colchester
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Date: 9/5/26 6:25 am
From: ricks@tuttlespoint via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6928, Issue 2 |
Chuck, Is this the proper signing procedure? - Rick Sandella, Guilford
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:45:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: John D Babington <davewb07...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Chestnut Hill Hawk Watch - Litchfield, CT
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Hope to get going at the Chestnut Hawk Watch in Litchfield, CT (at the intersection of of Camp Dutton Rd and Chestnut Hill Rd) some time next week . Hopefully by Sept 11, Friday. weather permitting. While we count all migrating hawks (monarch butterflies too) we always hope for a good number of Broad-winged Hawks migrating. Last year (2025) was very disappointing with only 158 migrating Broad-winged hawks counted. Hopefully numbers will be better this year. International Hawk Migration Week runs from Sept 12 to to Sept 20. One can look at migrating hawk numbers from different hawk watch sites at a web site of the Hawk Migration Association, formerly the Hawk Migration Association of North America,. at hawkcount.org.
David W BabingtonWashington, CT
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 16:22:40 +0000
From: "<imbercj...>" <imbercj...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Post signing rules - please help
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Hi Everyone -
It would really help me out if everyone remembers to sign their posts properly.
Always use your First AND Last Name AND your Town when signing your posts. This is and always was our rule, and if you look at any of the other listservs out there, it is the same. MASSBIRD, VT Birds and others have a high rate of proper signing, but CT Birds doesn't.
It only takes a few seconds to sign properly, and it spares me the time it takes to write to you when you don't. I have written many, many such emails over the years. Remember; First and Last Name and your Town.
Thank you all in advance!
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
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Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 21:55:38 -0400
From: "Robert B." <rjbitondi...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Mourning Warbler
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In my Pomfret yard late today, bathing in our garden pond. I had the
briefest glimpse of one in the same spot late in the spring. What
initially caught my eye was its brilliant yellow underparts as it splashed
around. Got some nice photos.
Bob Bitondi
Pomfret Ctr
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Date: 9/4/26 6:57 pm
From: Robert B. via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Mourning Warbler |
In my Pomfret yard late today, bathing in our garden pond. I had the
briefest glimpse of one in the same spot late in the spring. What
initially caught my eye was its brilliant yellow underparts as it splashed
around. Got some nice photos.
Bob Bitondi
Pomfret Ctr
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Date: 9/4/26 9:24 am
From: imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Post signing rules - please help |
Hi Everyone -
It would really help me out if everyone remembers to sign their posts properly.
Always use your First AND Last Name AND your Town when signing your posts. This is and always was our rule, and if you look at any of the other listservs out there, it is the same. MASSBIRD, VT Birds and others have a high rate of proper signing, but CT Birds doesn't.
It only takes a few seconds to sign properly, and it spares me the time it takes to write to you when you don't. I have written many, many such emails over the years. Remember; First and Last Name and your Town.
Thank you all in advance!
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
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Date: 9/4/26 7:47 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Chestnut Hill Hawk Watch - Litchfield, CT |
Hope to get going at the Chestnut Hawk Watch in Litchfield, CT (at the intersection of of Camp Dutton Rd and Chestnut Hill Rd) some time next week . Hopefully by Sept 11, Friday. weather permitting. While we count all migrating hawks (monarch butterflies too) we always hope for a good number of Broad-winged Hawks migrating. Last year (2025) was very disappointing with only 158 migrating Broad-winged hawks counted. Hopefully numbers will be better this year. International Hawk Migration Week runs from Sept 12 to to Sept 20. One can look at migrating hawk numbers from different hawk watch sites at a web site of the Hawk Migration Association, formerly the Hawk Migration Association of North America,. at hawkcount.org.
David W BabingtonWashington, CT
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Date: 9/4/26 6:53 am
From: Emily R via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Congratulations to Paul Desjardins!!it’s a marvelous achievement! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with so many folks during those 8,000 days!
Emily Cosenza
Woodbridge, CT
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> On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:49 PM, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Paul Desjardins
> <paul.desjardins2...>
> Phone: (860) 623-3696
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> Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
>
> Paul Desjardins
> Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/4/26 5:38 am
From: Doug Wisneski via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: My 8,000th Birding Event |
Congratulations Paul on such an incredible achievement!!
Doug Wisneski
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 8:32 AM Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <
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> Congratulations, Paul! You are one of the reasons CT birders are the
> greatest. Thank you for sharing your accomplishment and your many
> sightings.
> Cynthia Ehlinger
> President, Connecticut Ornithological Association
> Riverside
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <
> <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> > Paul Desjardins
> > <paul.desjardins2...>
> > Phone: (860) 623-3696
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> > I would like to thank all the people who congratulated me on my birding
> > milestone. Through the years I have met and become friends with so many
> > wonderful people. Connecticut birders are the greatest!
> >
> > Paul
> >
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> 203-219-1963
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Date: 9/4/26 5:33 am
From: Cynthia Ehlinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: My 8,000th Birding Event |
Congratulations, Paul! You are one of the reasons CT birders are the
greatest. Thank you for sharing your accomplishment and your many
sightings.
Cynthia Ehlinger
President, Connecticut Ornithological Association
Riverside
On Fri, Sep 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <
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> Phone: (860) 623-3696
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> I would like to thank all the people who congratulated me on my birding
> milestone. Through the years I have met and become friends with so many
> wonderful people. Connecticut birders are the greatest!
>
> Paul
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Date: 9/4/26 4:32 am
From: C. S. Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Congrats Paul, you are an inspiration to us all.
Chris
Chris Wood
Woodbury, CT
203 558-0654
[1]C.S. Wood Photo Sampler
On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:54 PM, Kimberly Jannarone via CTBirds
<ctbirds...> wrote:
Wow, Paul! What a milestone. Thanks for sharing it—and your birds—with
us.
Kimberly
On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:49 PM, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds
<ctbirds...> wrote:
Paul Desjardins
<paul.desjardins2...>
Phone: (860) 623-3696
Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with
Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it
was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to
achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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References
1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cswood-photos/albums/72157710313935571/
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Date: 9/4/26 3:53 am
From: Tom Baptist via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: My 8,000th Birding Event |
Paul, your contribution to Connecticut ornithology has been tremendous. Thank you!
Tom Baptist
East Hampton
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> I would like to thank all the people who congratulated me on my birding milestone. Through the years I have met and become friends with so many wonderful people. Connecticut birders are the greatest!
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Date: 9/4/26 2:27 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] My 8,000th Birding Event |
Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696
I would like to thank all the people who congratulated me on my birding milestone. Through the years I have met and become friends with so many wonderful people. Connecticut birders are the greatest!
Paul
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Date: 9/3/26 6:54 pm
From: Jazzy Guitar via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Most excellent!!
Regards,
Lynn
On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:54 PM, Kimberly Jannarone via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
Wow, Paul! What a milestone. Thanks for sharing it—and your birds—with us.
Kimberly
On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:49 PM, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696
Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/3/26 6:53 pm
From: Steve Mayo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Lighthouse Park New Haven Closure Continues |
Lighthouse Park will not be open Labor Day Weekend. It will remain closed
indefinitely for tree removal and other maintenance activities resulting
from the 8/13 storm.
The New Haven Bird Club Hawk Watch event scheduled for September 6, is
cancelled.
We are hopeful the 56th annual Lighthouse Park Hawk Watch will begin soon.
Steve Mayo
Guilford
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Date: 9/3/26 5:07 pm
From: Joseph Budrow via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Congratulations, sir!!! I briefly chatted with you at East Rock Park this Spring. Probably Trip #7,922 for you.
Joe Budrow
On Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 07:49:32 PM EDT, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696
Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/3/26 4:59 pm
From: Judy Moore via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Congratulations, Paul! What a wonderful way to live. And you have been
very generous in sharing your sightings with the Ct birding community.
Hope to run into you soon,
Judy Moore
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Subject: [CT Birds] Milestone!
Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696
Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with
Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was
my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this
event so I am grateful that this was possible.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/3/26 4:54 pm
From: Kimberly Jannarone via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Wow, Paul! What a milestone. Thanks for sharing it—and your birds—with us.
Kimberly
> On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:49 PM, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
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Date: 9/3/26 4:52 pm
From: Adam Fasciolo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Milestone! |
Congratulations Paul!
What an inspiration to everyone.
Adam Fasciolo
Norwalk
> On Sep 3, 2026, at 7:48 PM, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
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> Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/3/26 4:50 pm
From: Donna Rose Smith via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Nighthawk flight |
9/3 from Russ Naylor at Woodbury Middle School swift watch. 639 Common Nighthawks. Plus two red bats enjoying winged ants.
Donna Rose Smith
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Date: 9/3/26 4:49 pm
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Milestone! |
Paul Desjardins
<paul.desjardins2...>
Phone: (860) 623-3696
Today I birded (sort of) during a cruise of the Thimble Islands with Mona and saw a couple of Royal Terns but the highlight was that it was my 8,000th recorded day of birding. It took me 67 years to achieve this event so I am grateful that this was possible.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 9/3/26 4:39 pm
From: Ian Devlin via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Common Nighthawks Norwalk |
7:30pm
About a dozen Common Nighthawks flying/migrating a couple hundred feet above the backyard trees here at the house near Stew Lenards.
Ian Devlin
Norwalk, CT.
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Date: 9/3/26 8:17 am
From: ron serianz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Royal terns |
Now showing thimble island dock.saw 7.no red neck grebe ron serianz
newington
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Date: 9/3/26 7:31 am
From: imbercj--- via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Amazing Awakening - 9/3 - True Story! |
Hi Angela -
The newer versions of Merlin actually do allow you to save the recording. After you touch the Stop button, at the upper right there is a rather faint button to Save. This allows you to decide whether to save a recording after getting a chance to listen to it (vs. the old version which forced you to choose whether to save or just stop the recording on the spot).
I must admit to forgetting to touch Save and starting a new recording, sometimes losing a good recording...so it took me a while to get used to this new functionality!
I hope this info. helps.
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
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From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2026 8:03 AM
To: ctbirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Amazing Awakening - 9/3 - True Story!
At 7:08 a visiting Carolina Wren with the most elaborate song - twitters, trills, chirrups, chirps and tea-kettles etc (sadly I discovered Merlin does not record). In the same scraggly lilac bush outside my window at the same time were also 2 house wrens, a chestnut-sided warbler, yellow redstart, chickadee, catbird, a goldfinch and a glimpse of possible blue-gray gnatcatcher. Then a hummingbird flew up and checked me out for over 10 seconds, inches from my face. You may not believe this but it is all true!Angela Dimmitt New Milford
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Date: 9/3/26 5:04 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Amazing Awakening - 9/3 - True Story! |
At 7:08 a visiting Carolina Wren with the most elaborate song - twitters, trills, chirrups, chirps and tea-kettles etc (sadly I discovered Merlin does not record). In the same scraggly lilac bush outside my window at the same time we’re also 2 house wrens, a chestnut-sided warbler, yellow redstart, chickadee, catbird, a goldfinch and a glimpse of possible blue-gray gnatcatcher. Then a hummingbird flew up and checked me out for over 10 seconds, inches from my face. You may not believe this but it is all true!Angela Dimmitt New Milford
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Date: 9/2/26 7:05 pm
From: Ed Haesche via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Red-Necked pics 9-2-26 |
Can be seen from Stony Creek dock, end of Indian Point Rd. Pics from Thimble Island Rd small bridge over inlet looking toward Sound .
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Tjo4PBhPb2aEM3Ro8
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Date: 9/2/26 11:36 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center |
9/2 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 10am-1PM. low
tide-rising, overcast, 70F.
The marsh was very active with foraging birds at low tide this morning- 12
Snowy Egrets, 2 Great Egrets, 4 mallards, 5 American black ducks, 2 Greater
yellowlegs, 2 Eastern Phoebes along the shoreline, 6 D.C. Cormorants, 1
American Oystercatcher, 18 Canada Geese flyovers, and 3 Yellow crowned
night herons-1 Adult and 2 juveniles. The adult had just caught a crab in
its beak when a Herring gull snuck up behind it, chased it and stole the
crab after the YC night heron dropped it.
We have 3 ospreys on the marsh -2 adults and the 1 juvenile which does fly,
but spent 90% of the morning sitting on the nest calling- I presume
begging for fish. I sure hope it learns to fish on its own soon.
On the grounds: 1 Ruby throated hummingbird feeding on the trumpet vine
flowers, 2 Mourning doves, 1 Catbird and 4 House sparrows.
Bev Propen, Orange
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Date: 9/2/26 9:49 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilson's Warbler |
Paul Desjardins
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Seen this morning at Northwest Park Windsor
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 8/30/26 12:28 pm
From: Ernest Harris via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Off the Deck |
8/30/26- 6:45-7:45AM Delightfully 20 species including first year Magnolia Warbler. Curiously the warblers show up in the Eastern Hophornbeam. Ernie Harris, Colchester
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Date: 8/30/26 9:07 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Blue Winged Teals |
Paul Desjardins
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Three Blue Winged Teals seen this morning from the Newberry Road section of stn 43 South Windsor.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 8/29/26 7:20 pm
From: Aaron Dollar via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Tree Swallow roost in Old Saybrook? |
Can anyone tell me the latest with the tree swallow roost in OSB? I haven't been to see them in about 10 years, and I thought I remember hearing they were changing the roost site away from the marsh. Is it still pretty epic? When is the peak typically?
Thanks in advance.
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Date: 8/28/26 8:53 am
From: Sara Zagorski via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
This hasn't been mentioned but Joe is a birder! He showed me my first Eastern Whip-poor-will at Mott Hill Brook in South Glastonbury in the Meshomasic SF. So not only is he supportive of Hartford Audubon & birders using his property, he is a birder himself, as was his father. Thanks Joe!
Sara Zagorski
West Hartford
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> On Aug 28, 2026, at 11:28 AM, Barbara Scavotto via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> I was thinking this same thing, Jesse. The people purchasing that property must know there is a wildlife refuge behind it and thus will have people walking in and out of it. And on this particular property, there is no way to access it without walking on the driveway for part of it.
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> It is definitely comforting to know that the new owner is prepared and kind though - that is always a plus!
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> Barbara Scavotto
> Enfield, CT
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> From: Jesse LeBlanc via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2026 10:02 AM
> Cc: <ctbirds...> <ctbirds...>
> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor
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> Not at all disparaging the new owner for being welcoming to birders, but does he have a choice in being okay with people using the driveway? My understanding is that it’s a Right-Of-Way, meaning he must allow people access, or is that not the case? More of just a curiosity thing of “what would happen if someone was not welcoming to us”?
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> In either case, thrilled to know he’s okay with us using the driveway, I love that spot so much. Thanks for letting us know, and I hope he knows how much we appreciate being able to get to that trail!
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> Jesse LeBlanc
> Vernon CT
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>> On Aug 27, 2026, at 2:38 PM, C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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>> Thanks Paul, good of you to share.
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>> Chris
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>>> As many of you know when parking along Main Street at the corner of Newberry Road there is a house which was run down. It has now been renovated and a new owner will move in shortly. His name is Joe Valenti and he knows me. Like the previous owner he is o k with birders walking up his driveway to gain access to the trail that goes to the marsh. He even put up a fence so his dog will not bother anyone and situated it so that there is ample space for people to get by. Just a F Y I
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Date: 8/28/26 8:28 am
From: Barbara Scavotto via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
I was thinking this same thing, Jesse. The people purchasing that property must know there is a wildlife refuge behind it and thus will have people walking in and out of it. And on this particular property, there is no way to access it without walking on the driveway for part of it.
It is definitely comforting to know that the new owner is prepared and kind though - that is always a plus!
Barbara Scavotto
Enfield, CT
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Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor
Not at all disparaging the new owner for being welcoming to birders, but does he have a choice in being okay with people using the driveway? My understanding is that it’s a Right-Of-Way, meaning he must allow people access, or is that not the case? More of just a curiosity thing of “what would happen if someone was not welcoming to us”?
In either case, thrilled to know he’s okay with us using the driveway, I love that spot so much. Thanks for letting us know, and I hope he knows how much we appreciate being able to get to that trail!
Jesse LeBlanc
Vernon CT
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> On Aug 27, 2026, at 2:38 PM, C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Thanks Paul, good of you to share.
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>> As many of you know when parking along Main Street at the corner of Newberry Road there is a house which was run down. It has now been renovated and a new owner will move in shortly. His name is Joe Valenti and he knows me. Like the previous owner he is o k with birders walking up his driveway to gain access to the trail that goes to the marsh. He even put up a fence so his dog will not bother anyone and situated it so that there is ample space for people to get by. Just a F Y I
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Date: 8/28/26 7:03 am
From: Jesse LeBlanc via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
Not at all disparaging the new owner for being welcoming to birders, but does he have a choice in being okay with people using the driveway? My understanding is that it’s a Right-Of-Way, meaning he must allow people access, or is that not the case? More of just a curiosity thing of “what would happen if someone was not welcoming to us”?
In either case, thrilled to know he’s okay with us using the driveway, I love that spot so much. Thanks for letting us know, and I hope he knows how much we appreciate being able to get to that trail!
Jesse LeBlanc
Vernon CT
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> On Aug 27, 2026, at 2:38 PM, C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Thanks Paul, good of you to share.
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> Chris
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>> On Aug 27, 2026, at 1:56 PM, Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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>> As many of you know when parking along Main Street at the corner of Newberry Road there is a house which was run down. It has now been renovated and a new owner will move in shortly. His name is Joe Valenti and he knows me. Like the previous owner he is o k with birders walking up his driveway to gain access to the trail that goes to the marsh. He even put up a fence so his dog will not bother anyone and situated it so that there is ample space for people to get by. Just a F Y I
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Date: 8/27/26 4:17 pm
From: Rob Ballinger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Flycatching cardinal |
Coming up my driveway this evening a cardinal flew out of the hedge and
caught an insect (I couldn't tell what kind) in flight. A very surprising
sight!
Rob Ballinger - Clinton
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Date: 8/27/26 11:39 am
From: C Wood via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
Thanks Paul, good of you to share.
Chris
Chris S. Wood
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> As many of you know when parking along Main Street at the corner of Newberry Road there is a house which was run down. It has now been renovated and a new owner will move in shortly. His name is Joe Valenti and he knows me. Like the previous owner he is o k with birders walking up his driveway to gain access to the trail that goes to the marsh. He even put up a fence so his dog will not bother anyone and situated it so that there is ample space for people to get by. Just a F Y I
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Date: 8/27/26 11:25 am
From: Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
Thank you, Paul - isn't it great there are still people like that!
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford
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As many of you know when parking along Main Street at the corner of Newberry Road there is a house which was run down. It has now been renovated and a new owner will move in shortly. His name is Joe Valenti and he knows me. Like the previous owner he is o k with birders walking up his driveway to gain access to the trail that goes to the marsh. He even put up a fence so his dog will not bother anyone and situated it so that there is ample space for people to get by. Just a F Y I
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 8/27/26 10:57 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] A Note Concerning Birding At Stn 43 South Windsor |
Paul Desjardins
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Phone: (860) 623-3696
As many of you know when parking along Main Street at the corner of Newberry Road there is a house which was run down. It has now been renovated and a new owner will move in shortly. His name is Joe Valenti and he knows me. Like the previous owner he is o k with birders walking up his driveway to gain access to the trail that goes to the marsh. He even put up a fence so his dog will not bother anyone and situated it so that there is ample space for people to get by. Just a F Y I
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 8/26/26 11:16 am
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center |
8/26 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 10am-1PM. sunny, high
tide-receding, 75F.
2 Bald eagles as I drove in on Milford Point Rd.
On the marsh: 3 juvenile Yellow crowned night herons flying over, 2 Ring
billed gulls, 1 D.C. Cormorant and 5 Ospreys. On our nest platform, one
juvenile fledgling was calling all morning. She took a brief flight around
the marsh and then returned to the nest platform, continuing to call
(presumably she doesn't know how to fish yet and is calling for food). The
male was sitting beneath the nest on the solar panel eating a fish later in
the morning, but did not give any to the youngster who was calling. Kind of
sad to watch and listen.
On the grounds & feeders: 2 Mourning doves, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Fish Crow
calling, 4 House sparrows.
Inside the building we had many visitors enjoying the views and the
wildlife we have inside.
Bev Propen, Orange
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Date: 8/26/26 7:19 am
From: Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Olive-sided Flycatcher |
Senior community building where I live in East Haven. Seems to be a good migrating fly through. Nice wooded area. However no access.
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Maria Stockmal
East Haven
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Date: 8/26/26 6:57 am
From: Maria Stockmal via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] In the morning |
Back of building area: Olive-sided Flycatcher snagging his food from his top perch.
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Maria Stockmal
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Date: 8/25/26 9:01 am
From: Paul Desjardins via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Yellow Rumped Warbler |
Paul Desjardins
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Seen this morning from the Newberry Road section of stn 43 South Windsor. My second earliest inland record the earliest being August 19, 1963 in Farmington.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: 8/25/26 7:59 am
From: Jalna Jaeger via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Peregrine falcon |
Jalna Jaeger East Ave Norwalk
Stratford Long Beach, peregrine sitting on a snag overlooking the marsh.
Posed for us. Green band on left leg,no scope with us ,so was unable to
read numbers. Gorgeous long look at a magnificent bird!
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Date: 8/23/26 8:46 am
From: Nita Klein via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Birding in Japan: info requested |
There is a Facebook Group “Birding Travel” that when search Japan has a lot of recommendations.
Hope this helps.
> On Aug 23, 2026, at 11:32 AM, Debra Katz via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> I am traveling to Japan in late October with my family. I have a couple of free hours in the morning in Tokyo and Kyoto and would love to take a bird watching tour.
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Date: 8/23/26 8:33 am
From: Debra Katz via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Birding in Japan: info requested |
I am traveling to Japan in late October with my family. I have a couple of free hours in the morning in Tokyo and Kyoto and would love to take a bird watching tour.
Does anyone know of tour guide who are birders or suggestions. I am having some difficulty finding options on Tours By Locals and other sites.
Please reply to me privately so everyone on this list doesn’t get too many texts about Japan.
Thanks to all.
Debra Katz
West Hartford.
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Date: 8/21/26 6:36 am
From: Christina Nieves via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Cedar waxwings and Chimney Swifts |
Was observing a small flock of Cedar Waxwings in trees near the river and the old brick building at Montgomery Mills in Windsor Locks. One of the waxwings was apparently interested in something in a 4th floor apartment. It repeatedly flew up to the window, as if it wanted to get in. I’ve never seen a waxwing display that behavior. Perhaps someone had a flowering plant, but for obvious reasons, didn’t want to been seen using binoculars to look in someone’s window!
A couple days ago in early evening, I saw 2 Chimney Swifts fly into the tall, brick chimney stack here at the old mill. I’ve monitored that stack pre and post sunset in years past, to no avail. I hadn’t looked at all this year, but will begin again, to see if we may have had nests or a roost starting. It would seem ideal as it’s a tall chimney stack, conveniently located between the river and canal, where they can be seen and heard feasting on many small flies and insects.
Christina Nieves
Windsor Locks, CT
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Date: 8/19/26 6:31 pm
From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center |
8/19 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center. 9:40am-1PM. sunny, low
tide rising, 82F.
We are open to the public again, since summer camp is over. The center was
packed with visitors-some local, some from Ohio, Virginia. We have a new
resident- Alice the Bearded dragon which was given to us.
Viewed from inside the building looking over the marsh:
3 juvenile Yellow crowned night herons, 1 Great blue heron, Snowy Egrets,
Great egrets, 9 mallards, 2 American black ducks, 1 D.C. Cormorant, a
Ring billed gull with a crab in its bill getting chased by numerous other
gulls, our Osprey family, and a flock of about 12 Black bellied plovers
and about 20 Semipalmated Plovers flew in around 12:55pm.
On the grounds & feeders: 5 Mourning doves at the water fountain, a
Catbird, Cardinals, 2 Robins, 1 Blue jay, 3 House finches, an American
Goldfinch and 1 Ruby throated hummingbird.
Bev Propen, Orange
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Date: 8/16/26 5:15 am
From: johnogren63 via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Plum Bank Marsh Little Blue Heron |
8/16- Little Blue Heron are starting to show up in increasing numbers again in Plum Bank Marsh, Old Saybrook. On a boat ride yesterday we found 3 separate groups. In the NE corner there were 2 adults, a juvenile, and a beautifully marked 1st year. In the NW area a group of 14 adults and 3 juvies flew up briefly and settled back down.(probably distant views from South View cul de sac, park on road and walk)In the southern portion a group of 2 adults, 3 juvies, and another mostly blue 1st year-could be viewed from area across from town beach. (No parking from 9-4)Viewing access is tough here!John OgrenSent from my Galaxy
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Date: 8/14/26 5:58 am
From: John D Babington via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Lighthouse Point Park damage and the hawk watch |
Noted the heavy damage at Lighthouse Point Park in New Haven. The timing is bad for the hawk watch at Lighthouse Point Park to say the least.
David W BabingtonWashington, CT
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Date: 8/13/26 2:52 pm
From: Christopher Unsworth via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bairds Sandpiper |
Alan Malina and I just found one at Milford Point. About halfway down outer sandbar, sound side. Associating with Piping Plover.
Christopher Unsworth
Cheshire, CT
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Date: 8/11/26 5:12 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Wilson's Phalarope |
Sandy point west haven in bay hanging with 2 lesser yellow legs. Ed Bailey Monroe
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Date: 8/10/26 12:40 pm
From: Frank Mantlik via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] LI Sound birds 8/10 |
8/10, western Long Island Sound- Tom Murray and I were allowed to join a research vessel cruise, whereby we were recording bird species and numbers. Highlights: a group of 4 Parasitic Jaegers chasing Common Terns mid-Sound off Stamford, 3 WILSON’s Storm Petrels working a natural slick off Norwalk, and a sitting flock of 660 Laughing Gulls (mostly juveniles) near Bayville, Long Island, NY, and several pods totalling 30-40 (Bottlenose?) Dolphins off Stratford.
Frank Mantlik
Stratford
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Date: 8/10/26 8:30 am
From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Bairds SP |
The Baird's Sandpiper was scared off by human activity after just a short while observing and photographing it. Chris, Tom Baptist and myself were unable to locate it again, unfortunately. It flew west and may still be around, but it was not relocated in our search of all of the west end puddles.
The puddles have dried somewhat compared to Friday, but they are still present and always worth checking this time of year!
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
> On Aug 10, 2026, at 9:50 AM, Christopher Unsworth via CTBirds <ctbirds...> wrote:
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> Bairds Sandpiper in case of confusion
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> Christopher Unsworth
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> Sent: Monday, 10 August 2026 09:37:42
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> Pools across from Swan Pond at Hammo.
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Date: 8/10/26 7:59 am
From: ed bailey via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Royal tern |
At stratford point flying west 10:50amEd Bailey Monroe
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Date: 8/10/26 6:57 am
From: Chris Roberts via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Bairds SP |
Hello group.im coming down from vt wednesday to bird with a young new
birder.are the puddles still there at the westend with shorebirds?The
bairds would be a lifer for us.any other tips for seeing birds at
hammonasset would be appreciated.
Chris
Chester vt
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Date: 8/10/26 6:38 am
From: Christopher Unsworth via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Bairds SP |
Pools across from Swan Pond at Hammo.
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Date: 8/9/26 6:16 am
From: johnogren63 via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Crow roost? |
While having dinner Friday evening (8/7) at the Island Marina restaurant in Essex, we observed a huge "murder" of crows fly over us heading west over the CT River from Old Lyme. Easily over 1000.Any idea of their destination?John OgrenSent from my Galaxy
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Date: 8/8/26 8:43 am
From: Jesse LeBlanc via CTBirds <ctbirds...>
Subject: [CT Birds] Whimbrel at Sandy point |
Whimbrel continues at Sandy point on the inner portion of the lagoon and mud flats facing the water treatment plant.
Jesse LeBlanc
Vernon CT
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