Date: 4/23/25 1:03 pm From: Beverly Propen via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center
4/23 Milford, Connecticut Audubon coastal center, 10am-1PM, high tide-receding, sunny, breezy, 65-70F. Very, very busy at the center today- both human visitors as well as waterfowl on the marsh and land birds. On the Marsh: 1 American Oystercatcher, 15 Greater Yellowlegs, 6 Great Egrets, 2 American Black ducks, 1 Mute swan, 33 Double crested cormorants diving & feeding, then sunning on the marsh, 6 Ospreys (our 2 on the nest as well as 4 others flying over), 2 Red breasted mergansers. Our 2 ospreys were busy incubating eggs as well as changing of the guard so each could fly around. On the grounds & feeders: 1 Eastern Phoebe, 1 Eastern Towhee, 1 Chickadee, numerous starlings, Common grackles & Red winged blackbirds, 5 Cowbirds, 4 Fish Crows ( 1 with white on its back & tail), 4 Northern Mockingbirds in territorial displays, 4 Northern Cardinals, many House sparrows, 7 White throated sparrows, 3 Song sparrows,& 7 Tree swallows ( 2 on the wires & 5 flyovers). Our Purple Martin colony has gotten busy, with at least 17 flying around and examining the gourds for nesting). I walked along the sandbars earlier- seeing 4 Piping Plovers, and a pair of nesting Oystercatchers. One of the Oystercatchers chased off a crow . 6 Red breasted mergansers. Bev Propen, Orange
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