Date: 10/19/25 11:23 am From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <ctbirds...> Subject: [CT Birds] Community Garden Harvest - week three update
CT Birders -
Week three of our community garden harvest challenge is complete and it looks like birders are out enjoying the weather and finding birds.
Please share reports of any interesting birds that you are finding. ‘Interesting’ would include anything unusual of course, but perhaps it was a patch first that you found or unusual behavior that you witnessed.
Below are the totals as of yesterday:
Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 92
Madison - Bauer Farm - 83
Woodbridge Community Gardens - 76
Newington - Deming Young Farm -62
West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
Redding Community Gardens - 57
Mansfield Community Gardens - 54
New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 54
Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 52
Stratford Community Garden - 47
Canton Community Gardens - 40
Vernon Community Gardens - 36
New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
Sherman - Colonial Park - 28*
Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 27
Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 26
East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 26
Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
Ansonia Nature Center - 0
Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0
*For reasons unknown, the total at Sherman Colonial Park dropped from 29 to 28.
To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below.
There’s still plenty of time to get out and enjoy fall birding - and perhaps add some birds to your garden‘s list!
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