[CT Birds] Off the Deck

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

3/24/26 2:30-4:00PM- at Raymond Marsh Airline Trail, Amston: Mallard, Ringed Neck, Wood Ducks; Hood Merganser; Belted Kingfisher; Great Blue Heron; AND! Wood Frogs and Peepers galore! Spring
Is here! Ernie and Millie Harris, Colchester

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[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

3/27/26-7-8AM; 23 species including FOY- Eastern Phoebe and Chipping Sparrow; also Turkey Vulture (FYI- there is a vulture roost, Turkey and Black,on the tower at State Police headquarters here). Ernie, Colchester

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

4/4/26- 7-8AM: 28 species including:FO-Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture,Osprey; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker; Chipping Sparrow; Eastern Phoebe; and a ‘rare’ for here House Sparrow. Grateful morning! Ernie,Colchester

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

4/10/27- this AM - pair of Purple Finches ! Ernie, Colchester

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

4/18/26 FOY male Baltimore Oriole Ernie,Colchester
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[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

4/19/26 6:30-7:30am persistently singing Louisiana Waterthrush; FOY Eastern Towhee (two males). Ernie, Colchester
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[Angela Dimmitt via CTBirds]

I too have a singing Louisiana waterthrush, a true virtuoso, loud and clear and very territorial.  Hopefully he will find a mate and once again spend the summer nesting here.  Right now he has a great blue heron for company on the stream (called Bullymuck Brook).
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

4/24/26- 2:30-4:00PM walking the Grayville section of the Air Line Trail in Hebron; near the hemlock woods: Eastern Phoebe(pair); Louisiana Waterthrush(2?); Ovenbird. Ernie and Millie , Colchester

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

5/1/266:15-7:15AM 27 species including: Great Blue Heron, Pleated Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker,Great-crested Flycatcher and FOY-Gray Catbird and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Later- Ruby-throated hummingbird. Ernie, Colchester

[Ernest Harris via CTBirds]

5/5/26 6-7AM thirty species, including: Ovenbird,Baltimore Oriole,Wood Duck, Pileated Woodpecker,Great-crested Flycatcher, and FOY Blue-headed Vireo. Ernie, Colchester