[CT Birds] Greylag update
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The Greylag Goose was a little tricky today (Sunday); I suspect he or she was pretty far away from the road behind the white house east of Branford Road (about a quarter of a mile) and north of Whirlwind Road around noon (there were a lot of geese back there), but then someone started firing a rifle and all the geese took off. They apparently ended up at Mackenzie Reservoir north of Whirlwind Road near the pull-off, which has started to open up, and the Greylag was closest of the bunch, trying to sleep, but with its eye on us the whole time (a birder from PA I met at Whirlwind Road was there, too--and two birders from MA had just left), popping his/her head up from time to time.
Tom de Boor
Branford, CT
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5. Eagles on the lower CT River. (Boletebill)
6. Saybrook and Niantic spots (Sail...@aol.com)
7. Old Saybrook birds (John Ogren)
8. Cacklilng Goose (Chasb...@aol.com)
9. Re: West Rock Ravens (ls.broker)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:10:43 -0500
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Subject: [CT Birds] Word (bird) of the day:Black
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Black birds of all types topped trees all over the area today. I counted over 25
Male Red-Wing Black Birds on one tree alone.Along with them in the same tree
were 6 grackles and also starlings 15+. One male cowbird. There were also
(3)black birds I could not ID. Brownish wing cover, yellow eyes, slightly
smaller tail than grackles. In a nearby tree, 7 American Crows were protesting
the arrivals. There were also 2 immature Red-Tails canvasing the field for most
of the day.
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 23:41:30 +0000
From: Tina and Peter Green <peter...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [CT Birds] Boneparte's Gulls,etc.
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3/7-Westport-Sherwood Island SP
2 Northern Flicke
rs-first that I've seen there since late autumn
Fairfield-Southport Beach
13 Bonaparte's Gulls
Stratford-small pond across from R.E.Michel Co.
1 Greater Yellowlegs
Frash Pond
46 Canvasback,1 Pied-billed Grebe,5 Scaup
Long Beach Blvd.Pond (across from #600 warehouse)
10 Wood Ducks,8 Boat-tailed grackles,4 Green-winged Teal
Long Beach
200+ Dunlin and Sanderling,Glaucous Gull
Norwalk-14 Acre Pond (with Kris Johnson and Denise Jernigan)
4 Wood Duck,5 Green-winged Teal,1 great Blue Heron,8
Ring-necked Duck,3 Common Mergansers,and
lots of turtles sunning themselves
Tina Green
Westport
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 18:55:54 -0500
From: "Claudia" <cllon...@cox.net>
Subject: [CT Birds] Black Vulture
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1 black vulture noshing by the side of reservoir rd in berlin, ct this
afternoon
Claudia longmore
Wethersfield, ct
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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 19:31:58 -0500
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Subject: [CT Birds] 3/7 Hammo
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>From Jim Bair:
3/9/09 - Madison, Hammonassett Beach S.P. -- 6-10 Purple Sandpipers on Meigs
Point jetty. Birding log reported a very early Glossy Ibis.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 17:38:38 -0800 (PST)
From: Boletebill <bolet...@yahoo.com>
Subject: [CT Birds] Eagles on the lower CT River.
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The winter eagle population on the CT River has been winding down at a steady
rate since early Feb. The following may be of interest to some;
?
Weekend average eagle sightings.
Feb. 7-8:? 32 eagles
Feb. 14-15:? 27 eagle
Feb. 21-22:? 24 eagles.
Feb.28-March 1:? 17 eagles
March 7:? 10 eagles
?
??? The average trip on the RiverQuest out of Essex spots 5-7 adult eagles?and
the remainder of the tally are sub-adults of various age groups.? Several of the
sub-adults are recognizible and have been present all winter.
?
?? Northern Harriers have been conspicuous by their absence this year.?
Rough-legged hawks came early and in good numbers but have now all but gone.?
Great Cormorants are getting into breeding plumage and in addition to their
white flank-patch many are now developing the classic "Paulie Walnuts" silver
frosting=2
0to crown feathers.
?
?? I have not seen any Golden Eagles this year. In a typical season tally of the
previous 5 seasons we'd see 2-4 Goldens during the winter.
?
? The above report covers the area of the CT River from Essex north to Gillettes
Castle and all these sightings were observed from?the eagle?boat tours on the
river.
?
Bill Yule
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 21:43:12 EST
From: Sail...@aol.com
Subject: [CT Birds] Saybrook and Niantic spots
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3/7 a quick afternoon look at a few spots in Old Saybrook and Niantic yielded
the following:
North Cove, Saybrook - several species of duck including:
11 canvasback
1 no. pintail
8 lesser scaup
2 common merg
2 Am. wigeon
10 green winged teal
3 c. goldeneye
2 red breasted merg
100+ bufflehead
100+ mallard and black duck
South Cove, in Fenwick area, Saybrook - 6 BONAPARTE'S GULLS in with 15
ring-billed and herring gulls; very few ducks other than 10-15 bufflehead, also
1
Cooper's hawk, and red winged blackbirds everywhere!
Dodge Pond, Niantic
4 wood duck
60 ring necked duck
13 hooded merg
20 10 Am. coot
1 dc cormorant
250+ ring-billed and herring gulls (most seemed to be ring billed)
red winged blackbirds singing
Rocky Neck SP, Niantic
1 northern harrier
2 Am. wigeon
1 green wing teal
2 hooded merg
6 black duck
2 great blue heron
Views were distant here and I suspect there were more ducks than I saw,
perhaps they were in the grasses to the back of the marsh. No sign of any
returning osprey.
Carolyn Cimino
Waterford
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 06:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: John Ogren <northe...@comcast.net>
Subject: [CT Birds] Old Saybrook birds
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3/7 Old Saybrook, Lots of ducks finally at all the usual spots at low tide.
Notable birds- 4 Northern pintail, 8 Canvasback?at South Cove, 5 Lesser Scaup,4
Northern Pintail at North Cove, First group of Bonies (9) showed up at South
Cove also.
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:14:34 EDT
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Subject: [CT Birds] Cacklilng Goose
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A cackling
goose is among about 50 Canada geese this morning (10:30 AM) on
the Trap Falls Reservoir in Shelton. This bird has the silver/gray sheen, small
size, square head and stubby bill of a cackling goose.
Other waterfowl present are about 110 ring-necked ducks, 15 green-winged
teal and 3 bufflehead.
Charlie Barnard
Stratforfd
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:27:23 -0400
From: "ls.broker" <ls.b...@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] West Rock Ravens
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From Steve Broker (Cheshire):
03/08/09 - Woodbridge, West Rock Ridge -- pair of COMMON RAVENS
(incubation has begun).
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