[CT Birds] Pomfret area, 3/18/08

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CAS Tuesday bird walk ( with Andy R):
Numerous Wood Ducks, Ring-necked Ducks, Common Mergansers,  Hooded Mergansers 
C Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Coopers Hawk, Brown Creeper and a  2nd yr BALD 
EAGLE flying in front of us over the road as we were returning to  the Nature 
Center.   I returned later and found pairs of Green-winged  Teal and Blue-winged 
Teal in a hard-to-reach spot.  
 
Chase Reservoir (Killingly) 1 F Bufflehead, Hooded  Mergansers, a few C Geese 
and many Common Mergansers
 
Pomfret CAS 2:30 pm, Duck Marsh near the south end of Day  Road.  I had a 
very interesting 10 minutes or so as I scanned the skyline  (hawk-watch style) 
after finding nothing of interest in close.  2 Turkey  Vultures appeared and 
circled at a distance for a minute or so.  The a  Red-tailed Hawk came up from 
behind the tree line and gave me a chance to  practice following him with my 
scope.  As he finally cut off to the left I  noticed another bird, behind him, 
higher and much farther out, and definitely  not a TV.  As it came closer it 
remained almost jet black, and I realized  it was another imm. Bald Eagle.  When 
it was close enough to see without  the scope, I looked up and realized it was 
flying wing to an 2nd Bald eagle,  also jet black and so probably both were 
3rd year. The 2 birds soared directly  over my head and out of sight to the 
south without either 1 ever flapping a  wing.
1st time I've seen 3 BE in 1 day other than at Southbury or the  Ct River.  
After they passed I scanned the area and found another Hawk  which I thought 
might have been the Red-tail, but turned out to be a Coopers  Hawk.  All the 
above in about 10 minutes, and no light house in  sight.
 
Don Morgan, Coventry



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