[CT Birds] common snipe and kestrel at Harkness State Park, Waterford

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4/13 at Harkness State Park mid-afternoon here are the highlights:

13+ COMMON SNIPE ( wet field in between Harkness and Camp Harkness)

3 KESTREL -- near the snipe location (2 m. and 1 f. -- female was pumping and 
fanning her tail for several minutes while there was 1 male patiently 
observing in the same tree and another male in a nearby tree)

3 common loon, of which at least 2 were in breeding plumage

150+ brant geese, with more flying in constantly

4 osprey calling and circling over the same field where I was observing the 
snipe.

2 killdeer

2 barn swallows

8 red-breasted mergansers

1 double-crested cormorant flying over

Also, on my way both to and fro HSP on Gardner Rd (opposite the Little League 
fields) were 3 turkeys.   I also saw 1 great egret flying over Jordan Cove.

Carolyn Cimino
Waterford


 


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