[CT Birds] Northern Parula & other Lyme birds

[Jim Dugan]

Julie,
Regarding Northern Parula in CT - Zaranski and Baptist in
"Connecticut Birds" state the Earliest Spring Arrival Date of: April  
20, 1985

Jim Dugan
New Milford

On Mar 29, 2009, at 12:19 PM, Julie Keefer wrote:

> Yesterday I heard what sounded to me like a Northern Parula but I  
> wasn't
> sure because I only heard it twice.  Well, this morning, I heard it  
> singing
> again enough to be sure.  Unfortunately I could not visually  
> confirm the
> singing bird though I will keep an eye out for it as both times I  
> heard this
> bird was in my yard!  How likely is it for a parula to be this far  
> north
> already?
>
>
>
> Also of note yesterday, we saw a beautiful male Ring-necked Duck on  
> one of
> the ponds in the Nehantic State Forest along with a few female Hooded
> Mergansers.  Some Black Ducks and Mallards were also in one of the  
> other
> ponds just outside the forest.  I also saw a male Ring-necked Pheasant
> elsewhere in Lyme.  On Friday I heard both a House Wren and an Eastern
> Phoebe singing.
>
>
>
> Julie Keefer
>
> Lyme
>
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