CT Birders - Yesterday marked week two of our community garden harvest competition and the number of species found is growing! Below are the new totals as of yesterday, sorted by the greatest numbers of species found: Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 94 Madison - Bauer Farm - 86 Mansfield Community Gardens - 61 Woodbridge Community Gardens - 61 Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 55 West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 54 New Haven - Farnham Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 53 Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 52 Newington - Deming Young Farm - 46 Stratford Community Garden - 44 Vernon Community Gardens - 44 Ansonia Nature Center - 43 East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 40 New Haven - Edgerton Park - 38 Redding Community Gardens - 38 Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 37 Simsbury Community Gardens - 35 Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32 Sherman - Colonial Park - 27 The hotspot list is below, sorted by town. To see what birds are being found, click the link for each hotspot. Ansonia Nature Center https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Killingworth - Parmelee Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Litchfield - Thompson Preserve https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Madison - Bauer Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Mansfield Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec New Haven - Edgerton Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec New Haven - Farnham Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Newington - Deming Young Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Sherman - Colonial Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Simsbury Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Stratford Community Garden https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Vernon Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Wallingford - Veteran’s Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec West Hartford - Westmoor Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Wilton - Allen’s Meadows https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Woodbridge Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec With a more significant front moving in, there are more birds on the way, and in fall you never know when a rarity will show up. Keep birding the gardens, help with your patch totals and see what you can find! Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator Madison