There is a lot of open water now, and ducks have joined the geese: Wood Ducks, Hooded Mergansers and Green-winged Teals, along with the usual Mallards and Black Ducks. Raptor activity has picked up as well. No sign of the Tree Sparrows that have been present up to now -- a hint of approaching spring?
Complete eBird list is below.
John Weeks
Chris Chinni
North Granby
Simsbury Meadows, Hartford, Connecticut, US
Feb 24, 2018 9:43 AM - 11:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
20 species
Canada Goose 100 Estimated count.
Wood Duck 6, four drakes and 2 ducks
Mallard 23
American Black Duck 10
Green-winged Teal 3, all drakes
Hooded Merganser 2, drake and duck
Bald Eagle 2, one juvenile and one adult
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3 Three adults, two circling together and a third soaring off to one side.
Ring-billed Gull 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 1
Song Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 1
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