There were six Arctic Terns at Broad Brook Reservoir in Cheshire as of 6pm. Seen from Reservoir Rd. Mark Barriger Wallingford, CT Sent from my iPhone

Any wisdom or guess if they'd be there tomorrow, Sat.?   Or other news of more southern birds I sure would be appreciated. Tx.  Arthur Shippee, Hamden On Friday, May 13, 2022, 06:26:56 PM EDT, Mark via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: There were six Arctic Terns at Broad Brook Reservoir in Cheshire as of 6pm. Seen from Reservoir Rd. Mark Barriger Wallingford, CT Sent from my iPhone CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

My guess is that the larger lakes/reservoirs will be better, but go farther inland than where the birds can sense the shoreline. Once they get “close enough” they’ll probably push through to the coast. Also, they might follow the rivers to the sea, so if you want to spot Arctic Terns in transit, set up vigil at a good large river vista. If you want to look for stuck terns, check the larger inland reservoirs away from rivers. Also… my two cents is that these ARE storm-driven birds. Just because it wasn’t raining much here doesn’t mean it wasn’t a storm. This was a monster low pressure sea system (with multiple houses finally succumbing to the Atlantic on the Outer Banks of NC this week). Arctic Terns are a marine species, and these unlucky chaps were definitely driven to make a detour by this system. Unrelenting northeast winds for that many days… it puts a dent in your migration route. Same reason why I still don’t have any House Wrens setting up shop here in New Haven yet! But the pattern is changing, and there’s going to be a huge pulse of avian movement in the next 3 days. Great time to get out, probably everywhere. Best, Andy McGann New Haven, CT On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 6:58 PM ashippee via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Any wisdom or guess if they'd be there tomorrow, Sat.? > Or other news of more southern birds I sure would be appreciated. > Tx. Arthur Shippee, Hamden > On Friday, May 13, 2022, 06:26:56 PM EDT, Mark via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > There were six Arctic Terns at Broad Brook Reservoir in Cheshire as of > 6pm. Seen from Reservoir Rd. > > Mark Barriger > Wallingford, CT > > Sent from my iPhone > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ > > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/

Mark Aronson and I ran into each other at the reservoir in Cheshire, and alas we saw no terns, with bins or scopes. Nothing flying around, and nothing on the water except for three ruddy ducks, some geese and mallards, and lots of swans (on nest!). Bill Rankin New Haven ________________________________ From: Andrew McGann via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2022 7:41:05 PM To: ashippee <ashippee@snet.net> Cc: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Cheshire Arctic Terns My guess is that the larger lakes/reservoirs will be better, but go farther inland than where the birds can sense the shoreline. Once they get “close enough” they’ll probably push through to the coast. Also, they might follow the rivers to the sea, so if you want to spot Arctic Terns in transit, set up vigil at a good large river vista. If you want to look for stuck terns, check the larger inland reservoirs away from rivers. Also… my two cents is that these ARE storm-driven birds. Just because it wasn’t raining much here doesn’t mean it wasn’t a storm. This was a monster low pressure sea system (with multiple houses finally succumbing to the Atlantic on the Outer Banks of NC this week). Arctic Terns are a marine species, and these unlucky chaps were definitely driven to make a detour by this system. Unrelenting northeast winds for that many days… it puts a dent in your migration route. Same reason why I still don’t have any House Wrens setting up shop here in New Haven yet! But the pattern is changing, and there’s going to be a huge pulse of avian movement in the next 3 days. Great time to get out, probably everywhere. Best, Andy McGann New Haven, CT On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 6:58 PM ashippee via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Any wisdom or guess if they'd be there tomorrow, Sat.? > Or other news of more southern birds I sure would be appreciated. > Tx. Arthur Shippee, Hamden > On Friday, May 13, 2022, 06:26:56 PM EDT, Mark via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > There were six Arctic Terns at Broad Brook Reservoir in Cheshire as of > 6pm. Seen from Reservoir Rd. > > Mark Barriger > Wallingford, CT > > Sent from my iPhone > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ > > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For > list rules and subscription information visit: > https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/ CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rules and subscription information visit: https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/