We are only a few days in, but many birders visited one of the hotspots on our community garden list to enjoy fall birding, and beautiful birds were seen at every one! The leaves are starting to turn, the weather is still pretty nice, and no matter how many birds are found, it's great to spend time outdoors in beautiful places! Below are are the totals from the first few days of our community garden harvest contest: Woodbridge Community Gardens - 74 Madison - Bauer Farm - 68 Newington - Deming Young Farm - 57 Mystic - Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center - 51 Mansfield Community Gardens - 50 Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 47 West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 45 East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 44 Vernon Community Gardens - 44 Redding Community Gardens - 43 Stratford Community Garden - 37 New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 27 Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 26 New Haven - Edgerton Park - 17 Ansonia Nature Center - 0 Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 0 Canton Community Gardens - 0 Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 0 Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0 Sherman - Colonial Park - 0 Simsbury Community Gardens - 0 Cooler weather is on the way and a lot more birds are yet to come! To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below. Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator Madison Ansonia Nature Center https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Canton Community Garden https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Killingworth - Parmelee Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Litchfield - Thompson Preserve https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Madison - Bauer Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Mansfield Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Mystic - Coogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center https://ebird.org/hotspot/L2176245/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec New Haven - Edgerton Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Newington - Deming Young Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Sherman - Colonial Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Simsbury Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Stratford Community Garden https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Vernon Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Wallingford - Veteran’s Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec West Hartford - Westmoor Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Wilton - Allen’s Meadows https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Woodbridge Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec