A small eagle was perched in a tree right outside our window around 5:15pm. Its the first time we've seen one here near the house (Enfield/Shaker Pines Lake area). I've posted pictures on my Facebook page if interested. Christina Nieves ________________________________ From: CTBirds <ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org> on behalf of ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org <ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:00 PM To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Subject: CTBirds Digest, Vol 4404, Issue 2 Send CTBirds mailing list submissions to ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org You can reach the person managing the list at ctbirds-owner@lists.ctbirding.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CTBirds digest..." *** When REPLYING to this message PLEASE TRIM OFF THE UNRELATED PORTIONS *** Today's Topics: 1. Mallard & C Geese decline (Ralph Amodei) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:36:03 +0000 (UTC) From: Ralph Amodei <ramodei@att.net> To: CT Birds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Subject: [CT Birds] Mallard & C Geese decline Message-ID: <11210887.9222825.1553182563185@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 ?'From The Field' article in CT Wildlife Nov/Dec '18 issue by Min Huang, DEEP Wildlife Division: Min writes, 'For the past 20 years, mallards breeding in eastern North America have been in a steady decline. Since 1998, spring surveys conducted throughout eastern Canada and the northeastern US every year haveprovided reliable annual estimates of the breeding population size of eastern mallards. These surveys indicate that mallard numbers in eastern Canada have not changed much, but have decreased steadily in the northeastern? US,declining by about 38% since 1998.' Note: I found this interesting, although my Christmas Count '18 in area J most of the mallards I find are onthe Farm River along North High Street, East Haven, CT. I found myself making extra stops last year looking forducks, geese, herons, etc at the side street roads bridges that cross the river over off N. High Street. I hada record count of 56 mallards. This area also attracts more ducks and geese because of an area farmed withcorn every year and many stalks are left up close to the river perhaps for land conservation since it floods annually. Min also mentioned a Canada Goose breeding failure in 2018, prompting the Atlantic Flyway to restrict AtlanticPopulation goose bag limits in the 2019-2020 season. One often forgets that birding and bird counts will include game birds. It is nice to see hunters and birders lookingafter our feathered friends. Also 3/20 over Route 80 over the Shop Rite adult Bald Eagle. Ralph AmodeiEast Haven, CT ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org ------------------------------ End of CTBirds Digest, Vol 4404, Issue 2 ****************************************