Goose chase - scope help
Hello CT birders -
As most of you are aware, we have THREE rare geese visiting our state right now: A Greater White-fronted Goose, a Pink-footed Goose, and a BARNACLE GOOSE are hanging out with a large flock of Canada geese and some Cackling geese, moving between Broad Brook Mill Pond in East Windsor and private fields at Jobs Hill Road in Ellington. Many people are coming from outside our state and (even our region!) to see these birds!
I was contacted by an out-of-state birder who will be traveling through our state tomorrow and is hoping for someone to be in the area around 10 AM with a scope, since they do not have theirs with them.
While it seems likely that someone will be there by chance, it would be great to connect this birder with one of us so they have a chance to see one or all of these rarities through a scope.
Please reply to me off list and I can provide your contact info. if you are planning on a visit to look for the geese tomorrow mid morning and are willing to try and help a fellow birder!
Thank you,
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
Hi chuck,i was there yesterday and located the barnacle goose in a field it was reported in at the intersection of frog hollow rd and crane rd. ,just another spot to check if its not where it was today.best of luckChris robertsChester vtSent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Date: 11/29/25 6:30 PM (GMT-05:00) To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org Subject: [CT Birds] Goose chase - scope help Hello CT birders -As most of you are aware, we have THREE rare geese visiting our state right now: A Greater White-fronted Goose, a Pink-footed Goose, and a BARNACLE GOOSE are hanging out with a large flock of Canada geese and some Cackling geese, moving between Broad Brook Mill Pond in East Windsor and private fields at Jobs Hill Road in Ellington. Many people are coming from outside our state and (even our region!) to see these birds!I was contacted by an out-of-state birder who will be traveling through our state tomorrow and is hoping for someone to be in the area around 10 AM with a scope, since they do not have theirs with them.While it seems likely that someone will be there by chance, it would be great to connect this birder with one of us so they have a chance to see one or all of these rarities through a scope.Please reply to me off list and I can provide your contact info. if you are planning on a visit to look for the geese tomorrow mid morning and are willing to try and help a fellow birder!Thank you,Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator MadisonTo subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.orgCTBirds, 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/
Hello birders in CT and nearby:
On this Thanksgiving weekend it is appropriate that we recognize and give
thanks to Chuck Imbergamo, our CT Birds Moderator, since September 2021
(you can click on the link below to see an image of that 2021
announcement).
A 2021 POSTING REGARDING THE CTBIRDS “CHANGING-OF-THE-GUARD”
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jKwB0mb88sl8jTbUlNNgj5i-Yzs-p_sX91Q6MxSrUXE/edit?tab=t.0
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jKwB0mb88sl8jTbUlNNgj5i-Yzs-p_sX91Q6MxSrUXE/edit?tab=t.0
Thank you Chuck (and thanks to Roy Harvey before you) for your deeply
appreciated work for Connecticut birders and birding. You and your online
CT Birds service are an essential part of the evolving network of
near-real-time bird information for our state and nearby.
Thank you so much Chuck!! You are really appreciated.
https://www.ctbirding.org/about/affiliates/
Tom Robben
On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds <
ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
Hello CT birders -
As most of you are aware, we have THREE rare geese visiting our state
right now: A Greater White-fronted Goose, a Pink-footed Goose, and a
BARNACLE GOOSE are hanging out with a large flock of Canada geese and some
Cackling geese, moving between Broad Brook Mill Pond in East Windsor and
private fields at Jobs Hill Road in Ellington. Many people are coming from
outside our state and (even our region!) to see these birds!
I was contacted by an out-of-state birder who will be traveling through
our state tomorrow and is hoping for someone to be in the area around 10 AM
with a scope, since they do not have theirs with them.
While it seems likely that someone will be there by chance, it would be
great to connect this birder with one of us so they have a chance to see
one or all of these rarities through a scope.
Please reply to me off list and I can provide your contact info. if you
are planning on a visit to look for the geese tomorrow mid morning and are
willing to try and help a fellow birder!
Thank you,
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or
"leave" in the subject or body to: ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org
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/