Stopped by Fisher Meadows today on my way to the airport. Thanks, Lea, for your post yesterday as I was looking for a good spot to stop on the way. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and dark morph SNOW GOOSE (BLUE GOOSE) were both there again today. Also there were 3 NORTHERN PINTAILS (2 drake, 1 hen) in with the mergansers and Canada Geese today.
Jack Swatt
Wolcott
Fisher Meadows Recreation Area, Hartford, US-CT
Dec 2, 2014 10:35 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 white face, pink bill, grey body, orange legs
Snow Goose 1 blue (dark) phase
Canada Goose 400 estimate
Mallard 6
Northern Pintail 3
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 17
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
American Tree Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 6
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On Monday, December 1, 2014 11:57 AM, Lea Kessler via CTBirds ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org wrote:
Today at 10:45 a.m., at the pond of Fisher Meadows, Avon, among hundreds of Canada Geese, a Greater White-fronted Goose and a dark morph Snow Goose.
It was good fun watching all the geese arrive after 10 a.m. I saw the Snow Goose overhead before it landed on the
water.
Also 16 Common Mergansers, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Great Blue Herons, and a Hermit Thrush.
Lea Kessler Shaw
Simsbury
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Stopped by Fisher Meadows today on my way to the airport. Thanks, Lea, for your post yesterday as I was looking for a good spot to stop on the way. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE and dark morph SNOW GOOSE (BLUE GOOSE) were both there again today. Also there were 3 NORTHERN PINTAILS (2 drake, 1 hen) in with the mergansers and Canada Geese today.
Jack Swatt
Wolcott
Fisher Meadows Recreation Area, Hartford, US-CT
Dec 2, 2014 10:35 AM - 11:35 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
20 species
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 white face, pink bill, grey body, orange legs
Snow Goose 1 blue (dark) phase
Canada Goose 400 estimate
Mallard 6
Northern Pintail 3
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 17
Great Blue Heron 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
American Tree Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 6
View this checklist online at http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20757346
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
On Monday, December 1, 2014 11:57 AM, Lea Kessler via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote:
Today at 10:45 a.m., at the pond of Fisher Meadows, Avon, among hundreds of Canada Geese, a Greater White-fronted Goose and a dark morph Snow Goose.
It was good fun watching all the geese arrive after 10 a.m. I saw the Snow Goose overhead before it landed on the
water.
Also 16 Common Mergansers, 4 Hooded Mergansers, 3 Great Blue Herons, and a Hermit Thrush.
Lea Kessler Shaw
Simsbury
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