Dear CT Birders:
I am trying to get a better handle on the distribution of Cerulean Warbler as a nesting species in Connecticut. I would appreciate reports if you have any information on nesting sites or rough population estimates for any of those sites.  I do have the report from the Cornell Cerulean Warbler Atlas Project from a few years back, but I would like to see if there are sites that are missing from that report.  Please respond to me off-line so as to not clog the list.  I would appreciate any information that you may have.  Thank you!

Sincerely,

Patrick Comins, Meriden

At Barn Island today, we had two tricolored herons (in impoundment 5).

Also, for those so inclined, there is a lot of saltmarsh sparrow activity right now, with males singing, females nest building, and at least a few birds on eggs already.

Hearing saltmarsh sharp-taileds is very hard because they're quiet and don't sing much.  Flight displays are especially uncommon, but I saw a couple today, so it's a good time to be watching/listening, if you're interested.

Song rates are quite high now, and should increase in the next week or so.  By the looks of the tides, a lot of nests will probably fail during the high spring tides from 12-15th June, which means there will be another peak of song/display in the week after that.

Chris

Chris Elphick
Storrs, CT
elphick@sbcglobal.net