Barkhamsted Common Eiders
From Fran Zygmont via Jamie Meyers:
5/19 - Barkhamsted Reservoir - 4 COMMON EIDERS, 1 drake and 3 hens, seen and photographed from the Saville Dam pulloff. They were first spotted fairly near the road at 7:15 but subsequently flew deeper into the reservoir and were well out into the reservoir by 7:35, when they were seen by Dave Tripp and Jamie Meyers
From Jamie Meyers:
5/19 - Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton - 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER previously found by Jay Kaplan on a bird walk, also 2 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS. All birds were in the meadow near the barn. Jay tells me the walk recorded 15 warbler species.
On my way back to Canton from Barkhamsted I checked Nepaug Reservoir in the event that there were any amazing waterfowl there as well but had to settle for a pedestrian 2 Common Loons. Congrats to Fran on a superb inland find in the eiders!
Jamie Meyers
Canton, CT
Great Morning at Barn Island with the Hartford Audubon and New Haven Bird Club annual trips. Highlights of the day:
From Hartford Audubon and New Haven Bird Club Trips:
5/19 - Stonington, Barn Island WMA- TRICOLORED HERON, amazing looks at WHITE-EYED VIREOS and Yellow-Throated Vireo. A nice little warbler wave that included a BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER.
Complete? list (corrections, # estimates or additions welcome).
Location: Barn Island WMA
Observation date: 5/19/07
Notes: Hartford Audubon and New Haven Bird Club trips.
Number of species: 85 (84 for trip list)
Brant X 8 or so.
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan X
American Black Duck 7
Mallard X
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant X lots
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret X ~20
Snowy Egret X
Tricolored Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 2
Osprey X lots
Northern Harrier 1
Black-bellied Plover X
Semipalmated Plover 2
American Oystercatcher X On sandbar island.
Greater Yellowlegs X
Willet X
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Least Sandpiper X 30-40?
Herring Gull X Nesting on sandbar island.
Great Black-backed Gull X Nesting on sandbar island.
Common Tern X Mostly in Chanel between sandbar and Napatree Point.
Least Tern X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X
Downy Woodpecker X
Northern Flicker X
Willow Flycatcher X Silent Trail's type. Willow more likely.
White-eyed Vireo 5
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Bank Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Tufted Titmouse X
White-breasted Nuthatch X
Carolina Wren X
House Wren X
Marsh Wren X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Veery 8
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin X
Gray Catbird X
Cedar Waxwing X
Blue-winged Warbler 2
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler X lots. dozens?
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart X Lots, one pair nest building.
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat X
Wilson's Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee X
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow X
Seaside Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow 1
Patrick Comins, Meriden.
In addition to a great find by Fran, these birds serve as a reminder that
this time of year, under the weather conditions we have right now, is a good
time to look for "seaducks," terns and other waterbirds at inland locations.
It would be worth checking lakes and ponds while there's still light today,
as well as tomorrow. These mid-May movements more typically produce scoters
and Long-tailed Ducks, as well as plenty of Common Loons. But something
really unexpected such as these eiders is always a possibility. I was
looking today at Bantam Lake and some lakes in Middlebury. I got just a
couple Common Loons, but you never know. BTW, a lot of those swallows we
didn't see a month or more ago were out on the lakes today and yesterday.
Greg Hanisek
Waterbury
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Subject: [CT Birds] Barkhamsted Common Eiders
From Fran Zygmont via Jamie Meyers:
5/19 - Barkhamsted Reservoir - 4 COMMON EIDERS, 1 drake and 3 hens, seen
and photographed from the Saville Dam pulloff. They were first spotted
fairly near the road at 7:15 but subsequently flew deeper into the
reservoir and were well out into the reservoir by 7:35, when they were
seen by Dave Tripp and Jamie Meyers
From Jamie Meyers:
5/19 - Roaring Brook Nature Center, Canton - 1 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
previously found by Jay Kaplan on a bird walk, also 2 BLACK-BILLED
CUCKOOS. All birds were in the meadow near the barn. Jay tells me the
walk recorded 15 warbler species.
On my way back to Canton from Barkhamsted I checked Nepaug Reservoir in
the event that there were any amazing waterfowl there as well but had to
settle for a pedestrian 2 Common Loons. Congrats to Fran on a superb
inland find in the eiders!
Jamie Meyers
Canton, CT
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