Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6499, Issue 2
This morning, while riding the train, I saw a Killdeer near the tracks. I
sure hope it left that area. It was in the Branford area.
Jeri Duefrene
Niantic
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Spotted Sandpiper? (Paul Desjardins)
2. Re: Spotted Sandpiper? (Angela Dimmitt)
3. Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm (Bianca Beland)
4. Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm (Angela Dimmitt)
5. Derby- tree swallows (Lynn Jones)
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:07:00 -0400
From: Paul Desjardins paul.desjardins2@gmail.com
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Spotted Sandpiper?
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Angela, maybe early but it could very well have been a Spotted Sandpiper.
The main point here is did you notice a stiff wingbeat which is
characteristic of the species? This is but one example of being able to
identify a species even if you got a poor look of it’s plumage.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:22:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: Angela Dimmitt angeladimmitt@aol.com
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Spotted Sandpiper?
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Thanks Paul - no I did not see that wingbeat - and I am very familiar
with it - the bird flew straight down at a slow angle without flapping at
all, then banked slightly out of sight to the stream, so maybe that was its
last glide down before landing. Room fairly soundproof so heard nothing -
but when I walked down there, a wood duck flushed further upstream - but
they don't have white stripes in their wings, at least in my experience -
and the bird I saw was smaller and definitely not a duck.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford
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Paul Desjardins
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Angela, maybe early but it could very well have been a Spotted Sandpiper.
The main point here is did you notice a stiff wingbeat which is
characteristic of the species? This is but one example of being able to
identify a species even if you got a poor look of it’s plumage.
Paul Desjardins
Windsor Locks
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:29:27 -0400
From: Bianca Beland bianca.m.beland@gmail.com
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm
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Stay tuned Frank! We had a Pine Siskin at my parent’s feeder in Barkhamsted
and I heard one in my yard in New Hartford - they’re here!
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3/30, Stratford yard- We have about 100 Goldfinches at our feeders right
now. Big influx from the 30+ daily. Some males are almost fully in
breeding
plumage. Alas, still no Siskin among them.
Frank & Linda Mantlik
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Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 20:35:55 +0000 (UTC)
From: Angela Dimmitt angeladimmitt@aol.com
Subject: [CT Birds] Re: Goldfinch influx/swarm
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A friend in Kent also had a swam of "a hundred or more" goldfinches at
one time. Just half a dozen regulars at my feeders. Just 1 pine siskin on
2/24/25.
Angela Dimmitt
New Milford
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Stay tuned Frank! We had a Pine Siskin at my parent’s feeder in
Barkhamsted
and I heard one in my yard in New Hartford - they’re here!
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3/30, Stratford yard- We have about 100 Goldfinches at our feeders right
now. Big influx from the 30+ daily. Some males are almost fully in
breeding
plumage. Alas, still no Siskin among them.
Frank & Linda Mantlik
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:43:36 -0400
From: Lynn Jones lynnjones11@gmail.com
Subject: [CT Birds] Derby- tree swallows
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Naugatuck River at the Derby Dam area, about 1000 is a conservative
estimate.
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Lynn A. Jones
Museum Assistant
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
New Haven, CT
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