1. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Alec Wiggin)
2. Coastal Center (Beverly Propen)

Good morning, My neighbor just texted me that there is Great Blue Heron in the back yard. It is just walking around . This is a condo complex in Niantic. We both live close to a marsh, not sure why it is hanging out in the yard. I am not sure if it is injured as I am at work in New Haven. Any idea why it would stay in a yard? Jeri Duefrene, Niantic On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM <ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing > birders together statewide. Please support COA: > https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of CTBirds digest..." and also be sure to > *** TRIM OFF THE UNRELATED PORTIONS OF THE MESSAGE *** > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Alec Wiggin) > 2. Coastal Center (Beverly Propen) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:52:49 -0400 > From: Alec Wiggin <alec@aared.com> > Subject: [CT Birds] Yellow-crowned Night Heron > To: "ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > Message-ID: <EBCC93D4-2716-4FD6-9102-3764C2F8BBEA@aared.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Harvesting fiddler crabs at Holly Pond. > > Alec Wiggin > Darien > > Sent from my iPad > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:08:07 -0400 > From: Beverly Propen <bpropen@gmail.com> > Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center > To: Ct Birdlist <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > Message-ID: > <CAMcNzakCA2f2= > 1_HRKCbS-GRQ+xU+zc5Gf7CpLU+c8DUpuJfUA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > 6/25 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:30am-11AM. sunny, > hot, low tide. > Camp is in session, so the building is busy with camper activities. > Our Purple Martin colony is flourishing- 2 gourds have chicks and many > gourds have eggs. Osprey chicks are growing. Several other ospreys in area > flying around with fish in their talons. > On the Marsh: 6 Canada Geese, 1 Great Egret, 1 mallard. > On the grounds: Robins, Cardinals, 1 Mockingbird that thinks it's a > cardinal and blue jay, 1 Catbird, several Common Grackles, House finches > and birds bathing in the fountain. > A Walk on the sandbars along LIS side- Several birders out. Many Piping > plovers scurrying around with 2 sitting on nests, 3 Semipalmated > Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Plover, many Least Terns flying over carrying > fish, about 8 American Oystercatchers sitting on rocks with 2 pairs on > occupied nests, 4 D.C. Cormorants drying off and sunning, and 3 Common > Loons (possible family unit) diving and feeding in Long Island Sound. > Full report on Ebird. > Bev Propen, Orange > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > 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/ > > Email CTBirds mailing list submissions to: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org > To subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > https://lists.ctbirding.org/list/ctbirds.lists.ctbirding.org > 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 > You can email the person managing the list at: > ctbirds-owner@lists.ctbirding.org > > ------------------------------ > > End of CTBirds Digest, Vol 6577, Issue 1 > **************************************** >

We had one in our yard once; it just hung around for a while and then took off. We live near a stream, so we figured it was just checking out the neighborhood. My only concern would be if it is injured and there are dogs, etc. that could get to it. > On Jun 26, 2025, at 9:32 AM, Jeri D. via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > Good morning, > My neighbor just texted me that there is Great Blue Heron in the back yard. > It is just walking around . This is a condo complex in Niantic. We both > live close to a marsh, not sure why it is hanging out in the yard. I am not > sure if it is injured as I am at work in New Haven. Any idea why it would > stay in a yard? > Jeri Duefrene, Niantic > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM <ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > >> >> >> CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing >> birders together statewide. Please support COA: >> https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of CTBirds digest..." and also be sure to >> *** TRIM OFF THE UNRELATED PORTIONS OF THE MESSAGE *** >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Alec Wiggin) >> 2. Coastal Center (Beverly Propen) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:52:49 -0400 >> From: Alec Wiggin <alec@aared.com> >> Subject: [CT Birds] Yellow-crowned Night Heron >> To: "ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> >> Message-ID: <EBCC93D4-2716-4FD6-9102-3764C2F8BBEA@aared.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Harvesting fiddler crabs at Holly Pond. >> >> Alec Wiggin >> Darien >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:08:07 -0400 >> From: Beverly Propen <bpropen@gmail.com> >> Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center >> To: Ct Birdlist <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> >> Message-ID: >> <CAMcNzakCA2f2= >> 1_HRKCbS-GRQ+xU+zc5Gf7CpLU+c8DUpuJfUA@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> 6/25 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:30am-11AM. sunny, >> hot, low tide. >> Camp is in session, so the building is busy with camper activities. >> Our Purple Martin colony is flourishing- 2 gourds have chicks and many >> gourds have eggs. Osprey chicks are growing. Several other ospreys in area >> flying around with fish in their talons. >> On the Marsh: 6 Canada Geese, 1 Great Egret, 1 mallard. >> On the grounds: Robins, Cardinals, 1 Mockingbird that thinks it's a >> cardinal and blue jay, 1 Catbird, several Common Grackles, House finches >> and birds bathing in the fountain. >> A Walk on the sandbars along LIS side- Several birders out. Many Piping >> plovers scurrying around with 2 sitting on nests, 3 Semipalmated >> Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Plover, many Least Terns flying over carrying >> fish, about 8 American Oystercatchers sitting on rocks with 2 pairs on >> occupied nests, 4 D.C. Cormorants drying off and sunning, and 3 Common >> Loons (possible family unit) diving and feeding in Long Island Sound. >> Full report on Ebird. >> Bev Propen, Orange >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) >> 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/ >> >> Email CTBirds mailing list submissions to: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org >> To subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> https://lists.ctbirding.org/list/ctbirds.lists.ctbirding.org >> 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 >> You can email the person managing the list at: >> ctbirds-owner@lists.ctbirding.org >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of CTBirds Digest, Vol 6577, Issue 1 >> **************************************** >> > > 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/

hunting frogs, mice or voles probably. Chris S. Wood Woodbury, CT 203 558-0654 Follow me on: Flickr -https://www.flickr.com/photos/cswood-photos/ Instagram - cswood_nature_photography <https://www.instagram.com/cswood_nature_photography/#> > On Jun 26, 2025, at 9:32 AM, Jeri D. via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > Good morning, > My neighbor just texted me that there is Great Blue Heron in the back yard. > It is just walking around . This is a condo complex in Niantic. We both > live close to a marsh, not sure why it is hanging out in the yard. I am not > sure if it is injured as I am at work in New Haven. Any idea why it would > stay in a yard? > Jeri Duefrene, Niantic > > On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM <ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > >> >> >> CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing >> birders together statewide. Please support COA: >> https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of CTBirds digest..." and also be sure to >> *** TRIM OFF THE UNRELATED PORTIONS OF THE MESSAGE *** >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Alec Wiggin) >> 2. Coastal Center (Beverly Propen) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:52:49 -0400 >> From: Alec Wiggin <alec@aared.com> >> Subject: [CT Birds] Yellow-crowned Night Heron >> To: "ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org" <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> >> Message-ID: <EBCC93D4-2716-4FD6-9102-3764C2F8BBEA@aared.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Harvesting fiddler crabs at Holly Pond. >> >> Alec Wiggin >> Darien >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:08:07 -0400 >> From: Beverly Propen <bpropen@gmail.com> >> Subject: [CT Birds] Coastal Center >> To: Ct Birdlist <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> >> Message-ID: >> <CAMcNzakCA2f2= >> 1_HRKCbS-GRQ+xU+zc5Gf7CpLU+c8DUpuJfUA@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> 6/25 Milford, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center 9:30am-11AM. sunny, >> hot, low tide. >> Camp is in session, so the building is busy with camper activities. >> Our Purple Martin colony is flourishing- 2 gourds have chicks and many >> gourds have eggs. Osprey chicks are growing. Several other ospreys in area >> flying around with fish in their talons. >> On the Marsh: 6 Canada Geese, 1 Great Egret, 1 mallard. >> On the grounds: Robins, Cardinals, 1 Mockingbird that thinks it's a >> cardinal and blue jay, 1 Catbird, several Common Grackles, House finches >> and birds bathing in the fountain. >> A Walk on the sandbars along LIS side- Several birders out. Many Piping >> plovers scurrying around with 2 sitting on nests, 3 Semipalmated >> Sandpipers, 1 Semipalmated Plover, many Least Terns flying over carrying >> fish, about 8 American Oystercatchers sitting on rocks with 2 pairs on >> occupied nests, 4 D.C. Cormorants drying off and sunning, and 3 Common >> Loons (possible family unit) diving and feeding in Long Island Sound. >> Full report on Ebird. >> Bev Propen, Orange >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) >> 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/ >> >> Email CTBirds mailing list submissions to: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org >> To subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> https://lists.ctbirding.org/list/ctbirds.lists.ctbirding.org >> 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 >> You can email the person managing the list at: >> ctbirds-owner@lists.ctbirding.org >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of CTBirds Digest, Vol 6577, Issue 1 >> **************************************** >> > > 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/

Hi Jeri - I agree with Chris, especially since I watched a Great Blue Heron feasting on voles at Bauer Farm in Madison several times last Fall. See my eBird checklist for photos: https://ebird.org/checklist/S200204806 (caution: not for the faint of heart). Amazing to watch; but not for the voles! Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator Madison ________________________________ From: Jeri D. via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2025 9:32 AM To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Subject: [CT Birds] Re: CTBirds Digest, Vol 6577, Issue 1 Good morning, My neighbor just texted me that there is Great Blue Heron in the back yard. It is just walking around . This is a condo complex in Niantic. We both live close to a marsh, not sure why it is hanging out in the yard. I am not sure if it is injured as I am at work in New Haven. Any idea why it would stay in a yard? Jeri Duefrene, Niantic 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/