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Community garden harvest - final results

Chuck Imbergamo

Sun, Nov 2, 2025 6:48 PM

CT Birders -

Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch birding’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages you to bird more intensively in search of something different. And of course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your ID skills!
My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer Farm. Photos are on my checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others in our community!
Good birding,
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
Below are the final totals for 2025:
1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60
T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0

To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below.

CT Birders - Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest contest…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!! No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch birding’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages you to bird more intensively in search of something different. And of course getting out more often and birding with a purpose also sharpens your ID skills! My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s Snipe which I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer Farm. Photos are on my checklist https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995 Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a patch first, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others in our community! Good birding, Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator Madison Below are the final totals for 2025: 1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97 2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92 3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79 4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66 T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60 T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60 T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60 T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60 6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57 7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56 8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49 T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47 T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47 10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42 11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34 12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33 13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32 14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29 15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16 16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0 To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below. Ansonia Nature Center https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Canton Community Garden https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Killingworth - Parmelee Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Litchfield - Thompson Preserve https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Madison - Bauer Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Mansfield Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec New Haven - Edgerton Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Newington - Deming Young Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Sherman - Colonial Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Simsbury Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Stratford Community Garden https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Vernon Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Wallingford - Veteran’s Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec West Hartford - Westmoor Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Wilton - Allen’s Meadows https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Woodbridge Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec

Michael Carpenter

Mon, Nov 3, 2025 10:18 PM

Hello Chuck,

Thank you for offering the Community Garden Harvest challenge again
this year and for tracking everyone's progress. All the time you put
into this is greatly appreciated. It is great fun and good seeing how
everyone else is doing. Redding will never catch Allen's or Bauer but
it is still fun doing the best we can. Maybe someday we'll have a few
surprises. Many new birds are certainly possible, including Wilson's
Snipe and Vesper Sparrow! Best bird for us this year was probably a
somewhat unexpected Black-throated Green Warbler. It is a great spot
for a relatively wide range of Sparrows. Thanks again!

Michael Carpenter,
Redding

On 11/2/2025 1:48 PM, Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds wrote:

CT Birders -

Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest contes
t…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!!
No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch birding
’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows you to tune
into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages you to bird more
intensively in search of something different. And of course getting out more o
ften and birding with a purpose also sharpens your ID skills!
My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s Snipe whic
h I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer Farm. Photos are
on my checklist [1]https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995
Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a patch fir
st, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others in our communit
y!
Good birding,
Chuck Imbergamo
CT Birds Moderator
Madison
Below are the final totals for 2025:
1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97
2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92
3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79
4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66
T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60
T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60
T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60
T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60
6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57
7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56
8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49
T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47
T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47
10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42
11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34
12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33
13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32
14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29
15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16
16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0

To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below.

Ansonia Nature Center
[2]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury
[3]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Canton Community Garden
[4]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area
[5]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Killingworth - Parmelee Farm
[6]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Litchfield - Thompson Preserve
[7]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Madison - Bauer Farm
[8]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Mansfield Community Gardens
[9]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Edgerton Park
[10]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm
[11]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Newington - Deming Young Farm
[12]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area
[13]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Sherman - Colonial Park
[14]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Simsbury Community Gardens
[15]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Stratford Community Garden
[16]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Vernon Community Gardens
[17]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wallingford - Veteran’s Park
[18]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
West Hartford - Westmoor Park
[19]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Wilton - Allen’s Meadows
[20]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec
Woodbridge Community Gardens
[21]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec

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References

Hello Chuck, Thank you for offering the Community Garden Harvest challenge again this year and for tracking everyone's progress. All the time you put into this is greatly appreciated. It is great fun and good seeing how everyone else is doing. Redding will never catch Allen's or Bauer but it is still fun doing the best we can. Maybe someday we'll have a few surprises. Many new birds are certainly possible, including Wilson's Snipe and Vesper Sparrow! Best bird for us this year was probably a somewhat unexpected Black-throated Green Warbler. It is a great spot for a relatively wide range of Sparrows. Thanks again! Michael Carpenter, Redding On 11/2/2025 1:48 PM, Chuck Imbergamo via CTBirds wrote: CT Birders - Once again, Allen‘s Meadows is the winner of the community garden harvest contes t…congratulations to the Allen’s birders!! No matter what place your hotspot landed, I hope birders enjoyed ‘patch birding ’. It helps you learn the best spots to bird within an area, allows you to tune into the pulse of birds through season changes, and encourages you to bird more intensively in search of something different. And of course getting out more o ften and birding with a purpose also sharpens your ID skills! My favorite bird this past week was an unusually cooperative Wilson’s Snipe whic h I found right in the middle of the community garden at Bauer Farm. Photos are on my checklist [1]https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995 Please share any highlights of your experiences; your favorite bird, a patch fir st, anything unusual, or even notable misses may interest others in our communit y! Good birding, Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator Madison Below are the final totals for 2025: 1 - Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 97 2 - Madison - Bauer Farm - 92 3 - Woodbridge Community Gardens - 79 4 - Newington - Deming Young Farm -66 T5 - Mansfield Community Gardens - 60 T5 - New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 60 T5 - Redding Community Gardens - 60 T5 - West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 60 6 - East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 57 7 - Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 56 8 - Vernon Community Gardens - 49 T9 - Ansonia Nature Center - 47 T9 - Stratford Community Garden - 47 10 - Canton Community Gardens - 42 11 - Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 34 12 - New Haven - Edgerton Park - 33 13 - Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 32 14 - Sherman - Colonial Park - 29 15 - Simsbury Community Gardens - 16 16 - Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 0 To see the bird lists for any of the gardens, click the hotspot links below. Ansonia Nature Center [2]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury [3]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Canton Community Garden [4]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area [5]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Killingworth - Parmelee Farm [6]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Litchfield - Thompson Preserve [7]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Madison - Bauer Farm [8]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Mansfield Community Gardens [9]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec New Haven - Edgerton Park [10]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec New Haven - Farnam Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm [11]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Newington - Deming Young Farm [12]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Redding Community Gardens and Municipal Area [13]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Sherman - Colonial Park [14]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Simsbury Community Gardens [15]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Stratford Community Garden [16]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Vernon Community Gardens [17]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Wallingford - Veteran’s Park [18]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec West Hartford - Westmoor Park [19]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Wilton - Allen’s Meadows [20]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec Woodbridge Community Gardens [21]https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send an email with just "join" or "leave" in the subject or body to: [22]ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org CTBirds, a service of Connecticut Ornithological Association - Bringing birders together statewide. Please support COA: [23]https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ CTBirds is for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For list rule s and subscription information visit: [24]https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birdin g/ct-birds-email-list/ References 1. https://ebird.org/checklist/S282204995 2. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 3. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 4. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3929583/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 5. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 6. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 7. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 8. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 9. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 10. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 11. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 12. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 13. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37061077/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 14. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 15. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 16. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 17. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 18. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 19. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 20. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 21. https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=cur&m=10&rank=lrec 22. mailto:ctbirds-request@lists.ctbirding.org 23. https://www.ctbirding.org/join-us/ 24. https://www.ctbirding.org/birds-birding/ct-birds-email-list/