For all interested, to access Hammonasset early, you must have two things: a Connecticut duck stamp and a special issue Hammo park pass for the day. Take your Connecticut duck stamp to the Hammo office (which is open 24/7) anytime after 5 pm the day before through 6:30 am the day of, to receive a special one-day pass to enter the park early. After 6:30 am the day of, you cannot get a pass for that day. I've heard that they don't want all the regular folks waiting in line in the morning to see anyone entering the park early. Once in, there are no restrictions on what areas of the park you can bird. Sent from my iPhone

Is this something that is done at other State areas such as Sherwood Island?? Marty New Milford Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 16, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Michaelene Komara via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > For all interested, to access Hammonasset early, you must have two things: a Connecticut duck stamp and a special issue Hammo park pass for the day. > > Take your Connecticut duck stamp to the Hammo office (which is open 24/7) anytime after 5 pm the day before through 6:30 am the day of, to receive a special one-day pass to enter the park early. After 6:30 am the day of, you cannot get a pass for that day. > > I've heard that they don't want all the regular folks waiting in line in the morning to see anyone entering the park early. > > Once in, there are no restrictions on what areas of the park you can bird. > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org

If it works out well at Hammonasset COA plans to request that it be extended throughout the State. Kathy Van Der Aue Southport, Connecticut Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Marty via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Is this something that is done at other State areas such as Sherwood > Island?? > > Marty > New Milford > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 16, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Michaelene Komara via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > For all interested, to access Hammonasset early, you must have two > things: a Connecticut duck stamp and a special issue Hammo park pass for > the day. > > > > Take your Connecticut duck stamp to the Hammo office (which is open > 24/7) anytime after 5 pm the day before through 6:30 am the day of, to > receive a special one-day pass to enter the park early. After 6:30 am the > day of, you cannot get a pass for that day. > > > > I've heard that they don't want all the regular folks waiting in line in > the morning to see anyone entering the park early. > > > > Once in, there are no restrictions on what areas of the park you can > bird. > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association > (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/ > mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/ > mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >