CT Birders - Week one of our community garden harvest competition is in the books! Many of you reached out and numerous hotspots were added to our list. There are now EIGHTEEN hotspots participating! Week one results are below, sorted by the number of species found so far: Wilton - Allen’s Meadows - 85 Madison - Bauer Farm - 75 Mansfield Community Gardens - 56 Woodbridge Community Gardens - 51 Wallingford - Veteran’s Park - 50 West Hartford - Westmoor Park - 50 Newington - Deming Young Farm - 44 Litchfield - Thompson Preserve - 42 Stratford Community Garden - 41 East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area - 40 New Haven - Farnham Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm - 39 Ansonia Nature Center - 38 New Haven - Edgerton Park - 37 Vernon Community Gardens - 33 Simsbury Community Gardens - 29 Killingworth - Parmelee Farm - 14 Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury - 0 Sherman - Colonial Park - 0 The updated hotspot list is below, sorted by town. To see what birds are being found, click the link for each hotspot. Ansonia Nature Center https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3572819/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Bloomfield - Reservoir 2, Seabury https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1564924/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec East Haddam - Harris Reserve and Municipal Area https://ebird.org/hotspot/L36996742/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Killingworth - Parmelee Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L4399349/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Litchfield - Thompson Preserve https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1341089/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Madison - Bauer Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1793844/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Mansfield Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L5039488/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec New Haven - Edgerton Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1458781/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec New Haven - Farnham Memorial Gardens and Yale Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L12546640/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Newington - Deming Young Farm https://ebird.org/hotspot/L13602860/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Sherman - Colonial Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L37009619/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Simsbury Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1297090/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Stratford Community Garden https://ebird.org/hotspot/L999829/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Vernon Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L16550410/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Wallingford - Veteran’s Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L471935/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec West Hartford - Westmoor Park https://ebird.org/hotspot/L198655/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Wilton - Allen’s Meadows https://ebird.org/hotspot/L464304/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec Woodbridge Community Gardens https://ebird.org/hotspot/L1290771/bird-list?yr=curM&rank=lrec With a cool front coming through, let’s see what week two brings!! Chuck Imbergamo CT Birds Moderator Madison