Winter Eagle Count at Nod Brook WMA
January 9th was the annual CT mid-winter eagle count, and I walk the
Farmington River at Nod Brook WMA in Avon/Simsbury. No eagles...haven't
seen them there in the years I have been counting. But, two very close
golden-crowned kinglets and a couple of cedar waxwings made it worth the
cold walk.
As a warning, there is active hunting at Nod Brook although many folks walk
their dogs there while shots are being fired. I turned around when I heard
a shot...my devotion to birding only goes so far! Please remember to wear
orange when in state forests or other hunting areas. No hunting on Sunday,
so that's always safe.
Zellene
I also did the DEP Eagle count yesterday with 6 of my CT River Museum students:
Parker's Point Rd, Chester; 2 Adult Bald Eagles. One second year Bald Eagle.
Also: 30+ Common Merganser
15 Goldeneye
NO Great Cormorants!
Bill Yule
"For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms."
--- On Sun, 1/10/10, zellene sandler zellene@earthlink.net wrote:
From: zellene sandler zellene@earthlink.net
Subject: [CT Birds] Winter Eagle Count at Nod Brook WMA
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 10:26 AM
January 9th was the annual CT mid-winter eagle count, and I walk the
Farmington River at Nod Brook WMA in Avon/Simsbury. No eagles...haven't
seen them there in the years I have been counting. But, two very close
golden-crowned kinglets and a couple of cedar waxwings made it worth the
cold walk.
As a warning, there is active hunting at Nod Brook although many folks walk
their dogs there while shots are being fired. I turned around when I heard
a shot...my devotion to birding only goes so far! Please remember to wear
orange when in state forests or other hunting areas. No hunting on Sunday,
so that's always safe.
Zellene
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On 9 Jan., Charlie Barnard & I also did the DEP Eagle survey.
At Saugatuck Reservoir in Weston we found 2 adult Bald Eagles, a few Common Mergansers and Ring-necked Ducks, 1 Great Cormorant, and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. No eagles were found on the frozen Aspetuck, Hemlock and Samp Mortar Reservoirs.
In the afternoon, Larry Nichols and I found the ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and 1 adult Bald Eagle in Stratford at Long Beach West. The warbler was feeding on dead goldenrod heads on the dune in front of the cottages, quite a walk from the parking lot.
Frank Mantlik
Stratford
From: Boletebill boletebill@yahoo.com
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org; zellene@earthlink.net
Sent: Sun, January 10, 2010 12:07:38 PM
Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Winter Eagle Count at Chester CT on the CT River
I also did the DEP Eagle count yesterday with 6 of my CT River Museum students:
Parker's Point Rd, Chester; 2 Adult Bald Eagles. One second year Bald Eagle.
Also: 30+ Common Merganser
15 Goldeneye
NO Great Cormorants!
Bill Yule
"For those who hunger after the earthly excrescences called mushrooms."
--- On Sun, 1/10/10, zellene sandler zellene@earthlink.net wrote:
From: zellene sandler zellene@earthlink.net
Subject: [CT Birds] Winter Eagle Count at Nod Brook WMA
To: ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org
Date: Sunday, January 10, 2010, 10:26 AM
January 9th was the annual CT mid-winter eagle count, and I walk the
Farmington River at Nod Brook WMA in Avon/Simsbury. No eagles...haven't
seen them there in the years I have been counting. But, two very close
golden-crowned kinglets and a couple of cedar waxwings made it worth the
cold walk.
As a warning, there is active hunting at Nod Brook although many folks walk
their dogs there while shots are being fired. I turned around when I heard
a shot...my devotion to birding only goes so far! Please remember to wear
orange when in state forests or other hunting areas. No hunting on Sunday,
so that's always safe.
Zellene
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