Paul Desjardins paul.desjardins2@gmail.com Phone: (860) 623-3696 Well David, you outshined me as my first bird for the new year was a House Sparrow. Followed by 3 European Starlings. Oh well, the quality should improve when I get out this afternoon! Happy New Year everyone! Paul Desjardins Windsor Locks

Every year I try and make my first Bird something other than an invasive but normally, it ends up being just that. This morning I was lucky enough to have Blue Jay be my first bird. I'll take it. Happy New Year! Stefan Martin On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:54 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > Paul Desjardins > paul.desjardins2@gmail.com > Phone: (860) 623-3696 > > > Well David, you outshined me as my first bird for the new year was a House > Sparrow. Followed by 3 European Starlings. Oh well, the quality should > improve when I get out this afternoon! Happy New Year everyone! > > Paul Desjardins > Windsor Locks > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Stefan Martin

Hard to say what my first bird was because I saw three species all at once at the feeder. Common Grackles, White-throated Sparrow, and Junco. Unfortunately the Yellow-headed Blackbird had not been here since the original sighting. Dave Provencher On Jan 1, 2018 11:12 AM, "Stefan Martin via CTBirds" < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Every year I try and make my first > Bird something other than an invasive but normally, it ends up being just > that. This morning I was lucky enough to have Blue Jay be my first bird. > I'll take it. > > Happy New Year! > Stefan Martin > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:54 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Paul Desjardins > > paul.desjardins2@gmail.com > > Phone: (860) 623-3696 > > > > > > Well David, you outshined me as my first bird for the new year was a > House > > Sparrow. Followed by 3 European Starlings. Oh well, the quality should > > improve when I get out this afternoon! Happy New Year everyone! > > > > Paul Desjardins > > Windsor Locks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- > Stefan Martin > _______________________________________________ > 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 >

​Mine was Mrs. Northern Flicker.​ Some say your first bird of the New Year is your spirit guide for the year. Maybe I'll be flickery? I'll have to note her traits. I hope she is hard-working, diligent and filled with moral integrity, for that is my goal for the New Year. Kathy Van Der Aue Southport, Connecticut Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Stefan Martin via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Every year I try and make my first > Bird something other than an invasive but normally, it ends up being just > that. This morning I was lucky enough to have Blue Jay be my first bird. > I'll take it. > > Happy New Year! > Stefan Martin > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:54 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Paul Desjardins > > paul.desjardins2@gmail.com > > Phone: (860) 623-3696 > > > > > > Well David, you outshined me as my first bird for the new year was a > House > > Sparrow. Followed by 3 European Starlings. Oh well, the quality should > > improve when I get out this afternoon! Happy New Year everyone! > > > > Paul Desjardins > > Windsor Locks > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- > Stefan Martin > _______________________________________________ > 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 >

Kathy, they also live on a diet of suet and bugs! As for me, a couple of Blue Jays chattering grabbed the honor. (My feeders had been deserted when I first checked.) Sent from my iPad > On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > ​Mine was Mrs. Northern Flicker.​ Some say your first bird of the New Year > is your spirit guide for the year. Maybe I'll be flickery? I'll have to > note her traits. I hope she is hard-working, diligent and filled with moral > integrity, for that is my goal for the New Year. > > > Kathy Van Der Aue > Southport, Connecticut > Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Stefan Martin via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > >> Every year I try and make my first >> Bird something other than an invasive but normally, it ends up being just >> that. This morning I was lucky enough to have Blue Jay be my first bird. >> I'll take it. >> >> Happy New Year! >> Stefan Martin >> >> On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:54 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds < >> ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Paul Desjardins >>> paul.desjardins2@gmail.com >>> Phone: (860) 623-3696 >>> >>> >>> Well David, you outshined me as my first bird for the new year was a >> House >>> Sparrow. Followed by 3 European Starlings. Oh well, the quality should >>> improve when I get out this afternoon! Happy New Year everyone! >>> >>> Paul Desjardins >>> Windsor Locks >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> -- >> Stefan Martin >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

Well I am a carnivore. They eat mainly ants, I think. I tried chocolate covered ants once in the 60's. Not my favorite but everything's better with chocolate. I was checking on them and find they are monogamous which I will have been for 50 years this April 27th. I also saw they are described as having attractive plumage and a gentle facial expression. One thing I read which did not occur for me was that the male does most of the feeding of the young. Not MY experience! Kathy Van Der Aue Southport, Connecticut Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 11:52 AM, Arthur Shippee via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > Kathy, they also live on a diet of suet and bugs! > > As for me, a couple of Blue Jays chattering grabbed the honor. (My > feeders had been deserted when I first checked.) > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Jan 1, 2018, at 11:27 AM, Kathy Van Der Aue via CTBirds < > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > > ​Mine was Mrs. Northern Flicker.​ Some say your first bird of the New > Year > > is your spirit guide for the year. Maybe I'll be flickery? I'll have to > > note her traits. I hope she is hard-working, diligent and filled with > moral > > integrity, for that is my goal for the New Year. > > > > > > Kathy Van Der Aue > > Southport, Connecticut > > Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com > > > > On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Stefan Martin via CTBirds < > > ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > > > >> Every year I try and make my first > >> Bird something other than an invasive but normally, it ends up being > just > >> that. This morning I was lucky enough to have Blue Jay be my first bird. > >> I'll take it. > >> > >> Happy New Year! > >> Stefan Martin > >> > >> On Mon, Jan 1, 2018 at 10:54 AM Paul Desjardins via CTBirds < > >> ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> Paul Desjardins > >>> paul.desjardins2@gmail.com > >>> Phone: (860) 623-3696 > >>> > >>> > >>> Well David, you outshined me as my first bird for the new year was a > >> House > >>> Sparrow. Followed by 3 European Starlings. Oh well, the quality should > >>> improve when I get out this afternoon! Happy New Year everyone! > >>> > >>> Paul Desjardins > >>> Windsor Locks > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >>> > >> -- > >> Stefan Martin > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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