Red-winged Blackbird
Just curious, has anyone seen one yet?
Alec Wiggin
Darien
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There are a few of them in Madison already!
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Yes, 3-4 males singing at Silver Sands State Park in Milford a Few days ago.
Gina
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We have had several mixed flocks at our feeders over the past few weeks.
Liz Jaffin
Woodbury
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Yes, 3-4 males singing at Silver Sands State Park in Milford a Few days ago.
Gina
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Several - Male and Female at our feeder in Enfield!
Barbara Scavotto
Enfield
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I had a flock of 9 in my yard a few days ago. Spring is around the corner.
Bev Propen , orange
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Several - Male and Female at our feeder in Enfield!
Barbara Scavotto
Enfield
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I just had 3 males show up at my feeders. I had sporadic females and young males show up earlier this winter, but not in the last few weeks.
Joe Zygala
South Salem, NY
Just over the border from Ridgefield, CT
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Not seen any in "my patch" in New Milford since January and early February, when huge mixed flocks of blackbirds (80-100) descended several times on my feeders - mostly grackles, very few red-winged blackbirds, plus cowbirds and starlings. One lone gloriously iridescent male grackle last week - definitely an outlier. Shall check two local swamps today.
Angela DimmittNew Milford
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A large flock of blackbirds including Red Wing Blackbirds, Brown headed Cowbirds arrived about a week ago. They spend a lot of time chattering in the treetops near the river. Nice to hear their sound return.
Christina Nieves
Windsor Locks
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Yes, 3-4 males singing at Silver Sands State Park in Milford a Few days ago.
Gina
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Ive been seeing them at my feeders for over a week now...
Joan Meek
Old Lyme
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A large flock of blackbirds including Red Wing Blackbirds, Brown headed
Cowbirds arrived about a week ago. They spend a lot of time chattering in
the treetops near the river. Nice to hear their sound return.
Christina Nieves
Windsor Locks
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Yes, 3-4 males singing at Silver Sands State Park in Milford a Few days
ago.
Gina
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In Hamden, we have had young males for weeks, and the occasional female.
A. Shippee, Hamden
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I’ve seen a couple in East Haven that came to eat some ground seed.
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Maria Stockmal
East Haven
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Yes, 3-4 males singing at Silver Sands State Park in Milford a Few days ago.
Gina
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Two yesterday.
North stamford
Jim voros
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A couple today in Glastonbury eating seed.
Kathy Gellman
Glastonbury
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Two yesterday.
North stamford
Jim voros
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Yes in Suffield, for a couple weeks now, male only.
Linda Kozloski
Suffield
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A couple today in Glastonbury eating seed.
Kathy Gellman
Glastonbury
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Two yesterday.
North stamford
Jim voros
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I had them throughout the winter (there's a marshy area behind my house),
but this week is the first I've heard them singing!
I know it's false spring - but sure feels hopeful!
Corey Leamy, COA Secretary
Chester
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Yes in Suffield, for a couple weeks now, male only.
Linda Kozloski
Suffield
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A couple today in Glastonbury eating seed.
Kathy Gellman
Glastonbury
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Two yesterday.
North stamford
Jim voros
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Alec Wiggin
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Saw our first in West Hartford along the Trout Brook Trail yesterday 3/9/26
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I had them throughout the winter (there's a marshy area behind my house),
but this week is the first I've heard them singing!
I know it's false spring - but sure feels hopeful!
Corey Leamy, COA Secretary
Chester
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Yes in Suffield, for a couple weeks now, male only.
Linda Kozloski
Suffield
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A couple today in Glastonbury eating seed.
Kathy Gellman
Glastonbury
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Two yesterday.
North stamford
Jim voros
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Alec Wiggin
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