Well, this is not actually a post about birding by the sea, but birding by the Long Island Sound at Hammonasset Beach State Park. Images in this post are from a trip to Hammonasset in mid-January when I met world eBirders Julie Hart and Daniel Schlaepfer with four additional visits in February. Julie was kind […]
Tag: Common Loon
![Two Winter Specialties At Stratford Point Two Winter Specialties At Stratford Point](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/Short-eared-Owl.jpg)
Two Winter Specialties At Stratford Point
Stratford Point just off I-95 above the Long Island Sound became host to a Short-eared Owl on 2 January according to eBird data. I closely followed reports of the Short-eared Owl on eBird as I had not observed the species in the wild before. As the owl was seen with regularity I began to study […]
![Snowy Owl At Long Beach Connecticut Snowy Owl At Long Beach Connecticut](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/20211128-104705.jpg)
Snowy Owl At Long Beach Connecticut
Slightly east of Bridgeport and south of Stratford lies a magnificent wildlife venue called Long Beach. The Snowy Owl above (image 1) was photographed at Long Beach in December 2017. With adjacent Pleasure Beach it is noted that they comprise more than 25% of Connecticut’s remaining undeveloped beachfront property. The Dunlin with Sanderling above (image […]
![Feature: Stratford Point, Connecticut Feature: Stratford Point, Connecticut](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/5.jpg)
Feature: Stratford Point, Connecticut
This land offers a stunning coastal grassland area near the mouth of the Housatonic River which has of this writing 282 species of bird observed according to eBird data. It was my hope to visit Stratford Point and observe the LeConte’s and Clay-colored Sparrows seen a day earlier at the venue. The Common Loon above […]
![Fort De Soto Park Spring Migration: Pt I Fort De Soto Park Spring Migration: Pt I](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GwhYtYhCZlI/Vx0hCbveLuI/AAAAAAAAzAg/8kFHaCSc_GETtna1wqNJXfqIMxrqz6IggCLcB/s1600/6907.jpg)
Fort De Soto Park Spring Migration: Pt I
A trek to Fort De Soto Park in Pinellas County is especially rewarding during migration season. Fort De Soto is a magnet for birds. In fact there have been 337 species sighted at the park and reported to eBird as of this writing. Ron Smith has noted that a Western Grebe was observed and photographed […]
![Nearly Half of Our Birds Are at Risk of Extinction This Century Nearly Half of Our Birds Are at Risk of Extinction This Century](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/20211128-103843.jpg)
Nearly Half of Our Birds Are at Risk of Extinction This Century
The National Audubon Society’s Birds and Climate Change Report should give us all deep cause for concern. The findings are heartbreaking: Nearly half of the bird species in the United States will be seriously threatened by 2080, and any of those could disappear forever. For the first time, Audubon scientists have analyzed decades of historical […]
![Common Loon (Gavia immer) Common Loon (Gavia immer)](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/D8C2148-Edit-2-Edit.jpg)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
The Common Loon or as known as the Great Northern Diver in Eurasia breeds in the northern portion of North America, Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. It winters on the seacoasts or large lakes of south Europe and the United States. Because of its migration habits, it is seen commonly in the waters off the Massachusetts […]
![New Scientific Report Documents the Impacts of Mercury Pollution on Adirondack Loons New Scientific Report Documents the Impacts of Mercury Pollution on Adirondack Loons](https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wp-content/uploads/20211128-101553.jpg)
New Scientific Report Documents the Impacts of Mercury Pollution on Adirondack Loons
Albany, NY–An extensive study of New York’s Adirondack loon population has revealed that mercury contamination can lead to population declines of the iconic bird. The research effort was a joint project between the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). For nearly […]