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Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve Trail

Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve Trail

December 5, 2017December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey 4 Comments

Mondo Ponds Nature Preserve is located in Milford, Connecticut only minutes from I-95 and dozens of other highly valued birding venues. Images presented in this blog article were capture on a pair of visits made to the trail, one in late October and one in late November. While the preserve constitutes nearly 36 acres, I […]

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Feature:  Stratford Point, Connecticut

Feature: Stratford Point, Connecticut

November 7, 2017December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey 3 Comments

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 […]

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Pennington Marsh – 5th October

Pennington Marsh – 5th October

October 17, 2017December 23, 2019 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

It was a beautiful October day and after dropping Tobias at school I was going to spent the day at Pennington Marsh until it was time to pick him up at 15:30. After a coffee at the corner of Lower Pennington Lane I walked along the fun length of the Ancient Highway. It took me […]

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Plucky duck: highest-flying fowl’s Himalayan exploits revealed

Plucky duck: highest-flying fowl’s Himalayan exploits revealed

September 15, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper Leave a comment

A high-flying species of duck reaches altitudes of up to 6,800 metres (22,000ft) to cross the Himalayas, research from a British university has revealed. Scientists from the University of Exeter used satellite tracking to find out how ruddy shelducks – which are a similar size to mallards – find their way through the mountain range. […]

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Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust – 22nd April

Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust – 22nd April

May 1, 2017December 23, 2019 Simon Colenutt Leave a comment

We had a weekend at the cottage in the Cotswolds planned but there was to be little time for birding – I need brownie points for an up coming trip! Still, I managed to convince Sarah that a trip to Slimbridge might be nice and she duly arranged to meet with her sister so that […]

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A Productive Frozen Boat Launch

A Productive Frozen Boat Launch

April 11, 2017December 23, 2019 Bob Pelkey Leave a comment

Rare eBird lists for Connecticut remain a little shorter than those for Florida in my experience. Nonetheless I was intrigued by reports of rare species of goose being reported at Donald W. Barnes Boat Launch in Hartford County Connecticut in mid-winter. A species commonly seen here in New England in the winter months was remarkably […]

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POLL: Will the promise of “crystal clear water” be broken by Trump?

POLL: Will the promise of “crystal clear water” be broken by Trump?

March 15, 2017February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 1 Comment

President Trump has said that he wants the nation to have “crystal clear water,” and it would be hard to find anyone who would disagree with that. However, last week, the Administration released an executive order that would take the country in the opposite direction — rolling back a rule aimed at bettering the drinking […]

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Winter visitors and passage migrants – Haradh

Winter visitors and passage migrants – Haradh

March 4, 2017December 23, 2019 Jem Babbington Leave a comment

Phil Roberts and I went to Haradh recently and found plenty of good birds despite the temperature being 1 degrees Celsius the coldest day for many years in the region as well as a bitingly cold northerly wind. Some birds were winter visitors such as Mallard, Northern Lapwing, Desert Wheatear, Eastern Imperial Eagle and Tawny […]

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