{"id":1470463,"date":"2017-05-08T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=b054e484b1f8fa0a64b70d9e5bb9f642"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:18:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:18:47","slug":"a-lost-opportunity-at-hammonasset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/a-lost-opportunity-at-hammonasset\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lost Opportunity At Hammonasset"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a handful of days after mid April 2017 Hammonasset Beach State Park was host to a rare species of bird for its time and place.<\/p>\n

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The Killdeer above (image 1) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

A conscientious effort on my part to avoid bad weather led to a late attempt to observe a Lapland Longspur that was reported by a handful of Connecticut birders.<\/p>\n

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The Tree Swallow with prey above (image 2) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Willet above (image 3) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Little Blue Heron above (image 4) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Northern Mockingbird above (image 5) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Glossy Ibis above (image 6) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Osprey above (image 7) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Ring-billed Gull above (image 8) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Double-crested Cormorant above (image 9) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The European Starling above (image 10) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The Red-winged Blackbird above (image 11) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

In the brief time I devoted to observe the longspur at Hammonasset Beach State Park it was regrettably absent while other familiar species made brief appearances.<\/p>\n

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The Greater Yellowlegs above (image 12) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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The American Robin above (image 13) was photographed at Hammonasset Beach State Park in April 2017.<\/p>\n

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