Long Migration

Semipalmated Sandpiper. Photo courtesy of Frank Mantlik.

The day after Milan Bull, our senior director of science and conservation, wrote about how Connecticut Audubon Society is participating in a Partners In Flight effort to protect the wintering grounds and stop-over areas of migratory birds, an interesting nugget came across the Connecticut Birds listserve about a banded Semipalmated Sandpiper seen a month ago at Long Beach in Stratford. Suffice it to say the tiny bird had made a long journey. You can read Miley’s post and about the sandpiper on our birding blog, here.