It’s Hummingbird Season! Send Us Your Sightings, Post Your Photos

Nestlings at Hammonasset, by William A. Canosa

We want to know about your hummingbird sightings. Young Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are fledging, and they and their parents will be visiting feeders and colorful flowers more and more in coming weeks.

Fill out this form, click “send,” and we will post your sighting on the map below. 

We also invite you to “like” our Facebook page and post your hummingbird photos and videos. Thanks!

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Hummingbird sightings (these locations are town-specific only; they do NOT indicate that the birds were seen at a specific street or address, and definitely not at the places shown in the photos)

July 17

• Glastonbury. Sue Apito
• Griswold – “In Pachaug State Forest yesterday one flew up and perched at eye level where I park when I stopped on Trail II Rd.  This week I see some each morning at the Texas bluebonnet flowers in my front yard (I keep about a dozen stalks).” Brian Williams
• Oxford – “At the feeder on my deck all day, male and female. The most activity is early morning or an hour before dark.” Sal De Fini
• Hamden – “Male Ruby Throated comes to the feeder every 1/2 hour or so. I see the female every now and then.” Robyn Charmel
• South Windsor – “Have a hummingbird feeder on the kitchen window. Have seen hummingbirds here many times daily since May.” Steve Lewis

July 16

• Amston – “They have been at our feeders for over a month now.” Karen Christman
• Plainfield – “All day, everyday. I am seeing 6-8 daily, mostly females. The young ones are so tiny.” Donna O’Day
• Warren – “Have at least 3 hummers at my feeders every day. Have had as many as 5. I believe a pair nested in one of my trees but can’t find the nest!” Linda Ajello.
• Mansfield Center –“Fledglings and adults, the adults feed at the feeder one at a time, when the young come they will come to the feeder in pairs sometimes. I have two sweet water feeders and my husband has filled the yard with flowers so they have been feeding while nesting and are still here.” Tina Abell.
• East Hartford – “Female and or youngsters. All day long at one particular single feeder. I need to fill the feeder every 24 hours.” Carol Stevens
• Near the border of Wilton and NY – “Fewer than last year. 3 rubies. 1 male 2 females. We also haven’t seen any butterflies.” Laurel Sheck
• Bolton – “Been feeding throughout the day at our feeder since late May. Males and females. Our favorite sighting is when the male does his courting dance — huge U-shaped swoops through the air.” Anne Decker.

  July 15

• Middletown. “In my home garden. Almost landed on my headed going for the rose bush.” Jenelle Newcomb

Scarlet Tanager in Torrington, courtesy of Erica Seitz

Nesting season
June – Warehouse Point. White sparrow, probably leucistic, visiting bird feeder. (Jan Grace)
June 5 – New Haven, off Seneca Street: Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Rose-breasted Grosbeak. (Vivian Furtado)

May migration
Sunday, May 8
Thompson – male and female Baltimore Orioles (Becky)
Guilford – Yellow-rumped Warbler (Alan Bishop)

Monday, May 9.
Cape May Warbler, Birdcraft Sanctuary, Fairfield (from Judy Richardson).
Indigo Bunting at a feeder in Deep River (Joe Marcino) and in Tolland (Susan Mundy).
Baltimore Orioles in Voluntown (Jen Panko), Tolland (Susan Mundy), Colchester (Marie Jondahl).
American Redstart at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Hartford Carol Stevens).
Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a feeder in Southbury (Michael Dagostino) and in Tolland (Susan Mundy); Wallingford (Nancy Fabrizi-Miller).
Male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at feeders in Voluntown (Jen Panko) and Milford (Gwen Feher), and near feeder in Easton (Stephanie Niles); Cromwell (Terry Wilson); Wallingford (Nancy Fabrizi-Miller).
Male Bald Eagle in a tree then flying south down Route 198 in Woodstock Valley (Karen Hyland).
Blue-winged Warbler in Colchester (Marie Jondahl).
Durham – Bobolinks, Eastern Meadowlark (Leslie Bulion)

Yellow Warbler, courtesy of William Canosa

Tuesday, May 10
Hammonasset State Park – Common Yellowthroat (male and female), Black-throated Blue Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Yellow Warbler (William Canosa)
Mohegan Lake, Fairfield – Chestnut-sided Warbler, American Redstart, Warbling Vireo, Orchard Oriole, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Louisiana Water hrush, Eastern Towhee (Jennifer Titrud)
Glastonbury, trail behind the dog park and town hall – Magnolia Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Warbling Vireo, Northern Waterthrush, Baltimore Oriole, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Yellow Warbler (Taryn Westfall)
Bethel, backyard feeder – Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo Buntings, Baltimore Orioles, Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Sandy Roberts).
Mansfield Center – Indigo Bunting, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, Ruby-throated Hummingbirds, Cooper’s Hawk (Tina Abell)
New Haven (Mill River Trail from Eli Whitney Water Museum) – Warbling Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Baltimore Orioles, Northern Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat (Robert Hutton)
Thompson – Pine Warbler (Becky)

Wednesday, May 11
Lake Mohegan, Fairfield – Scarlet Tanager (Jennifer Titrud)
Madison – Scarlet Tanager (Michael Dagostino)
Freja Park, Bolton – Ovenbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Baltimore Oriole, Warbling Vireo, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Taryn Westfall)
Heritage Farm, Bolton – Eastern Kingbird (Taryn Westfall)
Birdcraft Museum, Fairfield — Hooded Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, American Redstart (Judy Richardson)
Center at Pomfret/Bafflin Sanctuary – Brewster’s Warbler (Andy Rzeznikiewicz/Connecticut Audubon Center at Pomfret)
Manchester (Case Mountain Recreation Area) – Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Jerald Lentini)
Killingly – Indigo Bunting (Bruce Kohl)
East Rock, New Haven – Summer Tanager, Wilson’s Warbler, Black and White warbler, Common Yellowthroat, American Redstart (Robert Hutton, with Gilles Carter and Frank Stabile)

Thursday, May 12
Indigo Bunting at feeder (Deb Willet)
Easton, Trout Brook Valley Preserve – Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Scarlet Tanagers, Tree Swallow (Hugh Cushing)
Manchester – Baltimore Oriole (Jerald Lentini)
Clinton – Glossy Ibis 60-plus! (Priscilla Wood/Connecticut Audubon EcoTravel)

Friday, May 13
Fairfield, Lake Mohegan – Eastern Kingbirds (Jennifer Titrud)

Saturday, May 14
Glastonbury – Rose-breasted Grosbeak at feeder (Judy Doering)

Sunday, May 15
Torrington – Scarlet Tanager (Erica Seitz)
Madison, Hammonasset Beach State Park – Glossy Ibis (Carol Stevens)
Moodus, Machimoodus State Park – Green Heron, Indigo Bunting, Baltimore Oriole (Marie Jondahl)
Bethany (May 8-15) – Indigo Bunting, Tree Swallow (nesting in yard for first time), Black-and-white Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Northern Waterthrush (Darlene Eaton)

Monday, May 16
Bloomfield – Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole (Melinda)

Tuesday, May 17
Westport, Smith Richardson Preserve – Canada Warbler, Bobolinks (Judy Richardson and her banding team)