One Bird, One Place #2

July 17, 2020 — Each Friday experts from Connecticut Audubon’s staff and boards make one suggestion for where to see one interesting bird in one specific place — “One Bird, One Place.”

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Yellow-crowned Night Heron, by Gilles Carter.	Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Look for them on Shore Road, Stratford. Several are almost always visible in the small salt marsh, as they nest nearby and feed on fiddler crabs.	Suggested by Frank Mantlik
Photo by Patrick Comins.	Gray Catbird	There’s probably one in your neighborhood. They’ve become quite well adapted to suburban life.  The young are fledging now. A birdbath is a great way to see catbirds and they’re huge fans of black cherry trees.	Suggested by Patrick Comins
Photo by Gilles Carter.	Wood Thrush	Many singing in Nehantic State Forest, East Lyme. Drive the dirt roads at dawn and dusk to listen for their flute-like song.	Suggested by Andy Griswold
Louisiana Waterthrush, by William Majoros/Carolinabirds.com	Louisiana Waterthrush	Connecticut Audubon’s Morgan R. Chaney Preserve, Montville. Listen near fast moving water in wooded habitats for the clear whistles followed by jumbled notes of this wood warbler. It tends to stay low to or on the ground, where it constantly bobs its tail.	Suggested by Joe Attwater

This week’s contributors
Joe Attwater is a teacher-naturalist at our Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center in Old Lyme. He leads most of our mid-week bird identification webinars.
Patrick Comins is executive director of the Connecticut Audubon Society.
Andy Griswold is director of Connecticut Audubon’s EcoTravel program.
Frank Mantlik is on the Milford Point Coastal Center’s regional board. A long-time Connecticut Audubon member and birder, he recently saw his 400th different species in Connecticut.