Chestnut-sided warbler: The male chestnut-sided warbler is one of Connecticut’s most colorful warblers, found in older fields that are going through successional changes.
Bird Finder Articles
Bird Finder for June 30: Chestnut-Sided Warbler
Thursday, June 30th, 2016Little Blue Heron
Thursday, June 16th, 2016June 16, 2016 – This species is strictly an inhabitant of coastal saltmarshes. It occasionally appears inland later in summer when the odd young bird is prone to wander.
Bird Finder for June 13: Gray Catbird
Monday, June 13th, 2016Gray Catbird. This handsome gray bird can be distinguished by its bold personality and characteristic call, reminiscent of a cat’s meow.
Are Sandhill Cranes Nesting in Connecticut?
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016August 2, 2016. Are Sandhill Cranes nesting in northwestern Connecticut? If they are, it would be the first documented nesting for the species in the state.
Scarlet Tanager
Thursday, July 7th, 2016July 7, 2016 – This beautifully-plumed bird is common enough in Connecticut that it’s hard not to find one if you’re looking in the right habitat, says this week’s author, Andy Rzeznikiewicz, our sanctuary manager in Pomfret.
Fox Sparrow
Thursday, March 16th, 2017March 16, 2017. Fox Sparrows have been reported under snowy feeders in Glastonbury, Ellington, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Bethel, and Harwinton. In other words, pretty much everywhere.
Fire Throat: Blackburnian Warbler
Tuesday, May 17th, 2016Blackburnian Warbler: At our Birdcraft Sanctuary we had seven individual Blackburnian Warblers in one day recently! Andy Griswold, director of our EcoTravel program, writes about the species.
Evening Grosbeak: Bird Finder for October 28, 2016
Friday, October 28th, 2016Evening Grosbeak: Several were heard flying over Sherwood Island State Park in Westport and in the town of Canton recently, so it’s worth keeping an eye on your feeders.
Hooded Warbler: Bird Finder for May 12
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016Hooded Warbler. A very striking bird with a bright yellow face and underparts, black hood and bib, and a greenish back.
Bird Finder for May 4: Wood Duck
Wednesday, May 4th, 2016The male Wood Duck is one of Connecticut’s most colorful puddle ducks.
Bird Finder for April 28: Brown Thrasher
Thursday, April 28th, 2016The cinnamon-colored Brown Thrasher may more often be heard than seen as it spends much of its time hidden in its preferred shrub habitat.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Thursday, April 14th, 2016April 14, 2016 – You can improve the odds of seeing a Ruby-throated Hummingbird in your backyard by protecting and restoring their habitat. Plant native hummingbird flowers, flowering shrubs, and trees. Then when you put up your hummingbird feeder your chances of seeing these flying jewels are greatly increased.
Bird Finder for April 13: Bonaparte’s Gull
Wednesday, April 13th, 2016Bonaparte’s Gull: Spring seems to be the best season when the small, graceful Bonaparte’s Gull frequents our shoreline, flocking sometimes in the hundreds.
Palm Warbler
Wednesday, April 20th, 2016Palm Warbler. If you wait until May to look for spring warblers in Connecticut, you might miss seeing this gem.
Bird Finder for March 29: California Gull
Tuesday, March 29th, 2016California Gull. This bird has been seen in Madison and West Haven recently – the first state record for it.
Bird Finder for March 21: Mew Gull
Monday, March 21st, 2016Mew Gull: The smallest of the “white-headed” gulls in North America, the Mew Gull has been seen at Hammonasset.
American Woodcock
Thursday, March 17th, 2016Bird of the Day, March 24, 2020 — A harbinger of spring, American Woodcocks arrived early in Connecticut this year – in February rather than in March.
Common Loon
Friday, March 11th, 2016Common Loon: Common Loons may be the symbol of wild, northern lakes but in March these large diving birds are relatively easy to find in Connecticut’s coastal waters and larger freshwater lakes and rivers. It is the largest loon you are likely to see in Connecticut.
Bird Finder for March 3: Green-winged Teal
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016Green-winged Teal
As the calendar turns to March we will notice a drastic increase in the number and diversity of migrant dabbling ducks in our wetlands, including this tiny species.
Bird Finder for February 23: Monk Parakeet
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016When we first heard earlier this year that Bald Eagles seemed to be trying to nest near the West River in New Haven, the initial report was that they had commandeered a Monk Parakeet nest. Which prompted the question among many: Parakeets? In Connecticut?
