April 27, 2013 - Birding with the Western Connecticut Bird Club

Great-Horned Owl

Osprey

Ten members of the Western Connecticut Bird Club went birding around Southbury.  With April coming to an end, it was hopeful that we would see arriving migrants such as warblers, for example.  However, the places we went to were very quiet and not much action was seen.  Oh well - that's birding.

The highlights of the day had to be a nesting Great Horned Owl, a Winter Wren, a Broad-Winged Hawk for birds and Trout Lily, Trillium, and Ramp for plants.

Woodpecker Holes

Ramps

STOP #1:  River Road
SPECIES: Great Horned Owl chick, Fish crow, and Belted Kingfisher.
DATA:      8:25-8:45 am; 41F; Clear; Calm


STOP #2:  Janie Pierce Park (the Blue Trail)

Trillium

SPECIES: Titmouse (4), Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher (2), Belted Kingfisher, Red-Winged Blackbirds,                   Canada Goose (2), Downy Woodpecker, Mute Swan, Black Duck, Wood Duck (4 - 2 pairs), Chickadees, Osprey,

Fern Fiddle-heads

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (2), Robin (2), Red-Shouldered
Hawk (2), White-Breasted Nuthatch.
DATA:       9:00-11:00am; 45-60F; clear; little breeze now and then

Trout Lily

Trillium Closeup

STOP #3:  Platt Farm/Park (up to the pond and back)
SPECIES: Red-Shouldered Hawk, Tree Swallows (4), Cardinal, Winter Wren (heard), Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Phoebe, Canada Goose (2), Broad-Winged Hawk
DATA:       11:19-12:10pm; 67F; clear; breeze now and then

Mute Swan

Tree