breeding plumage Spotted Sandpiper, Walker's Pond, 5/26/20

breeding plumage Spotted Sandpiper, Walker's Pond, 5/26/20

Orchard Oriole, prob first-year male

Spotted Sandpiper

Northern Water Thrush bathing, BC Night Heron toes, Walker's Pond 5/25/20

possibly Orchard Oriole first year male, Silver Sands SP, 5/26/20

Spotted Sandpiper, breeding plumage, Walker's Pond, 5/26/20

Northern Water Thrush bathing, Walker's Pond 5/25/20.  Many birds bathing in creek near Cricklewood pumping station, including a Northern Waterthrush (video)

hatchling, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Trumbull Ave

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Walker's Pond, featuring impressive toes

5/24/20. Eastern Willet, Silver Sands SP

5/24/20. Eastern Willet, Silver Sands SP.  A alternate plumage (breeding plumage) Eastern Willet on a power line at a very crowded Silver Sands:

Walker's Pond, May 2020. Least Flycatcher, Thrushes

Walker's Pond, May 2020.  5/17/ Bay-Breasted Warbler; Least Flycatcher on 5/15 and 5/16.  Thrushes joining Warblers 5/14-5/16/

Bay-breasted Warbler, Walker's Pond, 5/17/20

Least Flycatcher, 5/16/20

Thrush, 5/14/20

Veery, 5/15/20

Swainson's Thrush 5/15/20

Spotted Sandpiper, 5/16/20, Eisenhower Park

Spotted Sandpiper, 5/16/20, Eisenhower Park

Least Flycatcher, Walker's Pond, 5/16/20

Glaucous Gull, West Haven, 5/15/20

Glaucous Gull, West Haven, 5/15/20

Walker's Pond, 12 May 2020, Cape May Warbler

May 12, 2020.  Walker's Pond, a male Cape May Warbler--a new warbler for the pond (no. 28), was foraging with a Scarlet Tanager, Red-eyed Vireo, and B&W Warbler and N. Parula. A record photo managed.

Cape May Warbler, Walker's Pond, 5/12/20

Scarlet Tanager, Walker's Pond, 5/12/20

Black-and-White Warbler, Walker's Pond, 5/12/20

Scarlet Tanager, Walker's Pond, 5/12/20

Baltimore Oriole, Mondo Ponds, 5/11/20

Red-eyed Vireo, Walker's Pond, 5/12/20

Black-and-White Warbler, Walker's Pond, 5/12/20

Walker's Pond, 5/10/20 Scarlet Tanager pair, Sparrow

Walker's Pond, 5/10/20 Scarlet Tanager pair, Lincoln's Sparrow

adult female Scarlet Tanager, 5/10/20

adult male Scarlet Tanager, 5/10/20

adult male Scarlet Tanager, 5/10/20

Lincoln's Sparrow, 5/10/20

Lincoln's Sparrow, 5/10/20

Milford Point, 5/6/20

Milford Point, 5/6/20

PIPL

Least Tern

Black-bellied Plover

2 Dunlin, Semipalmated Plover

 Semipalmated Plover

Dunlin

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

American Oystercatcher