Milford, Silver Sands State Park 8/27/2020

Milford coastal 27-27 August 2020

Snowy Egret, Silver Sands SP

Rock Pigeons, Silver Sands SP

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Sanderling (juv), Milford Point

Semipalmated Sandpiper (juv) Milford Point

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Black Duck (drake), Silver Sands SP

Snowy Egret, Silver Sands SP

Black Duck (drake) and Mallard, Silver Sands SP

Cooper's Hawk (juv) Silver Sands SP

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Red-shouldered Hawk, Silver Sands SP

Green Heron, Silver Sands SP

Great Egret, Silver Sands SP

8/26/20, Milford Point Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Yellow-billed Cuckoo

8/26/20, Milford Point Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Yellow-billed Cuckoo.  Along with the usual migrating shorebirds today at Milford were also a Red-necked Phalarope, an American Golden-Plover, and a Buff-breasted Sandpiper.  A few record shots below:

8/24/20, Milford Point American Golden-Plover, Red Knot

8/24/20, Milford Point American Golden-Plover, Red Knot.  American Golden-Plover, in molting adult plumage, back on the man sandbar at Milford Point with about 60 Black-bellied Plovers; a single juvenile Red Knot also at western end of main sandbar.  Also of note, 7 Piping Plover (6 fledglings and one adult):

molting American Golden-Plover

molting American Golden-Plover

fledgling PIPL

adult PIPL, note worn feathers, black neck and forehead band, red bill baase

juvenile Red Knot

juvenile Red Knot

juvenile Red Knot

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Nicholdale Farm, Shelton, 8/23/2020

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Nicholdale Farm, Shelton, 8/23/2020

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Nicholdale Farm, Shelton, 8/23/20

More CT August 2020, Clapper Rail, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper

More CT August 2020

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Least Sandpiper, Silver Sands SP

Red-shoulder Hawk, Mondo Ponds

Solitary Sandpaper, Mondo Ponds, 8/18/20

Solitary Sandpaper, Mondo Ponds, 8/18/20

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Clapper Rail, Silver Sands SP

Marbled Godwit and others, Milford Point, 8/3/20

Marbled Godwit and others, Milford Point, 8/3/20

Spotted Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Piping Plover Fledgling

Piping Plover fledgling

Forster's Tern (middle)

Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Forster's Tern, with Common Terns

Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Saltmarch Sparrow