PIPL chicks, Milford Point 6/12/14

A few of the chicks near the Cedar Street side of the beginning of the Francis Street spit at Milford Point on 6/12/14.

PIPL male, female 111 Shell Ave , 6/10-11/14

A few record shots of the male and female PIPL in front of the exclosed nest at 111 Shell Ave on 6/10/14 and 6/11/14.  He has a distinctive forehead band.  The incubating female seemed squirmy on the 10th as if she felt activity within the egg(s), or perhaps she had a chick underneath her, but she was foraging the next morning.

male PIPL 111 Shell 6/10/14

male PIPL 11 Shell 6/10/14

male PIPL 11 Shell 6/10/14

female PIPL 111 Shell 6/11/14

female PIPL 111 Shell 6/11/14

female PIPL 111 Shell 6/11/14

Tulip Tree Beauty, 6/7/14, Mf; Giant Swallowtail, Orange CT 6/6/14; White-striped Black Moth, Black Swallowtail, Spicebush, Viceroy

Black Swallowtail cat, early instar, 6/8/14 home

Black Swallowtail cat, 3rd instar, 6/10/14 home

Viceroy, Eisenhower Park, 6/10/14

White-striped Black Moth, Eisenhower park, 6/10/14

Spicebush Swallowtail female, Eisenhower Park 6/10/1

Tulip-Tree Beauty, a typical Geometer moth, on the wall of Milford garden nursery, 6/7/14

Tulip-tree Beauty, Milford 6/7/14

Tulip-tree Beauty,  Milford 6/7/14

Found a Giant Swallowtail in a private yard in Orange, CT today (6/6/14).  This slightly worn and bitten butterfly seemed to be patrolling the property.  A few record shots below:

dorsal Giant Swallowtail 6/6/14 Orange CT

ventral Giant Swallowtail 6/6/14 Orane CT

PIPL chicks, Mfd Pt, 6/5/14

A few record shots of PIPL chicks at the beginning of the Francis
Street spit and Cedar Beach, 6/5/14:

Boat-tailed Grackle, White-rumped Sandpiper, Seaside & Saltmarsh Sparrows 5/29/14, 6/2, 5/27

White-rumped Sandpiper, Boat-tailed Grackle, Seaside; Saltmarsh Sparrows.  A few record shots of recent birds in the area.  Saltmarsh Sparrows were with Nelson's--often a tricky ID.

Male Boat-tailed Grackle, Warehouse Pond, Stratford, 5/29/14

Male Boat-tailed Grackle, 5/29/14, Stratford Warehouse Pond

White-rumped Sandpiper, 6/2/14, Shell Ave

One of two White-rumped SPs with 120 Semipalmated SPs, 6/2/14  Shell Ave

White-rumped Sandpiper with its smaller relative, Semipalmated Sandpiperd caption

Seaside Sparrow, Guilford 5/27/14

Saltmarsh Sparrow,  Guilford 5/27/14

Semipalmated Sandpiper, 6/3/14 Shell Ave

Semipalmated Sandpiper, 6/3/14, Shell Ave

Mourning Warbler, 5/27/14, CACC banding group

A few photos of a male Mourning Warbler banded the morning of 5/27/14 at the CT Audubon Coastal Center.  Held by Charlotte Weston.

Notice green-yellow feathers mixed with gray on nape of Mourning Warbler

Male Mourning Warbler, 5/27/14 CACC

Male Mourning Warbler 5/27/14 CACC

Blue grosbeak, 25 May 14, E Rock, N Haven

A few record shots of a Blue Grosbeak located near the monument atop East Rock Park in New Haven on 25 May 2014.  This male is molting into adult plumage.