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

Early April 2020, Yellow-crowned Night-Herons, Milford

Early April 2020, Milford, YCNHs at nests in Milford

Lesser, Black-backed Gull, Silver Sands SP, BCNH, Walker's Pond, Early April 2020, New Haven

Early April 2020, New Haven: Silver Sands Lesser Black-backed Gull.  Adult bird in breeding plumage (pure white head).

LBBG with HERG for size comparison

Savannah Sparrow

Greater Yellowlegs

Greater Yellowlegs

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Walker's Pond 3/8/20

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Walker's Pond 3/8/20

Chipping Sparrow, Walker's Pond 3/8/20

Chipping Sparrow, Walker's Pond 3/8/20

Monk Parakeet, Woodmont, Milford

April 1, 2020, WB Nuthatch nest building videos

On April 1, 2020, at Eisenhower Park in Milford (nearly deserted because of COVID-19), a WBNut was policing his new nest--a fine, already made,  hole in a tree--as is usual with this species.