Record Shattering Cold & Historic Snow
To be entirely honest I meant to write this blog entry a couple of weeks ago. Yes, I have been busy during that time with meetings, gearing up for spring and summer projects, surveying, and much more. Nevertheless, I could not get myself too excited to write about the unbelievably and astonishingly historic cold we have had this winter, especially in February, or the feet of snow dumped on the region, rewriting more records for some locations. After feeling the first signs of spring in the past week I feel renewed, ready for the thaw and once again energized about our weather and climate....
Read MoreSinging Song Sparrow
By now you have likely heard the Song Sparrow belting out tunes all day long in the nearly-spring sun. They are really ramping up their advertisements as they return to territories and start seeking mates. Can you feel the spring? You can definitely hear it now!
Read MoreScaup Anyone?
Here are justttttt a few Scaup, mostly Greater with some Lesser, on the move while feeding on their way back to the north. Waterfowl are getting busy now, whether it is migration or courting, as our shores and waters are finally melting here in the Northeast. March means “move!” if you are a waterbird. Did you count them?
Read MoreWinter Bird Forecast #8 – Vote for the Conte
The latest Winter Bird Forecast from Audubon Connecticut and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History is up at WXedge.com and focuses on a special edition slideshow featuring the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge. See more here!
Read MoreTennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
In only a couple of months Tennessee Warblers (Oreothlypis peregrina) will be here in our backyards, and yesterday’s blast of warmth was a lovely preview of what’s to come. The migrants are moving…what have you seen? Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your Neighbours global biodiversity project in Costa Rica while on assignment for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History.
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