Cynthia Ehlinger

12/4/2021 - changed Display Name Publicly to Cynthia Ehlinger

123rd Annual National Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count

CONNECTICUT CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 2022-2023 SCHEDULE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2022: New Haven, CT (CTNH) Compiler: Chris Loscalzo, 67 Wepawaug Road, Woodbridge, CT 06525 closcalz@optonline.net 203-389-6508 (New Haven Bird Club) Storrs, CT (CTST) Compiler: Steve Morytko, 288 Varga Road, Ashford, CT 06278 smorytko@yahoo.com (M) 860-680-5728 (Natchaug Ornithological Society) Woodbury-Roxbury, CT (CTWR) Compiler: Ken Elkins, Milford Point … Read more

Bird of the Month: October 2022

Smith's Longspur, Photo by Bill Rankin

Smith’s Longspur Honorable Mention: Gray Kingbird State Year List for Connecticut 2022 By the end of the month of October 2022, Connecticut had recorded 329 species on eBird.  Five new species were added during October (see the image below, which is an eBird SYL list sorted by date), and Smith’s Longspur was the 327th species … Read more

Bird of the Month: September 2022

Ruff Hammonassett 09.16.22 Chris S Wood

Ruff Calidris pugnax Photo above: A juvenile Ruff, Hammonassett Beach State Park, September 16, 2022. Photo © Chris S Wood By the end of the month of September 2022, Connecticut had recorded 324 species on eBird.  Seven new species were added during September (see the chart below that is an eBird SYL list sorted by date). … Read more

Bird of the Month: August 2022

White Ibis By the end of the month of August 2022,  CT had recorded 317 species on eBird.  Ten new species were added during August (see the image below, which is an eBird SYL list sorted by date), and White Ibis was the 316th species added, reported to eBird on August 22 by Cody Limber. … Read more

Sign the Lights Out CT Pledge

Help Save Connecticut’s Migratory Birds Every 9 seconds a bird dies from colliding with a building. Lights Out Connecticut is a non-profit project of the Connecticut Ornithological Association saving migratory birds from deadly window collisions and other threats caused by light pollution. Join the growing coalition of CT residents, businesses, schools, churches, green spaces, and … Read more

Bird Of the Month: July 2022

Curlew Sandpiper Curlew Sandpiper, Stratford, CT, 7/18/2022. Photo by Frank Mantlik Very few bird species could top Curlew Sandpiper (CUSA) as the best rare bird of the month of July in Connecticut this year.  Frank Mantlik found it on July 18th, and recently noted that this CUSA is the only one currently in the USA … Read more

Bird Of The Month: June 2022

Black Rail by Julio Mulero in Martinez CA 03.2015 flickr

Black Rail STATE YEAR LIST for 2022 During June 2022 our eBird “State Year List” added  only THREE additional species for the year:  Common Gallinule, Red Crossbill, and Black Rail (this rail was reported to eBird but is NOT even shown on this eBird listing below because eBird classifies it as a “Regionally Sensitive” species … Read more

Bird of the Month: May 2022

Arctic Tern Photo credit: Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) Bantam Lake, 05.13.2022 Larry Master www.masterimages.org STATE YEAR LIST for 2022: During May birders reported FORTY-FOUR additional species, bringing the state year list up to 295 species. During January birders reported 175 bird species, which initialized this year’s eBird CT “state year list.” FOUR species were added … Read more