Connecticut Ornithological Association
PHOTOS OF
CONNECTICUT BIRDS
All photos taken in Connecticut.
Thanks for all of the photographers for sharing their photos with us.
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Gulls >>

Rare Birds for Connecticut >>
Snowy Plover / White Ibis / Harris's Sparrow / Varied Thrush /
Black-tailed Godwit / American Avocet / Sedge Wren / Eared Grebe /
Rufous Hummingbird / Henslow's Sparrow / Fork-tailed Flycatcher /
Brambling / White-faced Ibis / Pink-footed Goose / Bell's Vireo /
Curlew Sandpiper / Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull /
Herring Gull x Glaucous Gull / Cinnamon Teal /
Chestnut-collared Longspur / Thayer's Gull
Snowy Plover. October 2004 © Julian Hough - More photos>>


Loons to Vultures>>
American Bittern / Least Bittern / Great Blue Heron / Great Egret / Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron / Turkey Vulture

See also First Confirmed Nesting of Black Vulture in Connecticut>>
Immature Little Blue Heron. June, 2002 © AJ Hand - More photos>>

Swans to Ducks>>
Tundra Swan / Greater White-fronted Goose / Eurasian Wigeon /
Green-winged Teal / Common Goldeneye / Red-breasted Merganser /
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneye. January, 2003 © AJ Hand
- More photos>>

Raptors to Cuckoos>>
Osprey / Bald Eagle / Northern Goshawk / Red-shouldered Hawk / Red-tailed Hawk
Merlin / Ruffed Grouse / Virginia Rail / Sandhill Crane / Bonaparte's Gull /
Black-headed Gull / Iceland Gull / Caspian Tern / Common Tern / Least Tern /
Black Tern / Black Skimmer / Monk Parakeet / Black-billed Cuckoo /
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Osprey. July, 2002 © Hank Golet - More photos>>

Owls>>
Barn Owl / Great Horned Owl / Snowy Owl / Eastern Screech-Owl / Barred Owl /
Long-eared Owl / Northern Saw-whet Owl

Short-eared Owl. February, 2003 © Paul Fusco - More photos>>

Goatsuckers to Wrens>>
Whippoorwill / Ruby-throated Hummingbird / Yellow-bellied Sapsucker /
Pileated Woodpecker / Northern Flicker / Great Crested Flycatcher /
Western Kingbird / Horned Lark / Barn Swallow / Carolina Wren
Whip-poor-will. June, 2002© Hank Golet  - More photos>>

Kinglets to Tanagers>>
Veery / Wood Thrush / Gray Catbird / Cedar Waxwing / 'Brewster's Warbler' / Orange-crowned Warbler / Chestnut-sided Warbler / Black-and-white Warbler / Prothonotary Warbler / Ovenbird / Yellow-breasted Chat / Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager, Orange variant © AJ Hand - More photos>>

Sparrows to Finches
Chipping Sparrow / Vesper Sparrow / Savannah Sparrow / 'Ipswich' Savannah Sparrow / Grasshopper Sparrow /
Salt-marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow / Seaside Sparrow /
Lincoln's Sparrow / White-crowned Sparrow / Lapland Longspur /
Snow Bunting /
Vesper Sparrow. Westport. © AJ Hand - More photos>>

SHOREBIRDS
CT Plovers>>
Black-bellied Plover / American Golden Plover / Snowy Plover / Semipalmated Plover / Piping Plover / Killdeer /


Snowy Plover, 2004. © Julian Hough - More Photos>>

Smaller CT Shorebirds>>
Sanderling / Semipalmated Sandpiper / Western Sandpiper / Least Sandpiper / White-rumped Sandpiper / Baird's Sandpiper /
Pectoral Sandpiper / Purple Sandpiper / Dunlin / Curlew Sandpiper /
American Woodcock / Red-necked Phalarope /

Larger CT Shorebirds>>
American Oystercatcher / American Avocet / Willet / Whimbrel /
Long-billed Curlew / Hudsonian Godwit / Black-tailed Godwit /
Marbled Godwit / Red Knot / Upland Sandpiper /
Buff-breasted Sandpiper / Short-billed Dowitcher /

CT Tringas>>
Greater Yellowlegs / Lesser Yellowlegs / Solitary Sandpiper

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