Connecticut Ornithological Association - Photos of Connecticut Birds

White-faced Ibis April 2007, Branford. Photo by Paul Fusco. White-winged Dove February 2007, Branford. Photos by Donna Lorello.
Ross's Goose December 2006, Westport. Photo by Bruce Finnan.
Red-necked Stint July 2006, Milford Point. Photos by Frank Gallo. Above photos by Frank Gallo. More photos at this link>> And also at this link>>
Click on each image for a larger view. Spotted Towhee February 11, 2006 - Groton Long Point, New London © Ryan Sayers
Townsend's Solitaire February 4, 2006 - Sleeping Giant State Park © Ryan Sayers
Yellow Throated Warbler February 4, 2006 - East Haven © Ryan Sayers
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) October, 2004. Sandy Point, West Haven © Julian Hough The timing of this bird coupled with its dark appearance led to a lively discussion of its origin. More Snowy Plover photos>>
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) Adult. June 14, 2003. Madison © Charlie Rafford
White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) Adult. May, 2003. Stonington © Nick Bonomo
Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) February, 2003. Bloomfield. © 2003 Mark Szantyr Editor's Note: This bird was at an undisclosed location and despite repeated attempts to convince the homeowner to allow birders to view this little gem it regrettably remained unavailable to birders.
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) February, 2003. Hamden © 2003 Jim Zipp
Black-throated Gray Warbler (Dendroica nigrescens) November, 2002. Madison © Paul Fusco
Black-tailed Godwit May 2001, Waterford © 2001 Bruce Finnan (image greatly enlarged) First sighted on Long Island New York it was first discovered by Katie Hubbard at Milford Point CT on April 19th and seen one day only. Remarkably it was relocated many miles to the east at Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford CT and confirmed by Bob Dewire on April 30th. It represents the first CT record.	Black-tailed Godwit Video-grab of the Black-tailed Godwit at Harkness Copyright© 2001 Steve Morytko. Video-grab of the Black-tailed Godwit at Harkness Copyright© 2001 Nick Bonomo.
American Avocet October 28, 2001 Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison © Nick Bonomo
Sedge Wren May 15, 2001. South Windsor © Bruce Finnan
Eared Grebe December 2000 into January 2001 Rocky Neck State Park in Niantic Discovered by Bob Dewire and photographed by Dave Provencher. © 2001 David Provencher
Rufous Hummingbird October 30 till November 22, 2000 Avon, CT at the home of Glorie Zeisz. Identified by Betty Kleiner, Jay Kaplan, and Mark Szantyr. © 2001 Jim Zipp
Rufous Hummingbird November 22 till December 12, 2000 Cheshire, CT. © 2001 Jim Zipp. Identified by Greg Hanisek and Mark Szantyr. These two birds were also complimented by two additional Selasphorus Hummingbirds during this season for a remarkable 4 Connecticut Rufous/Selasphorus Hummingbirds during the Fall of 2000! A Rufous Hummingbird was in Stratford November 28 till December 7 (Szantyr) and a Selasphorus species was in West Hartford October 12 till the 14th (Kaplan and Szantyr).
Chestnut-collared Longspur June 2000, Haddam, CT © Julian Hough Alternate Plumaged Chestnut-collared Longspur. Discovered by Dave Gumbart. This individual, while present, showed little to no fear of people and allowed extremely close approach. Some observers had to back away from the bird to focus their optics on it!
Henslow's Sparrow November 3, 2000 in Hamden CT © Jim Zipp Found by Andrew Brand at Broken Arrow Farm and photographed by Jim Zipp.
Brambling Male Brambling. Weston, February 2000. Discovered and photographed by Evangeline LaMore. This individual was devilishly difficult to observe, being very erratic and only visiting for brief periods. The first Connecticut Record.
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Windham Airport, July 3, 2000. Photographed by Jane Seymour of CTDEP. A long awaited first state record.
Herring Gull x Glaucous Gull First winter Nelson's Gull (Herring x Glaucous hybrid) Manchester, February 1999. Discovered and photographed by Patrick Comins.
Herring Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull Apparent Herring Gull x Lesser Black-Backed Gull hybrid. Manchester landfill winter 1999. Discovered and photographed by Patrick Comins.
Thayer's Gull First basic Thayer's Gull, Manchester Landfill, 13-14 February, 1998. Second CT record and first photographed. Discovered by Patrick Comins and Clark Moseley. Photographed by David F. Provencher. This bird was seen for two days only.
Curlew Sandpiper Juvenile. Old Lyme, October 13, 1998 Particularly notable in the eastern US for its age. Discovered by Ted Hendrickson. Photographed by Mark Szantyr.
Pink-footed Goose Mansfield, March 23, 1998 First accepted record for the lower 48 states. Discovered by Steve Morytko. Photographed by Mark Szantyr.
White-faced Ibis Connecticut's first White-faced Ibis Hammonasset Beach State Park Madison, May 16, 1995. Discovered by David Provencher and photographed by the late Ray Schwartz, noted Connecticut birder and photographer.
Cinnamon Teal Mounted Specimen Cinnamon Teal, Milford, November 1994. Discovered by Tom Koronkiewicz. Taken by hunter and specimen photographed by the late Ray Schwartz in January 1995. First Connecticut Record and the 400th species accepted to the official CT List!
Bell's Vireo Connecticut's first Bell's Vireo Longshore Club Park Westport, October 14, 1991 Discovered and photographed by Frank Mantlik.