Geese shows its wings
A large number of Brants congregated along the Connecticut coast recently.
Mourning dove, southeastern Connecticut
During a walk around the island last weekend, we found some local talent on a small pond near Schoolhouse road.
[updated] During our recent visit to the Connecticut coast, we found no herons, egrets, or ospreys. The coastal bays only had mergansers, ducks, and geese. We lucked out with this fine common red-breasted merganser enjoying a snack.
Canada geese check out the edge of the Poggy Bay marsh along the Connecticut coast last week.
A pair of mallards were cruising slowly on the ice pond on a winter day in Connecticut.
On a winter walk near a seaside marsh in Connecticut last week.
Looking at Morgan Point and Mouse Island in Noank, Connecticut; Plum island, New York, is visible on the horizon. Cormorants and gulls hang around on Seal rocks in the foreground.