Caught in the act in southeastern Connecticut today: a female downy woodpecker goes after the syrup in the hummingbird feeder.

On a visit to the Ice pond yesterday, we encountered a frequent visitor, according to my brother, on the far side. This night heron has been hanging around for a while and I was lucky enough to catch it while it was investigating the algae filled pond.

During a walk down toward Enders Island last weekend on the Connecticut coast, the ocean side marsh had a multitude of redwing blackbirds foraging for food.

The osprey shown in the previous post lands on the remnants of last year’s nest. There is much work to be done.

As Spring is now here, we have had a chance to visit the Connecticut coast this week. The osprey nest is now being checked out for use this year.

We had a chance to tour the Southeast Connecticut coast this past weekend. The sea birds are getting set for winter and the humans have done their preparations for the likely weather to come.

Continuing our review of late summer visits along the Connecticut shore, we found these sandpipers, probably greater yellowlegs.