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18.08.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Green Herons At the Pea Soup Frog Pond

I haven't been birding much lately but I had an interesting outing the other day. There is a little walking area about a 1/2 mile from my ho...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

18.08.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Zinnias Do A Good Job Attracting Butterflies!

I took a break from yardwork the other day and was pleased to see a couple of butterflies show up near the flower gardens which makes planti...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

13.08.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: First Of Year Yellow-crowned Night Heron

During my free time I've been glued to my yard doing general yard maintenance and tending to the gardens. I finally decided to break away ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

24.07.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: It's Impossible Not To See Birds Near The Shore

I've had little desire to spend time in the woods with the wicked humidity that we've had the last couple of weeks. Fortunately, the shoreli...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

13.07.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Sidetracked By Raspberries And Snakes

I haven't been motivated to go birding on 90 degree humid days but managed to sneak out to the woods over the weekend. I wore a long-sleeved...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

13.07.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Black-bellied Whistling Duck

I got a tip-off from a fellow birder that there was Black-bellied Whistling Ducks down in West Haven. I've never seen on before so didn't mi...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

02.07.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The Crows And I Are Patrolling The Yard

I've been taking a break from active birding so that I can catch up with the yardwork. There were giant hemlocks in the area you are looking...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

04.06.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Black-necked Stilt Has Distinct Markings

A Black-necked Stilt which is considered a rare sighting in Connecticut showed up at Hammonasset State Park Last week. It was a reminder o...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

01.06.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Sharing Birding With Others Led To 2 Rare Birds

I've been interested in birdwatching for many years. It started when I borrowed my grandfather's world war 2 binoculars to watch birds aroun...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

11.05.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Is Playback To Attract Birds Bad?

I visited a local nature preserve the other day It had nice habitat with a stream surrounded by thickets, steep hillsides with mature trees,...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

05.05.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Put Down That Phone Down And Watch Those Birds!

The Merlin bird sound identification is a great app that can identify birds by sound using your phone but like most good things it does have...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

03.05.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: New Birds Keep On Coming!

It's a crazy time of the year when all the spring migrants start pouring in. There was a little rain and clouds this morning but it didn't s...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

01.05.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: My First Rose-breasted Grosbeak Of The Year!

It was still early in the spring migration when I got my big boots on and started mucking my way through the swampy zone where the Great Blu...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

11.04.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Who Doesn't Love Owls?

Who doesn't love owls? Now that I think about it, probably rodents and other small animals! This is a male Great-horned Owl probably doing...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

02.04.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: California Condor Landed In My Yard!

How about "Belted Kingfisher landed on a branch?" Notice the female is the one with extra color in this species with a chestnut-colored bell...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

21.03.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Calling All Birds! Spring Has Arrived!

Today is officially the first day of spring! There are always some Red-winged Blackbirds around during the winter but it's around this time ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

04.03.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Breaking The Birding Addiction

Life is full off potential addictions. There are obvious ones like food, drugs, and alcohol but when you break one addiction another less ob...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

27.02.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Turkeys And Vultures In All The Wrong Places

Sometimes, I can't get withing a 1000 feet of a bird but this turkey was right in the middle of the road! I know you might be thinking that ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

20.02.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Most Birders Are Kind And Helpful But..

Birders learn about birding at their own pace. Some learn quickly and are experts in no time. Others take years to graduate from identifying...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

19.02.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Brant Were getting On My Nerves!

I took several trips down to the shore in January and not once did I see a Brant. Other people were reporting them and I even went to a loca...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

11.02.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: No Repeat February Breaks The Monotony

Last month I was able to spice up January birding by trying to see as many species in my county as possible within the month. This month I ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

20.01.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: There's Lots Of Birds Even In January!

One of the ways I've tried to make the winter pass by more quickly is by keeping track of how many bird species in can find in the month of ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

20.01.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: What Is The Rarest Breeding Bird In Connecticut?

The rarest breeding bird in Connecticut is the Red-headed Woodpecker. The birder who saw the most species in Middlesex County last year (Dan...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

18.01.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Where The Treetops Glisten

I looked out the back door this morning and admired the view of ice glistening from the tallest treetops.

The Brownstone Birding Blog

14.01.2024

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The Importance of Flexibility

I would have to admit that being flexible does not come naturally to me. I like to analyze, strategize, and follow a plan. For example, when...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

25.12.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Ponds Minus Ice=Ducks

So far, the temperatures have been moderate during the day with temperatures reaching the 40's. I've been taking advantage of this weather t...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

15.12.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: When The Birds Get Quiet And Disappear

It's strange how you can go to a place that is loaded with songbirds one morning and then it's completely silent the next day. I looked ever...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

04.12.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The kind Of Snow You Don't Have to Shovel!

I was sitting near the dock of the bay after the clouds had already rolled away and to my surprise, some Snow Buntings came my way! I've se...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

15.11.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Birding Before Apple-Picking At Lyman's

Lyman's Orchard is known for their fruit orchards, golf course, restaurant/market, corn maze, and other activities but one of their unadvert...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

09.11.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Stare-down Between The 2 Noisiest Hawks

Red-shouldered Hawks are the noisiest hawks I have ever heard. Their calls might shatter glass if they were on a loudspeaker! Kee-yer! Ke...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

09.11.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Farewell To Foliage

It wasn't the greatest fall for viewing foliage in Connecticut this year but I stopped my car as I was driving through the hills of Lyman's ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

28.10.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Mockingbird, Starling & Merlin App

I'm always looking for new places around town to check out. You just never know if a spot is going to be any good for birding unless you try...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

21.10.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Putting The Chore List Before The Birding List

There are a lot of house chores I put off in the spring so I could enjoy chasing warblers but when fall arrives you start to realize you are...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

21.10.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Searching For Foliage, Ducks, And Sparrows

I went for a morning walk at Highland Pond in Middletown. The foliage season has been lagging this year, probably due to the excessive amoun...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

13.10.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: At the Shore And In The Yard

There's been a mix of things going on this time of year. I stopped by the shoreline the other day and the weather felt like perfect fall wea...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

07.09.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The Roseate Spoonbill Was Worth Chasing!

I avoid chasing rare birds unless they show up near where I live. I even shut off the rare birds alert outside of my county so I wouldn't be...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

30.08.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: 4 Bird Sightings to Close Out August

I didn't do a whole of of birding in August. I read so much about killer worms, mosquitoes, ticks and amoebas that I was torn between just s...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

13.08.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Tree Egrets And Sandpiper At Fairgrounds

By August I am a little burned out on birding and just looking forward to fall weather. I struggle to come up with places I would like to ch...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

11.08.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Hibiscus Therapy And the End Of Pumpkinzini

Unfortunately, I learned first hand about the Woolly Adelgid this year. It is a tiny aphid-like insect that clings to the underside of pine ...

The Brownstone Birding Blog

02.08.2023

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Quick Shore Trip During Heatwave

We had quite a heatwave going towards the end of July. temperatures in the 90's and oppressive humidity for many days on end. I know some pa...

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The Brownstone Birding Blog - Nature & Animals

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Green Herons At the Pea Soup Frog Pond

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Zinnias Do A Good Job Attracting Butterflies!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: First Of Year Yellow-crowned Night Heron

The Brownstone Birding Blog: It's Impossible Not To See Birds Near The Shore

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Sidetracked By Raspberries And Snakes

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Black-bellied Whistling Duck

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The Crows And I Are Patrolling The Yard

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Black-necked Stilt Has Distinct Markings

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Sharing Birding With Others Led To 2 Rare Birds

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Is Playback To Attract Birds Bad?

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Put Down That Phone Down And Watch Those Birds!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: New Birds Keep On Coming!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: My First Rose-breasted Grosbeak Of The Year!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Who Doesn't Love Owls?

The Brownstone Birding Blog: California Condor Landed In My Yard!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Calling All Birds! Spring Has Arrived!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Breaking The Birding Addiction

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Turkeys And Vultures In All The Wrong Places

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Most Birders Are Kind And Helpful But..

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Brant Were getting On My Nerves!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: No Repeat February Breaks The Monotony

The Brownstone Birding Blog: There's Lots Of Birds Even In January!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: What Is The Rarest Breeding Bird In Connecticut?

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Where The Treetops Glisten

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The Importance of Flexibility

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Ponds Minus Ice=Ducks

The Brownstone Birding Blog: When The Birds Get Quiet And Disappear

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The kind Of Snow You Don't Have to Shovel!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Birding Before Apple-Picking At Lyman's

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Stare-down Between The 2 Noisiest Hawks

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Farewell To Foliage

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Mockingbird, Starling & Merlin App

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Putting The Chore List Before The Birding List

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Searching For Foliage, Ducks, And Sparrows

The Brownstone Birding Blog: At the Shore And In The Yard

The Brownstone Birding Blog: The Roseate Spoonbill Was Worth Chasing!

The Brownstone Birding Blog: 4 Bird Sightings to Close Out August

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Tree Egrets And Sandpiper At Fairgrounds

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Hibiscus Therapy And the End Of Pumpkinzini

The Brownstone Birding Blog: Quick Shore Trip During Heatwave

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