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New Haven Bird Club Field Trip

Central CT Birding Tour.  Free and open to the public.

Meet at the commuter lot at 7:00 am on Rte. 68 in Wallingford, west of I-91 at Exit 15 (at the east end of Barnes Rd.) 

Join us as we visit several excellent birding locations in the CT central valley.  

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Our first stop will be the grasslands near Rentschler Field in East Hartford. We’ll look for Grasshopper Sparrow, Upland Sandpiper, Eastern Meadowlark, and other grassland species.  

Our next stop will be Station 43, along the CT River in South Windsor, where we’ll look for Least Bittern, Green Heron, Wood Duck and other freshwater wetland species.  

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After a picnic lunch under the largest tree in CT—Simsbury’s famous Pinchot Sycamore on the banks of the Farmington River—we’ll go to another area of Simsbury, Great Pond State Forest, to look for the Mississippi Kites that have nested near there the past few years.  

 

Leader: Chris Loscalzo: 203 389-6508 or closcalz@optonline.net.

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