Hi -

My brother Ron & I went out birding this morning (Sunday, 3/2), despite
heavy fog. Sometimes, you just have to get out of the house!

Near Exit 9 on Route 9 (south), we found a flock of about 12 hen turkeys,
with a displaying tom turkey. Excellent!

The tufted duck was present at 8 a.m. at North Cove in Old Saybrook, CT
Also present were a small flock of canvasbacks, mute swan, American crow,
ruddy duck, bufflehead, northern harrier, red-breasted merganser,
mourning dove, mallard, common grackle, blue jay, American tree sparrow,
and SINGING song sparrows, red-winged blackbird, northern cardinals, and
house finches.

South Cove did not produce any unusual gulls. Present were herring and
ring-billed gulls, mallard, bufflehead, red- breasted merganser, gadwall,
American robin, American black duck, and SINGING red-winged blackbirds,
northern cardinals and song sparrows.

The immature red-headed woodpecker is still present on New Rock Hill Road
in Wallingford, CT. It was seen in the trees near the platform feeder it
has been frequenting, in the company of tufted titmouse, black-capped
chickadee, northern cardinal, dark-eyed junco, northern mockingbird, and
white-throated sparrow.

Cathi Pelletier, Waterbury, CT Heronwing at juno.com
"Fall Twilight"
The drab, dingy wren
Huddles - bedraggled, drooping,
Rain drips from feathers