Sandy Point Bird Walk

Saturday, September 19, was a perfect day for a morning bird walk at Sandy Point in West Haven. With a cloudless sky and light winds a group of Menunkatuck members joined Nina Levenduski for a leisurely three hour walk.

Twenty-four species were seen:

Common Loon, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Little Blue Heron, American Black Duck, Mallard, Turkey Vulture, Osprey, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Black-billed Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black Backed Gull, Rock Dove, Monk Parakeet, Belted Kingfisher, European Starling, Savannah Sparrow, House Sparrow

Kestrel and Bat Houses at Hammonasset

Tom Sayers and John Picard met on Labor Day to install the two new kestrel boxes at Hammonasset Beach State Park. One kestrel box is near the reclaimed salt marsh and the other is near Pavilion #1. These two boxes will be monitored for use in the Spring, we will let you know what happens.

They also installed the new bat house on a pole that Park personnel had installed for us. The new bat pole is more than sturdy and should last for years.