Pre-Migratory Tree Swallows Gathering

Madison Connecticut, USA

October 8, 2018

Double Crested Comorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) at Hammonasset State Park

I was out hiking in Hammonasset State Park with two friends today and spotted this heron feeding on the way back to the car. We are not sure what it was eating, but it pulled some shiny wriggling things out from under the ice.

Sayornis phoebe

Meigs Point, Hammonasset State Park, CT

In Oriental (Asiatic) Bittersweet. 14 November 2021. Hammonassett Beach State Park, Madison, Connecticut. © Frank Mantlik

Pre-Migratory Tree Swallows Gathering

More shots of the full blood moon rising. You can see an airplane to the left of the moon.

No hype, no obnoxious commercials, no criminal millionaires pounding each other's brains in. Just a game with some friends--this is what football should be about.

Agelaius phoeniceus

Tyrannus verticalis. Hammonassett Beach State Park, Madison, Connecticut. © Frank Mantlik

Hammonassett SP, Madison, Connecticut, USA. 27 Oct 2019. © Frank Mantlik

People might have thought I was crazy laying prone on the sand photographing these birds.

© Frank Mantlik

© Frank Mantlik

Just a lucky click of the camera...

Crop 1

Progne subis

A juvenile Tree Swallow and its parent having a "discussion." This looks too familiar.

4 January 2022. © Frank Mantlik

Hammonasset SP, Connecticut. 7 May 2021. © Frank Mantlik

Surf Scoters

Melanitta perspicillata

Hammonaset Beach State Park

in spite of the onset of the bitter cold we had ourselves a good day. spending the last hours of daylight down at the water we paused to brew up some coffee to help keep us warm.

At Hammonasset State Park

Madison, Connecticut

October 21, 2017

© Frank Mantlik

Cygnus olor

Can't remember seeing one there before.