A Group of five met up this morning for an 8 a.m. walk at Great Pond Preserve, Glastonbury. No winds to speak of and no rain, not a drop, 70 degrees. Noting here the two very birdy locations, the entrance and the pond itself. The entrance recorded any and all warbler species seen, the pond had four species of shorebird and egret and phoebe. A small kettle pond west of the entrance had a Red-tailed hawk that looked to be a dark morph. All in all a nice list.
Great Pond, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, US
Sep 10, 2025 8:02 AM – 10:26 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.686 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Harford Audubon Society Birdwalk
36 species
Mallard 7
American Black Duck 5
Mourning Dove 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 7
Great Egret 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 Looked to be dark morph. Notable burnt orange chest, no speckling visible from view above Kettle Pond west of Great Pond entrance and field. Seemed to have a whitish mark above beak. Flew around and within trees surrounding the pond. Small group of ducks flew off during our observation. Very dark bird overall.
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2 Perched on snags reaching into pond area, one above the other on northeast side of pond. Need scope to view.
Blue Jay 6
Black-capped Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 1
Gray Catbird 13
American Robin 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
Song Sparrow 1
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Wilson’s Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Annette Pasek
