Raven, Butterfly, Goldfinch And August Is Over!

I took a bike ride through some agricultural fields near the Connecticut River in Rocky Hill. It used to have open gates to drive your car through but now that the gates are closed a bike is the best option to cover the 5 mile treck. It can be a good shorebird spot but on this day it was a raucous raven that caught my attention. Boy can they squawk!

 Zinnias are great if you're looking for attention from birds and butterflies! This swallowtail looks like it needs to get to the wing repair shop soon.

Goldfinches are on them every day! Every year I try to add more perennials and rely less on the annuals but I'm planting Zinnias every year no matter what.

Looking at birds in the garden, a trip down to the shore and one bike ride through the farm fields is about all the birding I did in August. I looked at the calendar today and realized that August has already come to an end!

Milford Point Has Nice Viewing Platforms

I stopped by the Milford Point Nature Center. They have some nice viewing platforms on the back of their nature center that overlook the marsh.  I saw a lot of shorebirds further out with my scope including a Red Knot but it was easier to get a photo of some waders that were much closer to me. The first one is a Yellow-crowned Night Heron.The second one is a Snowy Eget. 

Milford Point, Hammonasset, and Sandy Point are 3 very accessible coastline spots to get in some easy birding.

I didn't do a lot of birding this month but plan to pick up the pace in September. I enjoy just sitting on a nice hill looking for migrating hawks to pass through. Very Peaceful!