Connecticut Audubon Society: Harlequin Duck Stratford

Friday, April 15, 2011

Harlequin Duck Stratford

On Wednesday a friends of ours from Stratford, Barney Bontecou, wrote an email to another friend, Frank Mantlik, about a male Harlequin Duck at Long Beach. Since he is away he passed it along to others to check out. I think all of us included in that email were busy yesterday or saw nothing, but today Keith Mueller found the bird (without knowing about it I think). I was there briefly this afternoon and took some photos with my point-and-shoot:

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Connecticut Audubon Society conserves Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats. Founded in 1898, Connecticut Audubon Society operates nature facilities in Fairfield, Milford, Glastonbury and Pomfret as well as an EcoTravel office in Essex and an Environmental Advocacy program in Hartford. Connecticut Audubon Society manages 19 wildlife sanctuaries around the state, preserves over 2,600 acres of open space in Connecticut and educates over 200,000 children and adults annually. Working exclusively in the state of Connecticut for over 100 years, Connecticut Audubon Society is an independent organization, not affiliated with any national or governmental group.