On the Granby Land Trust’s annual Mother’s Day Bird Walk, which took place at the Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve in North Granby, participants spotted an incredible 52 species of birds over the course of two hours, with especially fine views of rose-breasted grosbeak, kingfisher, black-throated blue warbler (always a crowd pleaser), wood thrush, spotted sandpiper, great blue heron, common yellowthroat and Virginia rail. “The rail,” says walk leader and expert birder John Weeks, “came in from the middle of South Marsh and put on quite a show near the observation deck.” Weeks serves on the GLT board of directors and he and his wife, Christine Chinni, have led Mother’s Day bird walks for the GLT since 2005. The GLT thanks them for volunteering their time to help spread the joy of birding and the importance of conservation.
Migrating birds can be difficult to see in the tree canopy, much less get a picture of them, but photographers Jim Watso, Merle Yoder and Alexander Sogliero got some great shots this spring. The GLT thanks these gentlemen for sharing their work with us!