With changing seasons and a hearty New England climate, New Haven has many feathered friends. Here are just some of the birds we can watch in New Haven.
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| our Connecticut state bird, the American Robin |
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| a male cardinal |
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| a blue jay in flight, with a peanut |
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| a grackle on the prowl |
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| a winter sparrow in snow |
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| this wren was seen visiting Edgerton Park’s Community Garden |
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| red-winged blackbird in mid-song along the marsh |
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| a male mallard in lift-off |
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| a hooded merganser is one of many New Haven ducks |
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| a wood duck in flight along the East Rock Trail |
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| a swan reflecting by East Rock Park |
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| a very vocal red-tailed hawk off Whalley Avenue |
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| a great blue heron in the trees of Edgewood Park |
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| an osprey flies low above the Quinnipiac River Marsh |
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| snowy egret walking along the shoreline |
all photographs © Mike Franzman [mf]