We spent a gorgeous spring day yesterday hiking around one Connecticut largest wetland preserves, Hammonasset Beach State Park (Madison, Connecticut). It's known for being a home to a plethora of bird species, mostly migratory shorebirds, and is the state's leader in bald eagle sightings.
The day was far less fruitful than I'd hoped for, but it wasn't until it was time to leave after covering nearly half of the 936 acre park that I finally got something. As we were getting into the car at sunset, my better half, Dave, pointed angrily to what he thought was a garbage wrapper stuffed into an evergreen bush and got out to remove it, cursing "those stupid people who have no regard for these poor little guy's homes!"
The 'garbage' was actually a little Northern mockingbird. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Note: edited for incorrect ID.
