Another bobcat visiting a residential yard in CT in Jan 2021. Donna Bourn.
Tatia Pallacovitch saw a bobcat in her snowy yard in Newtown, CT in Feb 2021.
In Mar 2021 Jack Dolan photographed a moose in West Granby, CT. There are some in Connecticut!
Nancy Clavet caught another moose in Hartland, CT in Apr 2021.
Kelsey King photographed this female pheasant in Bristol, CT in the summer of 2021. Pheasants are not native to CT, they were introduced in the early 1900s. They cannot sustain themselves here and the population is restocked for hunting.
A black swallowtail butterfly in Bristol in the summer of 2021. (Kelsey King)
A polyphemus moth in Bristol in the summer of 2021. (Kelsey King).
This starling from the summer of 2021 looks a little odd. It is molting out of its breeding plummage into non-breeding feathers. About 60 starlings were introduced in Central Park, NY in 1890 by a fan of Shakespeare who wanted this European bird in the US. Needless to say, they thrived. The invasive species is considered a nuisance bird in the states. (Kelsey King, Bristol)
Kelsey King kept a praying mantis inside for observation for awhile in the summer of 2021. This one laid eggs and she got a neat photo. The praying mantises were returned to her yard in Bristol.