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Stratford, because of its unqiue location and varied habitats, is one of the top birding locations in the State of Connecticut.  Over 300 species of birds have been identitied in Stratford.  The listing, below, represents the more common birds one can dependably locate in Stratford.
 
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Canada Goose Black-bellied plover White-throated Sparrow
Brant Laughing Gull White-crowned Sparrow
Mute Swan Bonaparte's Gull Golden-crowned Kinglet
Wood Duck Ring-billed Gull Dark-eyed Junco
Gadwall Herring Gull Northern Cardinal
American Black Duck Glaucous Gull Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Mallard Great Black-backed Gull Indigo Bunting
Northern Shoveler Least Tern Bobolink
Green-winged Teal Common Tern Red-winged Blackbird
Greater Scaup Forster's Tern Eastern Meadowlark
Long-tailed Duck Black Skimmer Common Grackle
Bufflehead Rock Pigeon Brown-headed Cowbird
Hooded Merganser Mourning Dove Orchard Oriole
Common Merganser Monk Parakeet Baltimore Oriole
Red-breasted Merganser Black-billed Cuckoo Purple Finch
Ruddy Duck Yellow-billed Cuckoo House Finch
Wild Turkey Eastern Screech-Owl American Goldfinch
Common Loon Great Horned Owl House Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant House Wren Barred Owl
Great Blue Heron Marsh Wren Northern Saw-whet Owl
Great Egret Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Nighthawk, Common
Snowy Egret Eastern Bluebird Chimney Swift
Green Heron Veery Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-crowned Night Heron Wood Thrush Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-crowned Night Heron American Robin Red-headed Woodpecker
Glossy Ibis Gray Catbird Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black Vulture Northern Mockingbird Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Turkey Vulture Brown Thrasher Downy Woodpecker
Osprey European Starling Hairy Woodpecker
Bald Eagle Cedar Waxwing Northern Flicker
Golden Eagle Blue-winged Warbler Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Harrier Yellow Warbler Eastern Wood Pewee
Sharp-shinned Hawk Chestnut-sided Warbler Alder Flycatcher
Cooper's Hawk Yellow-rumped Warbler Willow Flycatcher
Northern Goshawk Black-throated Green Warbler Eastern Phoebe
Red-shouldered Hawk Pine Warbler Great Crested Flycatcher
Broad-winged Hawk Prairie Warbler Eastern Kingbird
Red-tailed Hawk Blackpoll Warbler White-eyed Vireo
American Kestrel Black & White Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo
Peregrine Falcon American Redstart Warbling Vireo
Merlin Palm Warbler Red-eyed Vireo
Clapper Rail Worm-eating Warbler Blue Jay
American Golden Plover Ovenbird American Crow
Semipalmated Plover Louisiana Waterthrush Fish Crow
Piping Plover Common Yellowthroat Common Raven
Killdeer Hooded Warbler Purple Martin
American Oystercatcher Scarlet Tanager Tree Swallow
Spotted Sandpiper Eastern Towhee Northern Rough-w Swallow
Greater Yellowlegs Chipping Sparrow Bank Swallow
Willet Field Sparrow Cliff Swallow
Ruddy Turnstone Savannah Sparrow Barn Swallow
Red Knot Saltmeadow Sharp-tailed Sparrow Black-capped Chickadee
Sanderling Seaside Sparrow Tufted Titmouse
Semipalmated Sandiper Lincoln's Sparrow Red-breasted Nuthatch
Purple Sandpiper Song Sparrow White-breasted Nuthatch
Dunlin Swamp Sparrow Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren

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