From Bill Asteriades: 12/25/13 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- adult ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (Dark Morph) seen in 1st field on the right via the ferry landing access. Possible second Rough-legged hawk seen a few minutes later by the Motocross field. From James Purcell: 12/25/13 - Fairfield, Penfield Reef -- 2:15 PM; male Barrow's Goldeneye continues (along with several thousand scaup and a few White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks). From Paul Desjardins: 12/25/13 - Rocky Hill, Rocky Hill Meadows -- afternoon; light morph Rough Legged Hawk just as you enter the meadows so there were at least 2 of them involved today. From Donna Caporaso: 12/25/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- 2nd Cycle Iceland Gull continues on jetty and beach at end of lot. Boat Ramp -- Long-billed Dowitcher at water's edge by parking lot. Snowy Owl first on fishing pier then a young woman walked right up the pier and sat at a table causing the Snowy after a few minutes to fly to the roof of the old marina building on Beacon Pt. Road until a GBH flee to close and he went to the top of a utility pole. From Robert Dixon: 12/25/13 - Sterling yard -- FOX SPARROW (2), YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (1f). From Hank Golet with Tim Antanaitis: 12/25/13 - Old Lyme, Great Island -- 4:15 PM; SNOWY OWL at southeast corner of Great Island on Osprey perch pole. From Sophie Zyla with Jeff Ruhloff and Kirsten Perillo: 12/25/13 - Stratford, Long Beach -- Three snowy owls seen at the same time just after sunset at Long Beach. Spectacular sunset directly behind the snowy on the post! One sitting on a post, one flew up to it and they both flew toward us and another flew in. One landed on the beach in front of us and the other two flew off. Also 2 Peregrine Falcons on the jetty. From Tim Antanaitis: 12/25/13 - Stonington, Stonington Point -- from 12:30 to 1:00; Black-headed Gull actively feeding (ight in the middle of 40 Red-breasted Mergansers within 100 feet of the shore) From Timothy L Thompson: 12/25/13 - Stonington, Barn Island -- 3:55 PM; Snowy Owl perched on pole on Sandy Point beach. Viewed from Barn Island boat ramp. Scope needed.